My Dear Sister,
Know, my dear
Muslim sister, that you are man's sister and half of humanity. You are a
mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, grand daughter or grand mother. The
Prophet said, what translated means, Women are, indeed, men's partners. [Abu
Dawud]
You are a
member of the great nation of Islam, the best nation ever produced for mankind.
No other nation on earth has more great men, leaders and conquerors than this
nation. It is the nation of guidance and the straight religion, and it leads
humanity to righteousness and truth. It transforms people from worshippers of
slaves to worshippers of the Lord of slaves, from life's pressures to the
pleasures of the Life after, and from the injustice of other religions to the
justice of Islam.
Your ancestors,
great women of Islam, were one of the main reasons for this great nation to
take this great place among all nations. Allah, Who granted Islam to this
nation, made a high place for Muslim women, and decreed that they share in the
responsibilities of enjoining truth, forbidding evil and raising the flag of
Islam. He said, what translated means,
"The
believers, men and women, are loyalists of one another, they enjoin
righteousness and forbid evil, they offer their prayers perfectly and give the
Zakat, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will leave His Mercy on them.
Surely Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise." [Noble Quran 9:71]
Allah has given
Muslim women what they can bare of orders and duties. He is the God Who knows
His creation,
"Should He
not know what He created? And He is the Most Kind, All-Aware (of
everything)." [Noble Quran 67:14]
My dear sister,
you are called upon today to truly become an active member of the Muslim
nation, strive to establish victory for Allah's Word, implement the Quran and
help build the generation of Iman.
What Do Your
Enemies Want From You?
There are those
who want to distract you from doing your duty. They want to distract you from
meeting your noble obligation, that is, to defend the religion of Allah and
raise His Word high. Those enemies use many methods:
First: They
distract you from what Allah created you to perform of worship, belief and
Da'wah (propagating Islam). They use this worldly life as their bate: Jewelry stores,
fashions that originate in non-Muslim countries, new models all the time,
desires raised, hunger that can never be satisfied, pleasures and competition
for them and endless ways for joy. Allah did not create us for this. Indulging
in these matters is usually accompanied by wasting time and money and igniting
enmity and competition between the rich and the poor.
Second: They
ignite enmity between you and man. To those sinners, you are a daughter that is
put down, a humiliated mother, an abused wife and an oppressed sister! Men are
always unjust, hypocrites, dictators, freedom- preventers and suppressers,
according to them. There is a fabricated war that those evil ones are starting
for no reason other than to direct you to rebel against your father, be
arrogant with your brother and disobedient to your husband. They do not call
for justice, mercy and unity. They call for hatred, arrogance and destruction.
Third: They do
not stop at their call for rebellion against parents, brothers and husbands,
rather, they plot against Islam. They call upon you to rebel against the
obligations of Islam and the decrees of the All-Knowing King. Islam, to them,
is unjust and Islamic laws are imperfect and restrictive. They call upon you,
day and night, to rebel and insist on the disobedience of this religion. They
try to rid you of your religion. They try to rid you of comfort and safety
under generous parenthood, happy marriage and good brotherly relations.
Those devils
portray piety and honor as chains on freedom. To them, Hijab does not cover the
head, but also covers the mind; prayer, fasting and Zakat are a waste of time
and effort; and obedience to husbands is slavery and a return to the stone age.
They distorted all facts and changed all truths, all to serve their evil goals.
My Dear Sister,
The goals that
your enemies and the enemies of your religion are seeking to achieve are well
known. They want you to be available for them to fulfill their evil desires
whenever they wish. They want you to be a mistress that has no honor. They want
you to be found everywhere, on roads and in places of sin, without honor,
religion or manners. They seek for you only what they want you to do.
The Western
world has gone through this all. Women of the West are the part of society that
is facing injustice and dishonor. They strive to please men who keep changing
partners and seek pleasures but with no responsibility and no consideration of
the evil consequences of their sinful actions.
O Muslim
sister, read and know about those women who discarded shyness and honor and
followed their desires, what was the result of their deeds? Was their end
honorable and desirable, or was it a shameful and hated end?
Advice For My
Sister In Islam
Be proud of
your religion and the religion of your ancestors. Be a good example for your
sons and daughters and sincere in your belonging to this mighty nation.
Know that honor
is an honor to all wise people, and that adultery is dishonorable to all
nations, even if some called it freedom. Know that adultery is also done with
the eyes by seeing, with the ears by listening, and with the mouth by kissing,
as was mentioned in a Hadith related by Imam Muslim.
Your happiness
is in being an obedient and believing daughter, a loyal and generous wife and a
pious and merciful mother.
Know that
prayer is the cornerstone of Islam. Fasting one day, for the sake of Allah,
takes your face seventy years away from Hellfire, as the Hadith, related by
Al-Bukhari and Muslim, states.
Charity is a
major cause for gaining forgiveness and for repentance to be accepted.
Those women who
are showing parts of their bodies to men, will not enter Paradise or smell its
fragrance and are cursed, as in the Hadith related by Imam Muslim.
Hijab is an
honor and protection for you. Hijab must be modest in color and not exotic,
wide and thick and not revealing, different from the dress of non-Muslim women
and men.
My Dear Sister,
These are words
from the heart. These are words of good and sincere advice.
Beware of the
loyalists of Satan who want to lead you astray.
Be a slave of
Allah, righteous and descendent of righteous women and know your role in
building this great nation.
Perform your
duty and do not be a cause for destruction. Be a maker of righteous generation
that will lead mankind, again, to what is right and proper, to the great
religion of Islam.
This article
appeared in a recent issue of the "Muslim Creed" [Vol. 3 No. 2,
February 1995] a free of charge Islamic Magazine meant for the dissemination of
the Islamic creed, knowledge and Methodology of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah in the
light of the Quran and the Authentic Sunnah as understood and practiced by the
Salaf. It is published by "The Dear of Islamic Heritage."
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