Well put simply, its just a piece of cloth that women wear to cover their faces. BUT people seem to find the need to find the most complicated definition of the veil!!! Still dont get what it is?! Heres a video if you're interested, shows you lots of different women wearing the veil!
Ok so now you know what it is, WHY do they wear it?! Does the Qur'an say a woman has to wear it?! Well interestingly the Qur'an doesnt actually refer to any clothing! It just talks of it as a a spatial curtain that divides or provides privacy!!! When we see WHERE it actually comes from, well it 'goes back to tribal nomadic societies living in the Arabian desert and other dusty and dry areas before Islam began, in order to provide protection against dust and sand!'
A lot of women claim they choose to wear it because it is a mustahab act - meaning to seek the love of God. HOWEVER there are some Muslims who see as covering the face as an obligatory act, because the face is seen as awrah ie a part of the body, which women must cover from unrelated men!
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?!
Its interesting to hear the song thats playing in the background of the video....a chance to hear why women wear the veil.
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