Maryam-Apr-Jun-2014-EN

HADITH
which stops a person from wrong doings
and also because modesty motivates one
towards doing good deeds, and that is
why this high moral of modesty has been
given as an example in this Hadith. (Sahih
Bukhari, Kitab ul Iman, p.46)
Modesty only results in good. It has also
been narrated in a Hadith that modesty is
all good. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab ul Iman)
In a Friday Sermon of 15th January 2010,
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V aba said that
‘haya,’ or modesty and chastity, is a part
of our faith. Let us not disregard it under
the influence of the obscenity that reaches
us through the internet and other media,
otherwise we risk losing our faith.
A woman should never forget that the
secret of true beauty lies in being modest
and chaste. It is narrated that the Holy
Prophet saw said that immodesty makes
oneself repulsive, while modesty lends
beauty to a chaste person. Thus, modesty
(haya) is the jewel of every woman, which
greatly enhances her inner and outer
beauty and it guarantees a woman’s
chastity and protects against the attacks of
Satan.
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV rah explaining to
women about Islamic purdah (veil) said
that if women safeguard their modesty,
then with the Grace of God Almighty, the
angels of God the Exalted will protect
them against all types of vices and sins.
This is because there is no better purdah
than the purdah of modesty.
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V aba says that the
concept of modesty is found in all nations
and religions. An Ahmadi woman should
not be influenced by the immodesty that is
wide-spread in the West. This immodesty
supposedly exists as an expression of
freedom and fashion. Modesty (haya) is
ingrained in the nature of a woman by
Allah the Exalted. An Ahmadi woman
should cultivate and enhance the concept
of haya now more than ever before.
Advising Ahmadi women on one occasion,
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V aba said that an
Ahmadi girl should remember that by
believing in the Promised Messiah as , she
has pledged to follow the true teachings
of Islam. An Ahmadi girl has a status and
sanctity which distinguishes her from
others. This honor can only be maintained
if she confidently follows the teachings of
Islam without any inferiority complex and
stays away from every deed which can
compromise her modesty and chastity.
She should safeguard herself against
satanic temptations, and for this, alongside
prayers before God Almighty, she must
cover herself with libaase taqwa (raiment
of righteousness). May Allah enable us to
do so, Ameen. (Class Waaqifaat-e-Nau,
Norway, 28th September 2011)
Masjid-e-Nabawi, Medina