In ancient Arab culture, a man would not sell the horse his wife rode; instead, he would slaughter* it so that no other man could ride it, due to his intense jealousy.
When burying a woman, you see her family crowding around the edge of the grave, encircling the area so that no one outside her family approaches the grave. Voices rise, saying, 'Cover the body, veil her, cover the grave.' All this is out of jealousy for her, even though she is wrapped in her shroud, dead.
Are not your living women more deserving of such protection? A woman’s clothing reflects her father’s upbringing, her mother’s chastity, her brother’s protective jealousy, and her husband’s manliness.
Here’s a corrected version of the sentence:
Western liberal culture, freedom, secularism, and democracy have led people to this degeneracy.
Fear Allah regarding your womenfolk.
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There is likely mubalaghah (hyperbole) in these kinds of narratives to highlight the severity of the issue.
When burying a woman, you see her family crowding around the edge of the grave, encircling the area so that no one outside her family approaches the grave. Voices rise, saying, 'Cover the body, veil her, cover the grave.' All this is out of jealousy for her, even though she is wrapped in her shroud, dead.
Are not your living women more deserving of such protection? A woman’s clothing reflects her father’s upbringing, her mother’s chastity, her brother’s protective jealousy, and her husband’s manliness.
Here’s a corrected version of the sentence:
Western liberal culture, freedom, secularism, and democracy have led people to this degeneracy.
Fear Allah regarding your womenfolk.
____
There is likely mubalaghah (hyperbole) in these kinds of narratives to highlight the severity of the issue.
