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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Fatima The Gracious Islamic Dress, a Social Necessity Among the Islamic teachings to which Lady Fatima az-Zahra (sa) gave special attention, was protecting women's honor and beauty through observing the Islamic way of dress. Fatima az-Zahra (sa) realized that crimes, social disasters, and humiliations were majorly due to unveiling, debasement, dissoluteness and mixture of the sexes.

These social crimes are now called freedom and civilization by various publications that are scattered throughout Muslim, and non-Muslim countries. It shouldn't be forgotten that less than one-tenth of such crimes and debasements, used to occur to Muslim women when they observed the Islamic covering, and exalted themselves from exhibiting their bodies to men.

That day when they used to bestow themselves in the garments of honor, and modesty, as they truly believed in the forbidden and the permitted. But, as time passed, they exhibited their privacy to thousands of men from all walks of life, and with many different faiths; Muslim women lost their honor and dignity... and reached the point of disgrace where they stand today!! The following are two reports, which explicitly present the Messenger's admiration of Fatima’s (sa) stands regarding women: A.

Abu Nu'aym reports in Hilyat al-Awliya v.2. p.40, that Anas Ibn Malik said: "The Messenger of Allah (S) asked: `What is best for women?' We did not know how to answer the Prophet, so ‘Ali (as) asked Fatima about the Prophet's question. Fatima az-Zahra (sa) answered: `It is best for them not to see men and not to let men see them.' ‘Ali (as) returned to Allah's Messenger and conveyed Fatima’s (sa) answer to him.

When the Prophet (S) had heard the answer, he said: `Surely she has spoken the truth, for she is part of me.' B. Ibn al-Maghazili mentions in his book Manaqib that ‘Ali Ibn al-Husayn Ibn ‘Ali (as) said: "Once a blind man asked for permission to enter Fatima's house, but she kept a veil between them.