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 the Qur'an is khimār (Arabic: خِمار).^{[8][18][13][19][20]}

There is no consensus over how much of a veil is a necessity. Some legal systems accept the hijab as an order to cover everything except the face and hands,^[21][16] whilst others accept it as an order to cover the whole body, including the face and hands.^[22] These guidelines are found in texts of hadith and fiqh developed after the revelation of the Qur'an. Some believe these are derived from the verses (ayahs) referring to hijab in the Qur'an;^[23] others believe that the Qur'an does not mandate that women need to wear a hijab.^[24][25] Some reformist groups consider the issue of veiling in Islam as only a recommendation made according to the conditions of the past and that regarding it as a necessity is an imposition of Islamist ideology.^[24][25]