Have various religious precepts like necessity of covering...

Have various religious precepts like necessity of covering, prohibition of gazing at women, and forbiddance of “committing” abominations and alike, been enacted for the sake of diminishing any contact or touching between women and men or is there any other purpose behind them? What thing can withstand the sexual liberalism, unrestrainment “tahallul” and displaying “woman's” charms? Beside other questions.

Also it should be known that in the recent century many writings in forms of books and articles, in Persian and Arabic,[^2] have been composed analysing and investigating into so many of dimensions of this subject, among which valuable researches can be seen. Despite all these, still many centres of investigation and searching in this field are found everywhere, and investigation file is still open.

Making researches and studies in connection to veil “hijaab”, can pursue different objectives each needing a particular method: The purpose and motive of investigation may be rational manifestation of fiqhi beliefs and judgements, in a way that it can be propounded in secular societies.

Sometimes the target of investigation may be to solve the mental problems of the issue of veil inside religious communities, in a way that all mental and theoretical unrestrained obstacles should be lifted from this way. Also it is possible that the aim of investigation be mere Fiqhi fathoming and studying profoundly, to the extent that can only be proper for “teaching in” the Islamic theological centres.

Further it is possible that the goal be guiding the society toward the required “ideal” covering… and others. It is explicit that every goal has its own method and tendency to follow, so it is infeasible to cover and discuss all of them in one book.

In fact, other than the practical leniency witnessed in case of covering, and production of desire and hope of human beings, some ideological questions and ambiguities inside religious societies, with viewpoints and visions of secular societies, and a number of Fiqhi opinions and verdicts on carelessness and unrestrainment, can be influential in the matter of covering.

Hence reason and reflection necessitate from us to choose proper ways for confronting practical leniency, desire and inclination, like advice and counsel, and making impunible and allowable amusements and exercise to replace exciting and seductive manifestations.