Veil is one of women’s clothes that famous along the people, all the more in Moslem community. The prime reason for women in wearing veil is hiding their genitals around the head, neck, and breast. There were only few women wearing veil in the past, but nowadays seeing women with veil is not a special thing anymore. We can see many women with veil everywhere, both the little girls, teenagers, and adult women. But unfortunately, the purpose of wearing veil is not pure for heading their genitals but for having fashion and keeping the popularity as the women of with veil only. Maybe there are only 25% of women who are sincere in wearing veil to their genitals and 75% of other women maybe wearing veil just for obeying their parents’ rule or jus for having popularity as women with veil is seem different and more charming, so they decide to wear veil going out of house, but they never think to hide their genitals at home. When they are at home, they let their hair seen by other men who should not see it, such as their neighbors, and other guests. They never feel uncomfortable about it anymore because their purpose in wearing veil is not for hiding their genitals purely. It can be also done by the girls who stay in Islamic boarding house. When they are in Islamic boarding house, they always hide their genitals and never get their veils put off. It is done by them because they are afraid of the rules. But, when they are at home where there are no any rules as they have in Islamic boarding house, they put off their veils although there are many boys who can see them clearly. They may wear veils when they are going out to keep their popularity as girls with veil, right?
The other issues are their ways in wearing veils. The purpose of wearing is their head, neck, and also breast. But nowadays, most of women instead of wearing veils as the modern trend that hiding the head only and let the breast and neck opened. It will be difficult for us to find the women who hide their head, neck, breast entirely. Because they think that if they perform like that, they will be out fashioned. Whereas the real rule in wearing veil is hiding their head, neck and breast entirely as Allah said in QS an-
Nur: 31;
وقل للمؤمنين يغضضن من ابصرهن ويحفظن فروجهن ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا ما ظهر منها, وليضربن بخمورهن على جيوبهن, ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا لبعولتهن أو أبائهن أو أباء بعولتهن أو أبنائهن أو أبناءبعولتهن أو أخوانهن أو بنى أخوانهن أو بنى أخواتهن أونسائهن أو ما ملكت أيمنهن أولتبعين غير أولى الإبة من الرجال أوالطفل الذين لم يظهروا على عورات النساء, ولا يضربن بأرجلهن ليعلم ما يخفين من زينهتن, وتوبو إلى الله جميعاً ايه المؤمنون لعلكم تفلحون (31)
31. 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 adornment 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 sons, their husband’s sons, their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters In Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their Right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, 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 all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful.
From verse that, we can conclude that wearing veil is a must for all of the Moslem women to hide their genitals that include the head, neck, and breast entirely. And veil shouldn’t be worn in having popularity or fashion only, but also hiding the genitals purely. [Wahyu Panca Handayani]
