And do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you
exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a
share of what they have earned. And ask Allah of his bounty. Indeed Allah is
ever, of all things, Knowing.
[AN-NISA’ Ch.4: V.32]
Alhamdulillah it is great to be back
in here to write another entry. It looks like I only wrote one entry per month
now. So, I am sorry for this and I always try my best to write an entry so that
people can read and learn new things. Few weeks back, I bought one book with
title of “Travelog Minda Tajdid”, written by Dr MAZA. If you are following my
blog from the beginning, maybe you know that I am fans of Dr MAZA.
Something from this book that I want
to share with you all, it is about the position of women in Islam. I look to my
blog statistic; it looks like there are some people viewing from other than
Malaysia. So I think this issue is a big issue in the European country and the
thought now coming to Asia recently. People nowadays easy misunderstood about
Islam and also misinterpreting Islam. Most non-Muslims only know about Islam by
looking at the Muslims’ practice. They are not understands it with the actual
meaning. Therefore, when the Muslim did something wrong, the non-Muslims think
that is Islam.
In this entry I am going to renew the
thinking about hijab, that most people think that the hijab is oppressing the
Muslim women. It is not a shocking things when the Muslim women, themselves are
trying to “fight” for their right to not wearing hijab. They give Europe as an
example, country nowadays that is not oppressing women. Actually, only they
think western women are not oppress by the laws or the cultures there. There
are stories or true stories that they (people that against hijab and proud with
western women) did not see and take into consideration.
During the middle age, the culture of
people when they are going for a war, they will bring their wives. Most
civilization did the same thing. They bring along their wives so that they have
greater spirit to fight with the enemies and they will realize that they have a
very big burden on their shoulder. If they are not success in the war, they are
going to lose everything, including their wives, wealth and their country. In
Europe, what they did to their wives to make their wives loyal to them is that
they make their wives to wear iron jockstrap.
It is something that very extreme. It
is unimagined, it must be very painful. This is going to make the women hard to
move, hard to void and many more. If the environment is very cold, it is going
to make the women more suffer. Maybe you say that their women already free from
that thing. Maybe you can say they already come out from the darkness ever. But
actually their women coming out from that darkness and now entering into the
next darkness.
I mean that, until now their women are
not free from any kind of torture. In the middle age with the iron jockstrap
and now in the modern days with the pornography. You can see that they are
exploiting their women in every kind of business including magazines, films,
dramas, music and many other things. They are showing the women beautiful
bodies, for people to see and even to touch. They are doing such that the women
pride is very cheap and very low. They are like insulting their own women.
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and
made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most
noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah
is Knowing and Acquainted.
[AL-HUJURAT Ch.49: V.13]
It is very different in Islam, very
much different. In the above verse, Allah says that the most noble among the
human is the one that the most righteous. If woman more righteous than a man,
she deserve it. Hijab is not the torture tool; it is for the good of the women.
Hijab covering the women bodies from being seen by non-right person. It is to
avoid negative feeling (lust) towards women.
Hijab is not phycology torture method
to the women. If they know the purpose of wearing it, they will wear it
willingly. Hijab is not the obstacle that stops the women from become
successful women in their fields of jobs and their lives. There are many women
that wearing hijab, but they can success in their lives. Hijab has its own
values; courtesy, morality and also beauty.
There is country that claiming that
they are ruling the country with Islamic laws and they are practicing Islam
fully. However they are only practicing the Islam with the way that they understand
that. They are not showing to the world the beauty of Islam and the actual
practice of Islam. They only making the world confused about Islam,
misunderstand about Islam and also misinterpreting Islam.
The conclusion is that, to know about
the others religion is not by looking at their practice. But in order to know
their religion, we need to study their scriptures. This is not only for Islam,
but it is also for other religions. With this kind of practice, we can avoid
misunderstanding about the religion and the most important thing is that we are
not giving bad description about them.
Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah;
indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.
[AL-MAIDAH Ch.5: V.8]
~Wallahua'lam~
