Friday 21 May 2010

sanggul unta.. is it HARAM??





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As this "sanggul unta" issue has now becoming an "emerging" HOT issue among muslim ladies nowadays - I would like to also take this opportunity to spread the matter to my readers- for a reminder specifically for myself and also for my dearest friends & readers..

First off, I start with Ustaz Hasrizal (SaifulIslam)'s Facebook status:
>> Masya Allah... ramainya bertanya kepada saya soalan yang sama, benarkah wanita bertudung yang meninggikan sanggul di dalam tudung itu termasuk dalam maksud hadith yang Allah SWT melaknat wanita yang rambutnya berbonggol seperti bonggol unta, bergoyang-goyang untuk menambahkan kecantikan dan menarik perhatian. Jawapannya ialah YA!
sanggul unta yang makin menjadi kegilaan "muslimah2" kita kini...
hukumnya?? wallahua'lam...
Maybe we should look back at what is our intention of wearing hijaab?

Should we follow the fashion/latest trend, or should we follow the modest Islamic dress code?

Hijab is one of the means to show our modesty, and an act of faith to Allah S.W.T.

And nowadays we see these 'so-called' Islamic fashion, which doesn't look modest at all..as the famous Baba Ali said..That's not hijab! :D

..and, here goes the 'article' shared from facebook, with the hadith included..

Read on ; ~ kindly be noted that this article is not written by me, ok!


It's a trend nowadays that many muslim Malaysian women are into the new hijab wearing i.e. wearing a shawl-like syrian style hijab. I posted on my Fb status recently stating that I too, would want to wear the syrian women hijab style with high bun but unfortunately my hair is short thus cannot tie or do a bun at all.I also received few suggestions to buy fake buns online or at a muslimah apparel shop, in KLCC.

I used to study in an arabic-medium school and had learned that when you wear tudung, you're not supposed to show any indication that your hair is long by tying your hair really high/do a bun until men can notice the presence of your long hair eventhough you wear your cover/hijab. That defeats the purpose of wearing a hijab.However, I can't remember the hukum whether it's haram or harus or makruh.

Being curious, I googled about this sanggul arab issue and found the hadith related:

Quote:
“ akan muncul dalam kalangan umatku di akhir zaman, kaum lelaki yang menunggang sambil duduk di atas pelana, lalu mereka turun di depan pintu-pintu masjid. Wanita-wanita mereka( isteri mereka atau anak perempuan), berpakaian tetapi seperti bertelanjang ( nipis&ketat). Di atas kepala mereka pula(wanita) terdapat bonggolan (sanggul atau tocang) seperti bonggol unta yang lemah gemalai. Oleh itu laknatlah mereka semua. Sesungguhnya mereka adalah wanita-wanita yang terlaknat”- hadith riwayat Ahmad, jil.2, ms. 223.
Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:

Quote:
“dua golongan penghuni neraka yang mana aku sendiri belum pernah melihat keadaan mereka didunia: golongan yang membawa cemeti seperti seekor lembu lalu menggunakannya untuk memukul manusia dan juga kaum wanita yang berpakaian seperti bertelanjang, menggoyangkan badan dan berlenggang-lenggok, kepala mereka ada suatu seperti bonggol di kepala unta yang bergoyang-goyang. Mereka tentu tidak akan memasuki syurga atau mencium baunya sedangkan bau syurga itu dapat dihidu dari jarak perjalanan begitu dan begini”
–hadith riwayat Muslim. Hadith no 212-

I would say that I was tempted at first as I saw some women/celebraties/tv presenters looked really pretty wearing the syrian style hijab with high sanggul/bun. Sometimes, bila nak cantik, manusia selalu lupa pada hukum walaupon dah belajar.I am one of them. Bila nak buat benda jahat, laju je.

Anyway, in wearing hijab,niat perlukah menghalalkan cara?