Islamic Teachings on Ideal Family Life — Page 50
~ 50 ~ “And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which is apparent thereof, and that they draw their head-coverings over their bosoms, and that they display not their beauty save to their husbands, or to their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women or what their right hands possess, or such of male attendants as have no sexual appetite, or young children who have no knowledge of the hidden parts of women. ” (The Holy Qur’ ā n, 24: 32) Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā Ghul ā m A ḥ mad, the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, says in connection with Isl ā mic system of veil, Wisdom Behind the Injunctions of Veil A just-minded person will appreciate that free mixing of men and women and their going about together would expose them to the risk of succumbing to the upsurge of their emotions. It has been observed that some people see no harm in a man and woman