THE REASON BEHIND VEILING OF WOMEN - PERVERT INSPIRES ALLAH?

THE REASON BEHIND VEILING OF WOMEN - PERVERT INSPIRES ALLAH?

                           When I was a teenager, It was my curiosity that pushed me to ask many Muslims(both men & women) about the real reason for the veiling of Women. Surprisingly, nobody could answer but all made common statement "It is our tradition and our religion tells us to do so".

It is really sad to know that many Muslims follow their religion blindly without even trying to understand why they believe what they believe. Can I categorize this type of faith under "Blind Faith? Why not?. It is amazing to notice the hypocrisy or innocence or ignorance of many Muslim girls in India who wear burqah/Hijab for the sake of wearing it. I have personally seen many girls who wear western clothes(Body exposing) and cover it under the Burqah when they are out. The moment they reach the workplace (my call center experience), the cover disappears and a westernized Muslimah appears with revealing outfits till the shift ends. Many women brag about this veiling practice without any clue why they follow and how did it start. Since no one answered my question about this mysterious Veiling of Women in Islam, I started my own research and found something really interesting and saddening to my heart. In this research, I found out that Even perverts can influence Allah and force revelations.

Let us start from a Quranic Verse that supports or commands the "Veiling of Women"

      And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful. Qur'an 24:31

O Prophet! say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they let down upon them their over-garments; this will be more proper, that they may be known, and thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. Qur'an 33:59

Now we should know what influenced Allah for such revelation. Let us know the real reason behind this Aya.

According to the sources, Umar used to spy and peep the wives of Muhammad when they used to sit for call of nature in the open fields, even though they used to go at night out of shame. Umar knew the source of Quran, he didn't pray to Allah to reveal the law for it, instead he forced Muhammad, but when Muhammad showed reluctance, he started harassing him daily by harassing his wives and forced him to invent the Quranic law.

Sahih Bukhari 8:74:257
Narrated 'Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) 'Umar bin Al-Khattab used to say to Allah's Apostle "Let your wives be veiled" But he did not do so. The wives of the Prophet used to go out to answer the call of nature at night only at Al-Manasi.' Once Sauda, the daughter of Zam'a went out and she was a tall woman. 'Umar bin Al-Khattab saw her while he was in a gathering, and said, "I have recognized you, O Sauda!" He ('Umar) said so as he was anxious for some Divine orders regarding the veil (the veiling of women.) So Allah revealed the Verse of veiling. (Al-Hijab; a complete body cover excluding the eyes). (also see Sahih Bukhari 1:4:148; Sahih Muslim 26:5397)

Now, That was not the only verse that Muhammad (Allah?) copied from Umar, but Umar "revealed" many verses. This also exposes the Quranic challenge of "produce a surah like it", as Allah himself has plagiarized things from people like Umar, the pervert man.

Narrated 'Umar (bin Al-Khattab): my lord agreed with me in three things:
1. I said,"O Allah's Apostle, I wish we took the station of Abraham as our praying place (for some of our prayers). So came the Divine Inspiration: And take you (people) the station of Abraham as a place of prayer (for some of your prayers e.g. two Rakat of Tawaf of Ka'ba)". (Qur'an 2.125)
2. And as regards the (verse of) the veiling of the women, I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I wish you ordered your wives to cover themselves from the men because good and bad ones talk to them.' So the verse of the veiling of the women was revealed.
3. Once the wives of the Prophet made a united front against the Prophet and I said to them, 'It may be if he (the Prophet) divorced you, (all) that his Lord (Allah) will give him instead of you wives better than you.' So this verse (the same as I had said) was revealed." (Qur'an 66.5). (Bukhari. Book #8, Hadith #395) (also Book #60, Number #10, #313 and Sahih Muslim 31:5903)

Hijab is also a sign for the woman that she is a free woman, unlike sex slaves. So Hijab saves the Muslim women from being molested and raped by men who would not mistake her as a slave girl. The family members and friends can see whole body of the (free) woman except from navel to knees, but the covering is forbidden for slave women.

Tafsir Al-Jalalyn Surah 33:59
O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks closely over themselves (jalābīb is the plural of jilbāb, which is a wrap that covers a woman totally) — in other words, let them pull part of it [also] over their faces, leaving one eye [visible], when they need to leave [the house] for something. That makes it likelier that they will be known, to be free women, and not be molested, by being approached. In contrast, slave girls did not use to cover their faces and so the disbelievers used to pester them. And God is Forgiving, of any occasion in the past when they may have neglected to cover themselves, Merciful, to them in His veiling them.

Conclusion: In Christianity, both Men and Women are created in the very Image of God(Genesis 1:26). Therefore, God of the bible is not biased against women by asking them to cover from Head to Toe rather has given us(Men) the spiritual gift called "Self Control". In my opinion, such Quranic inspirations and revelation that are forced by perverts like Umar, strongly proves that the Quran is not the word of God. I personally reject Quran and its teachings which is gender biased and for placing women below men by objectifying them as abstract objects. I urge the reader to decide for himself/herself whether to follow this book/religion or not. With that said, I request my Muslim sisters ask themselves these questions,

1 - Am I an Object to be Covered?

2 - Why should Men be free to lust after an unveiled women? Is Allah Gender Biased?

3 - Why did not Allah or Muhammad give any revelations for Men to control their desires rather than ordering women to be veiled?

4 - Why did not Allah or Muhammad rebuke or punish Umar for his perverse act rather than accepting his suggestions?

5 - Is this command/revelation from Allah or from a lust filled pervert's mind?

6 - Is this your freedom?

Let me tell you this, no one can control the perverts even if you are covered from head to toe.

Time to Think, Time to Change!

- Francis Siluvai