Letters to the Editor

Arshiya Begum, via email

I am an MBA student. I have few questions:

Is Naqab necessary, since I am doing my MBA in a co-education system, so is it necessary for all such women who are working?

YMD

Islam is a system of faith, ideas and practical guidelines that ensure that humans achieve harmony with the principles and laws that run the universal material, moral, and spiritual systems. If it is followed, it creates harmony between individuals, societies and the material physical world that ensures peace at all fronts. If it is ignored, then whatever else it is replaced with, creates conflict between the new system and the system that runs the universe. In the ensuing conflict, man-made system is the ultimate loser resulting in disharmony in everything that is attempted.

If ignoring the traffic rules can cause immense chaos in the streets, and, ultimately disorganize life of individuals and even nations, then, ignoring Islamic guidelines creates social, moral, and spiritual chaos, except that these are not material products on the road to be visible to one and all. The result is loss of joy, peace, happiness, and increase in psychological disorders such as frustration, tension, depression, paranoid, schizophrenia, and irrational behavior. There can be lots of activities, like lots of cars in a jam, but no peace, happiness and satisfaction out of the activities.

Yes, Niqab is part of the Islamic Hijab. It is equivalent of Jihad on the part of women. Just as in Jihad the ultimate surrender is put to test, Niqab puts women’s surrender to test. Just as Jihad assures defeat of anti-Islamic forces pitched against Islam and the nation of Islam out in the fields, Niqab assures defeat of anti-Islamic forces pitted against the social system of Islam within the towns and cities. Just as Jihad is, as a hadith puts it, the pinnacle of Islam, Niqab is the pinnacle of Islam that is worn by the other half, the females adherents of Islam.

It is not for nothing that the West is pitched against Jihad, Niqab and Hijab. By instinct and experience, Kufr knows who its leading enemies are.

These are a few principal fundamental principles of Islam. Once you realize what it means to you, what it means to be in Jihad, what troubles it promises and the peace it realizes, you will know how to adapt yourself and adopt what you will of Niqab and Hijab while passing through the wide and varying scenarios of daily living. The soldiers of Islam have the forces of Allah by their sides, in front of them, at their rear and hovering above their heads.

How can I as a Muslim woman spread the message of Islam (as you said in your answer ‘nomads’ question)?

YMD

Your wearing of Niqab or Hijab, while you also excel in your studies and jobs, is one of the best ways of spreading the message of Islam.

That the Islamic message is of One God, of Muhammad His Messenger, of the Qur’an the Message of Islam, is not a hidden entity in modern times. The message has already reached far and wide. But when the people see failed Muslim lives all around them, whether the field is intellectual, moral or spiritual, then the Message goes behind a smoke screen: Muslims being the smoke. They begin to suspect that there must be something wrong somewhere. Practicing Muslims, who are also well educated and are useful components of community life, thin down the smoke and lend brightness to the Message.

Is closing eyes during dua permitted? And you are doing wonderful job of spreading awareness among young minds, May Allah grant you more success in this (ameen).

YMD

Perhaps it is the good wishes of our readers that keeps the YMD going.

As regards closing the eyes, if you feel that it helps in concentration, then, you could do it. But, if you observe yourself, you will notice that if your heart is in the prayers, then your eyes do not see around you, whereas, if the heart is not there with the tongue, then images appear to the closed eyes too.

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