"And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their modesty, and not to display their adornment except that which appears ordinarily thereof, and to draw their veils over their necks and bosoms.."
(Sura An-Noor 24:31)
"O' Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their veils over their bodies. That is most convenient that they should be recognised and not be molested"
(Sura Al-Ahzab 33:59)
What does the word 'Hijaab' mean?
Hijaab, hijab, hejab, hegab - all the transliterations refer to the Arabic word حِِجاب which is based on the root حجب meaning "to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter".
Hijaab is...
an Act of Obedience
Modesty
Purity
a Shield
Righteousness
Eemaan (faith, belief)
Bashfulness
Guide to Hijaab
In this section you will find requirements of Islaamic Hijaab, a small vocabulary related to Hijaab, How-to-Hijaab advice (ie. how to wear a headscarf) and links to online stores that sell Hijaab (headscarves, khimars, abayas, jilbaabs, niqabs etc).
