Hijab — Page 161
161 Huzoor Anwar atba stated: The auxiliaries of Lajna and Nasirat were established for the same purpose and for the same reason Waqfaat- e-Nau are being accepted. Waqfaat-e-Nau cannot play an active role like the missionaries who are properly trained and are employed as Mubaligh; and where women cannot go alone, men can. ” Huzoor Anwar atba said: “Thus, Waqfaat-e-Nau girls have to be role models for women, girls and children. Huzoor Anwar atba said: I think all the girls here except one or two are older than 10 years. ” Huzoor Anwar atba further said: “According to Islam, ten years is the age of maturity at which it becomes obligatory to offer prayers. Prayer is a worship of Allah that has to be offered five times a day and this worship has been made compulsory at the age of ten by Allah and His Messenger sa , implying that all your actions are to change at this age. ” Huzoor Anwar said: “Girls say that they are still young; only eleven or twelve years old. So, we will wear a scarf or coat when we grow older. If the sense (of Purda) has not developed by ten years of age, then it will never develop after that age. Thus, always remember that Waqfaat-e-Nau have to be the role models for their people and nation. ” Huzoor Anwar atba said, “it has also been proclaimed (in a speech) that we will do Tablīgh to our own people and to Norwegians, reaching up to the point in the North where the flag was hoisted in 2008. Revolutions are not brought about by hoisting a single flag or setting an exhibition or by giving a copy of the Holy Qurān to someone. There should be a follow-up of these (efforts). (We) must regularly review how fruitful the steps are we have taken. Thus, a lecture or a speech can never and will never inculcate Purda until everyone develops a sense in their heart that they will practice what they hear. ”