After Allah informs Nabi (SAW) about marriage with certain...

After Allah informs Nabi (SAW) about marriage with certain relations He further reminds: "It is not allowed to you to take women afterwards, nor that you should change them for other wives, though their beauty be pleasing to you, except what your right hand possesses and Allah is Watchful over all things." (33:52) In the above verse it is clearly mentioned that Nabi (SAW) was also in a position to see the "Husn" i.e.

Beauty of women and this clearly establishes that women not related to the Prophet did not wear "Niqab" or veils to cover their faces when they used to appear in front of him. We must realize that attributing anything to Allah which He has not ordained is a very serious action on our part.

Allah has informed us through His messenger that attributing anything to Allah which He did not made as an obligation is "haraam" i.e Forbidden, as the following verse states: "Say: Surely my Sustainer has prohibited (made haraam) indecencies, those of them that are apparent as well as those that are concealed, and sin and rebellion without justice, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down any authority, and that you say against Allah what you do not know." (7:33) "Niqab" has not been made mandatory by any verse of the Qur'an, it is a cultural practice of pagan tribes and unbelievers.

The Qur'an also identifies unbelievers who used to cover them selves up with their garments. Allah informs us through Noah: "And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with pride." (71:7) What About "Hijab"? The term 'Hijab' has become synonymous these days for a specific dress pattern of women, which is considered as an Islamic dress by many.

However the Qur'an does not use this word to denote any kind of dress pattern for women. The type of dress code prescribed by the Qur'an for women (and men) has been discussed earlier, and this term does not occur in the Qur'an in that aspect. The Arabic word 'Hijab' comes from the root word (H-J-B) and it carries the meaning of: A screen, Curtain, To hide, To conceal, Block from view, Wrap, Mask, To make inaccessible etc.