BEAUTY OF NIKAH (MARRIAGE) AND VEIL

What is nikah? The truth behind the
islamic veil
Nikah is the Islamic word for a marriage
contract in whichthe bride and the
groom promises in front of
relativesusually close family membersof both the sides to accept each other for
the rest of their lives.
The importance of Nikah can be
understood through the sayings of
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who replied
when once asked “What is more important than prayers”, he replied, “the
spirit of prayer”, similarly when asked
what was more important than fasting
the answer was the spirit of fasting and
so for everything else I Islam the most
important thing is the spirit behind the action as it is the main guide which leads
to action. So in this case what is more
important than the marriage is its
spirit which in this case is the Nikah?
NIKAH is a binding between two souls
which can be conducted either at a single place where both the groom and bride
are present or the help of the modern
technology can also be taken and
nowadays telephone and internet is also
being used for conducting Islamic
marriages or the Nokah. The Hijab, which is the Arabicword of the
veil is much emphasized is Islam and is
considered a part of it as Islam lays much
stress on thecovering of a Muslim
women in every age and step. In many
societies Hijab is considered as a cultural part and something that is not a part of
the Islamic religion however this is not
the case. Anything that is deemed as
cultural tends to have its roots from
common practices and customs that have
been living through for a long time now. Rather the covering of the women which
resided in the past and carried on as a
cultural aspect was known as the
“Jahiliyah” which covered the women
rendering her as a lower being as
compared to man. Islam gave the concept of Hijab or a veil
to make the women an equal part of the
society rather earning her more respect
and dignity in the society. Our Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) declared clearly that
it is incumbent upon every single Muslim to search for awareness no matter how
far you have to go searching for it. Islam
respects all women as equalsin a society
and the reason for recommending Hijab
to them is only to provide them more
self respect and an added bodily protection fromthe evils and wrongs of
the society which are also a part of every
civilization.
Women in Islam have many rights which
were given to them 1400 years ago
which are not well known even by many Muslims today. Womenin Islam is give in
some instances much more respect and
honor than anything else and women
are not just mere individuals to serve
men or look after their homes or babies
rather they are acknowledged as anindividual being that has much self
respect