HIJAB is there in Hindu and Christian Books Also

- Zakir Naik-

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Lets analyze what the Hindu Scriptures have to speak on

modesty?

It is mentioned in the Rig Veda Book no. 8 Hymn no. 33 V. no.

19

“When Brahma has made you a woman, you should lower your
gaze and should not look up. You should put your feet together
and you should not reveal what the garment and the veil
conceals.”

So the Rig Veda says that the woman should wear the veil.

They should lower their gaze and should not stare.

It is further mentioned in Rig Veda Book no. 10 Hymn no. 85

V. no.30

“Unlovely is the person is the husband who covers his thighs

with the garment of his wife. “

So the Rig Veda says that wearing the clothes of the opposite
sex is prohibited.

It is further mentioned in the Mahavir Charitra Act 2 Page 71

that

When Purshuram comes, Rama tells his wife Sita that “He is our
elder, please lower your gaze, and put on the veil. “

Rama tells his wife Sita to put on the veil and to lower her
gaze.

If you read historical books, the books talking about the Coin
Age, the Age of the Gupta and the post Gupta age, there are
coins , on which there are pictures of the Indain woman
wearing the veils and the veil are going upto their shoulders,
some go upto the arms. There are many Indian woman in the
villages who wear the veils, some of the woman even cover
their faces.

So,if you analyze, even the Hindu Scriptures say that a woman
should wear the veil. That the woman should lower their gaze.

Now lets look at the Christian Scriptures...

Matthew 5:27-28
You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery'
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has
already committed adultery with her in his heart

Wearing of opposite sex clothes not allowed

Deuteronomy 22:5

22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a
man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that
do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

I Timothy 2:9

And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They

should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw
attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by
wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes.

Punishment for a women who does not cover her head

I Corinthians 11:5-6

11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her

head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one
as if she were shaven
The Noble Qur'an - Al-Ahzab 33:59

And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking
at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal
sexual acts, etc.) and not to show off their adornments except
only that which is apparent (like palms of hands or one eye or
both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer dress like veil,
gloves, head cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over
Juyubihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms, etc.)
and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands,
their fathers, their husband’s fathers, their son’s, their
husband’s sons, their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their
sisters sons or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in
Islam), or small children who have no sense of the shame of
sex.
And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they
hide of their adornment. And beg Allah to forgive you all O
believers, that you may be successful.

Because followers of hindu and christianity does not wear

hijab , This implies either they do not follow whats written in it
or they themselves know that their holy book is not the word
of god and is not worthy of not being followed.
So be it.
But do not point your fingers on followers of Islam, because
we belive and we know that the Quraan is the word of God and
we obey by it.

Watch:

Hindu Women Questions Dr. Zakir Naik about Hijab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp5ORAqZIlA