"If you could change any of the 'rules' relating to hijab - what would it be and why?"
answer #1:
Honestly sister i dont feel that there is something i would like to change about hijab, the reason for that is that Allah swt orders us to do only what is to our benefit, and no matter how much i think about it i feel as though there is nothing to change. As u know hijab shows modesty and makes people respect us, and treat us well, and like us for who we are. My hijab has become part of who i am, and now i can not imagine removing it (in front of non mahram men) or even changing anything about it. The only thing i would like to change is the way people think about hijab. I dont like the fact that people veiw us as opressed, and i try to show people that we are certainly now, and that hijab is a choice i made to please my creator, some understand, others just dont want to. So basically i love hijab the way it is....... the way Allah ordered..... and wouldnt like to change a thing. :)
answer #2:
I would increase the age a girl has to wear the hijab from age 9/ age of puberty to when the girl is closer to teenage years.
WHY: Beginning to wear hijab at such an early age limits the choice and understanding of the young girl in wearing hijab. It also forces her to consider her own sexual beauty to the opposite sex at an early age and this may be difficult to deal with and understand when so young. As a teenager, she will have a greater understanding of the opposite sex and see the true beauty and PROTECTION of hijab and take the choice of wearing rather then feeling 'forced' by mum and dad
Very interesting question! For me, the rule of hijab that I would change it is the necessity for a woman to wear hijab while in the presence of her adoptive father and for an mother to wear it in front of her adopted adult son. I think adoption is a very beautiful thing. It's a much stronger relationship between parents and their adopted children in the Western way than it is in Islamic "adoption", which is really more like fostering.
That's not to say that it's a better system, because of course the best system is Allah's system. I agree fully with knowing your biological parents and in fact, keeping that bond alive is the healthiest road for both biological parents and the children.
But for people already in that situation, for example a convert who is adopted, it's strange to think that the person who is no different to her than my father is to me (except for not being blood-related) has to be treated like any other man she could technically marry
If I could change one rule on Hijab it would be about the need to wear loose clothing. I would make it more like that of the Headscarf... more compulsory. I think it would give us more protection that just our scarves. especially in the western world.
Secondly I would like the other people of the book reminded of the need to cover their hair, even in christianity it is written that a woman's prayers are not accepted if her hair was not covered. I think that this is a great same for other girls of the book that they think we are oppressed because we have to wear it when in fact it is written for them to. I would change the stigma that comes with wearing hijab.
answer#5:
I would make a rule akin to the 3 Second Rule for Food. You know the one where if people drop food on the floor, if they can pick it up within 3 seconds, they will eat it as it hasn't been there too long?
Well, I would make a hijab equivalent. So if you just need to dash out of the house for a few seconds (run something to the rubbish bin, quickly check the mail) and then dash back, you can do it without hijab.
Cos putting on hijab to quickly gab something from the car or whatever is a pain in the neck, especially on hot days. ESPECIALLY when you're still in your pyjamas, cos then all your neighbours see you in hijab with your PJs and think, "Wow, she really DOES wear that thing ALL THE TIME. She must even wear it to BED."
I think the rules of hijab for women are fine. If anything I'd change the intepretation. Tat way, all women would know what the expectations are and no one could argue otherwise. It would also put aside the struggle between cultural hijab and real hijab.
However, there is one rule about hijab I would change. I would change the masculine hijab. Men are required to lower their gaze but Islamically, a man can walk outside showing his upper body. Now if you're a woman with a healthy libido, seeing an attractive manpartially clothed is going to want you to look twice. Some women might say, "sister! Lower your gaze." Well it's not thateasy for some of us, just like it's not easy for some men.
I think a man should be obligated to fully clothe his body with loose clothing that won't grab attention. I'm tired of seeing Muslim men strut their stuff while I am required to drape myself in all kinds of fabric. The sexual attraction road sould work both ways.
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