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the body. All the remaining five criteria below are same formen and women.3.2 The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal thefigure.3.3 The clothes worn should not be transparent or translucentsuch that one can see through them.3.4 The clothes worn should not be too glamorous to attractthe opposite sex.3.5 The clothes worn should not resemble that of the oppositesex.3.6 The clothes worn should not resemble that of theunbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that arespecifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’religions (e.g. any form of crucifix, David’s star etc).4. Hijab includes conduct and behavior among other thingsComplete ‘Hijab’, besides the six criteria of clothing, also includesthe moral conduct, behavior, attitude and intention of theindividual. A person only fulfilling the criteria of ‘Hijab’ of theclothes is observing ‘Hijab’ in a limited sense. ‘Hijab’ of the clothesshould be accompanied by ‘Hijab’ of the eyes, ‘Hijab’ of the heart,‘Hijab’ of thought and ‘Hijab’ of intention. It also includes the way aperson walks, the way a person talks, the way he behaves, etc.5. Hijab prevents molestationThe reason why Hijab is prescribed for women is mentioned in theQur’an in the following verse of Sura Al Ahzab:“O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing womenthat they should cast their outer garments over their persons (whenout of doors); that is most convenient, that they should be knownYoung Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 144