Hijab — Page 118
118 Internet with absurd films on TV and websites. There are absurd and useless magazines. Now, the voice is being raised even here against these absurd magazines known as pornography and that these should be taken off the shelves of stalls and shops as they are impacting the morals of young children negatively. They are realizing it now, but the Holy Qurān instructed 1400 years ago that these are all indecencies, do not even go near them. They will make you shameless, will take you away from God, away from faith and may even make you an offender. Islam prohibits the manifest as well as hidden evils. Purda is for the same reason. Purda and modest dress act as a barrier to stop open and free relationships between a girl and a boy. Like the Bible, Islam does not say not to glance at a woman with an evil eye. Instead it says that if you look at women, it will give rise to a desire for intimacy which will lead to immodesty. You will not be able to differentiate between good and evil, and then, with unrestrained relations between boys and girls, between men and women, the third presence among those two, according to the injunction of Allah the Almighty and His Messenger sa , will be Satan. ” (Sunan Tirmidhi, Kitabar Raza baab ma ja’a fi karaheyatad dakhool ala- lmaghibaat, Hadith #117) “The example of the Internet which I have given also includes chatting on Facebook and Skype, etc. I have seen many families falling apart from it. I feel sorry to say that such incidents happen even in our Ahmadi families. Thus, we must always keep the commandment of Allah the Almighty before us which states not to go even close to indecencies, otherwise Satan will over power you. Thus, it is the beauty of the commandments of the Holy Qurān that it does not state not to look up or not to have eye contact. Instead, it commands to always lower your gaze, and this instruction of keeping your gaze lowered is for both men and women. Lowered