الحِجاب

THE VEIL

الحِجـاب / The Veil

1- الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام لاب نـهِ الحسنِ عليه السلام: واكْفُـفْ علَيهِنَّ مِن أبْصارِهِنَّ بحَجْبِكَ إيّاهُنَّ، فإنَّ شِدَّةَ الحِجابِ خَيرٌ لكَ ولَهُنَّ، ولَيس خُروجُهُنَّ بأشَدَّ مِن إدْخالِكَ مَن لا يُوثَقُ بهِ علَيهِنَّ، وإنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أنْ لا يَعْرِفْنَ غَيرَكَ فافْعَلْ.

1– Imam Ali (AS) said to his son al-Hasan (AS), ‘And curb their eyes by keeping them in veil, for the strict observance of the veil is better for you and for them, and their going out is no worse than bringing to them a man who cannot be trusted, and if you are able to make them know none other but you, then do so.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqul, no. 86]

2- الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: كنتُ قاعدا في البَقيعِ مَع رسولِ اللّه صلى الله عليه و آله في يَومِ دَجْنٍ ومَطَرٍ، إذ مَرَّتِ امْرَأةٌ على حِمارٍ، فَهَوتْ يدُ الحِمارِ في وَهْدَةٍ فسَقَطَتِ المَرأةُ، فأعْرَضَ النّبيُّ صلى الله عليه و آله بوجهِهِ، قالوا: يا رسولَ اللّه، إنّها مُتَسَرْوِلَةٌ. قالَ: اللّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ للمُتَسرْوِلاتِ ثلاثا يا أَيُّها النّاسُ، اتَّخِذوا السَّراويلاتِ فإنَّها مِن أسْتَرِ ثِيابِكُم، وحَصِّنوا بِها نِساءَكُم إذا خَرَجْنَ.

2- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (SAWA) in Baqi` on a cloudy and rainy day, when a woman passed us on a donkey. The foreleg of the donkey slipped into a pit and the woman fell off. The Prophet (SAWA) turned his face away. They
[his companions] said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, she has trousers on.’ He said thrice, ‘O Allah! Forgive the women clad in trousers’ – ‘O people! Wear trousers for they are the most covering of your garments, and safeguard your women by
[making them wear] them when they go out.’
[TanbIh al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 78]