The Abayas lately have been the core attention of everyone including designers, magazines and women. The main purpose of wearing an abaya has changed. In the past, wearing an abaya was part of our tradition (unfortunately it was more than religion), now although its still part of our “culture” but it is more due to fashion. The whole purpose of wearing an abaya is to cover your body and to avoid being the center of attention. In other words to avoid harassment. The abaya should be plain, not tight and not a see-through. Its not hard to see that the rate of girls and women being raped in non-muslim countries are very high , it’s because of how they dress and of course other factors . When you are well covered you protect yourself from the wolves and find yourself like an expensive pearl in a safe haven. You find other people stand by your side and defend you when something wrong happens. It’s because they feel that you are valuable.

It’s ironic how in the past, when we used to go to weddings, we focused on the dress that we would wear, now I don’t think that is necessary anymore since the abaya itself is a wedding gown. I won’t deny that they are beautiful, but still, an abaya isn’t worn to catch people’s attention. If so, then what would the difference be between wearing an abaya and wearing a long sleeved party dress?

Unfortunately, some abayas are so tight that you would think the woman wearing it had to use Vaseline to slip her way into the dress. Sometimes she would wear an abaya that you would think that she is wearing a party dress instead.

Some may think that we are speaking out of jealousy and others may think its because we are “close minded” but truly speaking we are speaking because we know that it is wrong. We know that you need a WAKE UP call to let you realize that what you’re wearing isn’t actually an abaya, it isnt what our beloved Prophet- Peace be Upon him- told us to wear. We know that Allah shall punish us because it is considered as a sin and because what you are wearing catches the attention of men rather than repel their attention.

I really don’t mean to make fun of those who wear semi-abaya’s , but I pity them for they are missing the whole purpose of covering their body properly. It’s not like you can’t wear those abaya’s, you can wear them if you are in a place surrounded by women or a place where you know that all of them are your mahram.

 وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ وَلا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِنْ زِينَتِهِنَّ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ) النور/31