পুরুষের জন্য পর্দা (হিজাব)

হিজাব বা পর্দার কথা আসলে আমরা সাধারণত মহিলাদের কথাই ভাবি। কিন্তু মহান আল্লাহ পবিত্র কুরআনে প্রথমে পুরুষের জন্য এবং তারপর মহিলাদের জন্য হিজাবের কথা বলেছেন -

সুরা নূর এর আয়াত ৩০ এ আল্লাহ বলেন -
“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.” –[Al-Quran, 24:30]

অতএব ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে কোন মেয়ে বা মহিলার দিকে তাকানো মোটেই ঠিক নয়। সকল মুসলমান ভাইদের অবশ্য কর্তব্য মহান আল্লাহর এ আদেশ মেনে চলা।

পরবর্তী আয়াত এ আল্লাহ বলেন
“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 veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons…” –[Al-Quran, 24:31]

অতএব মহিলাদেরও উচিত মহান আল্লাহর এ আদেশ যথাযথভাবে মেনে চলা।

কুরান ও সুন্নাহ অনুসারে হিজাবের ৬ টি দিক রয়েছে

১. পুরুষের জন্য (কমপক্ষে) নাভি থেকে হাঁটু পর্যন্ত এবং মহিলাদের জন্য সমস্ত শরীর (মুখমণ্ডল ও হাতের কবজি ব্যাতীত) ঢেকে রাখা

বাকি ৫ টি দিক পুরুষ ও নারীর জন্য একই

২. ঢিলাঢালা পোষাক পরা
৩. স্বচ্ছ পোষাক না পরা
৪. এমন পোষাক না পরা যা অন্যকে আকৃষ্ট করে
৫. পুরুষের জন্য মহিলাদের পোষাক এবং মহিলাদের জন্য পুরুষের পোষাক পরা নিষেধ
৬. অন্য ধর্মাবলম্বীদের পরিচয় বহনকারী কোন কিছু না পরা

তবে শুধু পোষাকেই নয়, আমাদের আচার-ব্যবহার, চাল-চলন সর্বক্ষেত্রেই হিজাব অপরিহার্য।

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Hijab for Men

Hijab for men

People usually only discuss ‘hijab’ in the context of women. However, in the Glorious Qur’an, Allah (swt) first mentions ‘hijab’ for men before ‘hijab’ for the women.

The Qur’an mentions in Surah Noor:
“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.” [Al-Qur’an 24:30]

The moment a man looks at a woman and if any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he should lower his gaze.

Hijab for women

The next verse of Surah Noor, says:
“ 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 veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons…” [Al-Qur’an 24:31]

Six criteria for Hijab
According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijab:

1. Extent:

The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijab’. All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.
2. The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal the figure.
3. The clothes worn should not be transparent such that one can see through them.
4. The clothes worn should not be so glamorous as to attract the opposite sex.
5. The clothes worn should not resemble that of the opposite sex.
6. The clothes worn should not resemble that of the unbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that are   specifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’ religions.

Hijab includes conduct and behaviour

Complete ‘hijab’, besides the six criteria of clothing, also includes the moral conduct, behaviour, attitude and intention of the individual. A person only fulfilling the criteria of ‘hijab’ of the clothes is observing ‘hijab’ in a limited sense. ‘Hijab’ of the clothes should be accompanied by ‘hijab’ of the eyes, ‘hijab’ of the
heart, ‘hijab’ of thought and ‘hijab’ of intention. It also includes the way a person walks, the way a person talks, the way he behaves, etc.