Actually – verse 33:59 uses the word Jalabibihinna, which means “their garments” and then you have the term “yudina” which means to draw closer or lower (lengthen/cover the legs).

Personaly, it is my view that if a muslim woman needed to wear a headscarf, it would be explicitly, repeatedly and left without doubt whether or not a headscarf is required. Considering that at the time the Quran was revealed that there was a word for headscarf and that word was not used I would have to say that the arguments for promoting the headscarf are illegitimate.

The rest of your article I agree with. I don’t understand why people feel the need to push their own beliefs upon others – either way.

I believe that the Hanafis have determined that since kohl is applied by plunging a stick into a kohl pot and then applying the kohl to the eyes, then by analogy any make-up that comes in a tube/pot with a stick that can be plunged in and used on the eyes is good to go. It is recommended that the color be kohl, but it is not obligatory. There is a strict restriction to traditional kohl for the eyes among some scholars, especially the Zahiris who reject the above analogy. But the Hanbalis hold that there is a single report that Muhammad’s wives used pots of color and stuck their fingers in the pot in order to apply the color to their eyes. The Hanbalis argue that the analogy above is not acceptable, but through this ahad report they argue that women can use eye make-up if applied with the fingers only. The Malikis argue that the women of Medina tended to favor Smashbox brand make-up, especially the glittery base colors. Malikis thus argue that make up use is not limited to plunging sticks or fingers as the other schools claim, but rather is limited to Smashbox brand. There is some archaeological evidence there might have been a Sephora outlet where the Dairy Queen covering the Prophet’s favorite well is now in Medina, so this this final perspective makes the most sense to me.

I hope that was helpful.

Salams

I hear L’Oreal is offering two new lip colors in Modest Meccan Mauve and Face the Burning Fuschia.

Have any of you ever seen men wearing Kohl? I have. And it
creeped me out…....

Muslim Hedonist

“Face the burning” fuschia? Sounds good to me…

But seriously, what’s wrong with men wearing kohl? Looks good on some. And some of the women who wear it look like racoons.

And, in seventh century Arabia, kohl was looked upon as medicinal. Maybe it is.

I personally like men with kohl on but they either have to be 1. gay, 2. goth, 4. really masculine. A really masculine guy with kohl on and a utilikilt. I’d throw myself at his feet.

Has anyone seen the utilikilt site? They should have personal ads there!

www.utilikilt.com

Kohl is a bit of an antiseptic and makes your eyes a little watery, hence the medicinal aspects. But it also dialates your pupils making women look oh so inviting, big pupils, big excitement. Too bad dialating your pupils is a really, really bad idea leading to cataracts and other problems. There is a reason they get really small in sunlight, you know.

kohl is totally in. for years in my part of the world..its when the rest of you is in “aabaa“and you accentuate the ONLY part that is visible that creeps me out. the point i was trying to make was that modesty lies deeper than the issues we have come to relate it to.
its the spirit too
or is it not??
thank you for all your comments and renderings.

be open to change,but never give up your values

I feel your pain, Hassan al Makdis. One fine day in grad school, one of my housemates, a conservatively religious fellow who had far more luck with the ladies than I did, turned up with dark outlines around his eyes. "It's sunnah", he said, but it looked very bizarre indeed.

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liberalislam.net

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d have the thought: Hey, utilikilt, perhaps I should…

Thank you Laury.

Though I prefer the term: Cargokilt

sunnah… for crying out loud..AAAARGHHHH... i see grown men wear henna in their hair and beards in the name of sunnah..hello..they invented dye some yearssssss later….
still
i say
live
and let
us live too

be open to change,but never give up your values