Maulana Rahmatullah Sahab

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Immodesty in Islamic Perspective

Few incidents
It has been narrated that Hadhrat Sulaimaan bin Yassar (RA) was a very handsome man. A wonderful and surprising incident is related about him that once he along with his companion went to perform Haj from Madina. On reaching a place namely Abwa, they made a stay. His companion took a bag and went to the market for some purchasing and left Hadhrat Sulaimaan in the tent. A woman from certain village while passing through that place saw the good looking face of Hadhrat Sulaimaan and wholeheartedly fell in love with him. The tent of Hadhrat Sulaimaan was tied at the foot of a hill while that woman was at its peak. When she saw him, she came down and went straight into his tent. She had a veil on her face and her hands were in gloves. When she removed her veil, it appeared as if moon had come out of a cloud. She was extremely beautiful and attractive and asked Hadhrat Sulaimaan to give her something. He thought that she was asking for some food.

Immodesty in Islamic Perspective

Immoral information should not be publicised
Islam wants modesty to prevail and it prevents from publicising the information related to immorality. It has prohibited a person to publicise evil if he happens to listen to or look at any. If a person is seen doing anything bad, he should be advised not to do so and his act should not be narrated to others, not to speak of making it a headline in newspapers or give it publicity by other means. To consider this as ‘freedom of journalism' is a term of those ignorant people who are involved in the optimism of the present era. Otherwise, who-being a truly intellectual will allow all this? To publicize immorality will only spread evilness. That is why it is required to conceal the immorality of a person, and while doing so, advise and exhort him not to indulge in such kind of acts.