Dress code in Islam
In an article entitled “Religion and women” published in The Daily Star on May 18, 2101,columnist Mr. Chaklader Mahboob-ul Alam commented, “As far as the dress code is concerned, the Holy Quran requires both men and women to dress and behave modestly. Nowhere does it ask women to wear burkha (full veils).”
Regarding the dress code and the behaviour of men and women, the Holy Quran states, “ Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands.”
This guidance is the order of the Creator Almighty Allah and no one can bring any modification to it. There may be difference of opinion about interpretation of the words and verses for which we are to accept the explanations by the Islamic scholars. Moreover, all Muslims must accept that there is nothing to be reformed in Islam. It is a complete code of human life and is not limited to any age.
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