Woman and Hijab
Woman and their Hijab The term ḥijāb was originally used to denote a partition or a curtain and was sometimes used for Islamic rules of modesty . [8] [13] This is the usage in the verses of the Qur'an , in which the term sometimes refers to a curtain separating visitors to Muhammad 's main house from his wives' lodgings. This has led some to claim that the mandate of the Qur'an applied only to the wives of Muhammad and not to all women. [14] [15] Another interpretation can also refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public sphere , whereas a metaphysical dimension may refer to "the veil which separates man, or the world, from God". [16] The Qur'an never uses the word hijab to refer to women's clothing, but passages discuss the attire of women using other terms jilbab and khimār . [17] For some the term for headscarf in...
