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126 In his Germany tour, Huzoor Anwar atba presented essential guidelines in his meeting with National Majlis ‘Amila Lajna Imā’illah Germany, pertaining to moral training and Purda. Huzoor Anwar atba said: “I mentioned in America how to encourage 12-year-old girls towards wearing a. I told them that a child’s moral training begins at birth. Adhan is recited in the child’s ears after birth. So, dress your child from three years of age in a manner that she feels her clothes cover her up. Then this type of attire will go along with her as she grows older and she will continue to use clothes that conceal the whole body as you had instilled this habit in her from her childhood. If you have dressed them in clothes that do not cover up their body, then the girl will continue to wear such clothes that do not completely conceal her body and at age 11-12, she will say that this is how I want to dress. ” Huzoor Anwar atba said: “I am asked about jeans. I always reply that it is not forbidden to wear jeans, provided the shirts are long enough to conceal your nakedness. Wearing a short shirt with jeans is not permitted. ” He further said: “One should have a sense of shame and Haya (modesty) to wear a dress which is complete and is not revealing. ” Huzoor Anwar atba spoke of the incident of Hazrat Moses as which has been mentioned in Surah Al-Qasas of the Holy Qurān and related that when he as reached the Midian’s water-well, he watered the flock of two women and later one of them “ ِ تَمْشِی ْ عَلَی اسْتَحْیَاء ِ تَمْشِی ْ عَلَی اسْتَحْیَاء ” approached Hazrat Moses as with Haya and hesitancy. Huzoor Anwar atba said this is true modesty. It is the duty of mothers to train their girls and ingrain this in their minds, explaining to them the pros and cons. ” (Meeting National Majlis ‘Amila Lajna Imā’illah Germany, December 18, 2009, Al-Fazl International, January 29, 2010)