If you are Muslim you are asked to lower your gaze. Muslim men and woman are taught in Islam to not look at the opposite sex in a lustful manner.
Sura 24 - Al Noor (Madina) Verse 30
Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.
Translation: Eng-Yusuf Ali
Prophet Muhammad PBUH said, " A (lustful) gaze is a poisoned arrow from Shaytan."
Now days we face even more challenges I think because of the heat in the summers and the dress woman and men are choosing to use is next to nothing. They are practically naked. The woman's body sways attracting the eye of the man to parts he should not be looking at whether intentional or unintentional. Raised as an American woman I thought little of high heels.
hmmm my hips don't sway just because I add height to my shoes and myself, or do they?
I had to find out for myself. It is true so I found. Here is how you can find out too don't just take my word for it. Next time you are out, woman only please, away from your homes watch the other woman. Pay close attention to the ones in heals and the ones in shoes that are flat and also take note how you walk yourself, in tennis shoes and then again in high heels. There is a sway when wearing high heels.
So I am short, oh well adding height is not worth Allah's rath. I love him and myself more and you should also. Also, I warn you even when wearing flat shoes make sure your walk is not enticing. It is our job sisters to educate our selves and to teach others. We have to start somewhere. Teaching woman to dress appropriately further helps the men lower their gazes. They are human after all. Think about your future and know one day you could be the older woman whose husband is looking at some woman in a skirt with heels or a tight pair of jeans that you once wore and looked good in. Sure you may look good now but what about after having children and over time your body changes. Do you want to be compared to some woman in her early twenties because she has displayed herself for all to see. I am not saying all men are like this but lets help them to stay true to themselves and us. Really would it kill us to do this? Respect yourselves and cover. To not like the attention you get from guys when you wear these clothes cause that attention only feels good for a while and does not fulfill the needs you are needing. Like love, respect, honesty and loyalty. I ask you this would you want a man staring at your daughter with lust in his eyes. We keep blaming men but are we not part of the major problem. We must cover that which is only for our husbands. How can men respect a woman who shows all of what is his to all who wishes to look. To a man there is pride in knowing she is only yours and that no one else has seen or touched her. We have to stand together as woman and stop competing against each other. We are destroying our selves and not getting any respect and degrading ourselves. Look at the tv commercials and other ads they are selling soap or the woman half naked with suds all over her. :( This is only one example there are many and we don't even realize we have allowed ourselves to be used in a most degrading manner. We must see the error of our ways and teach our children this is not right or acceptable. .
I want all my sisters to be safe from prying eyes and I want them in Jennah with me. I do not judge for you alone have to answer to Allah I only seek to educate you. To All my sisters with love.
