A new name for immodesty
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Today you call yourselves modern, and you take great pride in this, that your daughters are very modern, and they come out first in college, and their photographs are published in the newspapers. It is the height of immodesty that their photographs are published in the newspapers! Who are these people (who allow such things to happen)? These are our Muslim brothers. These are Haji Sahebs, (i.e. people who have performed Haj), who always have Tasbeeh in their hands, however when their daughter gets a first division pass, then they allow their pictures to appear in the newspapers and on television. What kind of Islam is this?
The importance of Purdah
On one occasion, two of the blessed wives of Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam ), our respected mothers, were sitting in the house of Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) . A blind Sahabi by the name of Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Umme Maktoom (Radiyallahu anhu), then came to Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam ). Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam ) commanded his wives, “Veil yourselves!” The wives of Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam ) replied, “Is he not blind?” Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam ) replied, “O my wives! Are you also blind? Can you not see him?" Allahu-Akbar! Rasulullah ( sallallahu alayhi wasallam) made his two wives veil themselves from the blind Sahabi. The amount of sin that men get for looking at Non-Mahram women, is the same for women who look at Non-Mahram men. It is also forbidden for women to look at Non-Mahram men.
(page 21 The rights of Husband)