جزیره علم

Mahdi Movahed-Abtahi

Many people suppose that the Quran does not include any verse related to Hijab! Others may think that the Quranic verses are not explicitly order Hijab! We should know that how do we approach to the Quran. Correctly, we will find a lots of the verses and in another approach we will conclude no any verse.

The concept of Hijab refers to two key concepts: "to protect Muslim". So, not only women but also men are eligible to protect themselves, its shape is not limited to an objective such as Chador, Manto, Ruband, or Rusari. Hijab -as a function of Muslim- guaranties many aims that are considered in Islam. This function prepares Muslim to do its real religious role; representing his/her God`s descriptions. Then, the following questions are important:

Who will protect? Whom or what will be protected? What will occur via such protection?

• The subject of protection may be any one: man or woman, child or adult, blind or seeing, ….
• The object may be a Muslim or a part of him/her.
• The protection changes the subject`s behavior and aim (function).

Hijab is a function that ensure to protect Muslim and Muslim society.

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