Why take the chance?

 

 

 

“O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.”

Surat Al-'A`raf (The Heights) 7:26

Sisters your modesty in dress is not something to be taken lightly. I recently saw a video about a sister that said she doesn’t think that it is a problem that she doesn’t wear hijab. And almost everywhere I look I see a sister dressing in a way that isn’t modest. And then if you were to tell them that you should dress more modestly there is always the saying, “Only Allah can judge me.” Allah tells us if we see something wrong we are supposed to try and correct it especially when it comes to our brothers and sisters. The thing that I don’t understand is why some treat these ayats like they are a game. Don’t you understand that one of the main reasons that Adam and Eve got kicked out of Jannah was because they allowed Shaytan to trick them out of their clothing?

“O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.”

Surat Al-'A`raf (The Heights) 7:27

Why would you even want to take the chance? If the mother and father of us all can be kicked out of Jannah for disobeying Allah by befriending Shaytan, eating from that tree, and then undressing themselves because they listened to the whispers of Shaytan what do you think will happen to us if we do the same. Modesty of course is in the way we act but it also in the way we are supposed to dress for both men and women. But remember most of the inhabitants of Hellfire will be women.

 ... I saw Hell also. No such (abominable) sight have I ever seen as that which I saw today; and I observed that most of its inhabitants were women....

Reference: Sahih Muslim 907 a

In-book reference: Book 10, Hadith 18

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 4, Hadith 1982

Sisters they are just clothes. Who cares what people say or how they may look at you. The reward from Allah is far better than satisfying people that you don’t know and if you got to know them you may not even like them. Allah knows what’s best for us. Put all your trust in Allah and you can’t go wrong.