Top 10 Things Islam prohibits Women from Doing

Top 10 Things Islam Prohibits
Women From Doing

Prohibit can be defined as a command that formally
forbids (something) by law, rule, or other
authority. But why are we often forbidden from
doing certain things? Why do we have to avoid doing
certain things? Because they are look as not good
for us, because they are not meant for us to have,
and because we are not meant for it – some of the
arguments. The person or authority who forbids us
from doing a particular task always seems to have a
valid reason, and something or someone has given
him/her the authority to act on your behalf.
The relationship between women and Islam is complex
and is defined by both Islamic texts and
the history and culture of the Muslim
world. The Quran explicitly states that men and
women are equal, but also says in 4:34 that “Men
are the protectors and maintainers of women,
because Allah has made one of them to respect the
other, and because they spend from their means.
Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient
and guard in the husband’s absence what Allah
orders them to guard.” Although the Quran does say
this, the superiority of men is interpreted in terms
of strength by the context – men maintain power
over women. This verse however refers to a
relationship between a husband and wife, not as a
society in whole. In general, women played much
bigger role in Islam than most people many modern
day rulers would imagine, there are examples of
female warriors in the armies of Prophet Muhammad.
However, as we learned in Top 10 Fast Facts about
Islam Worth Knowing, our modern interpretation of
Islam is quite different and is not always correct.
As such women are restricted from doing certain
things and are prohibited from:
1. Going out with uncovered head
A Muslim woman is not allowed to go outside of her
home with her head uncovered. Hijab can be
translated into a clock or a coat which covers a
woman’s body, including her head and her face. It’s
not necessary that women wear a hijab, they just
have to make sure that your clothing is decent
enough and is not revealing any of your body part.
Modern interpretations of the Qa’aran have now
enforced women to wear a hijab in social circles as a
way to protect them from the dirty stares of men,
men have a very dirty mind. It is believed that
whenever men see a woman they acquire this very
sick kind of idea in their mind about that woman. No
one knows how does a man’s mind works but God
knows therefore to protect her from the negative
thinking of men, he asked her to cover herself
whenever going out.
2.Travelling alone
This issue is quite debatable among scholars,
especially when they come to discuss whether or not
women could go perform Hajj without Mahram
(conditional upon the presence of just companions of
course). Their differences pertain to whether they
take the letter (face value) of the Prophet’s
Hadeeths related to this issue or the purpose of it
and why the Prophet PBUH gave that specific
verdict, and whether it was related to conditions/
constraints at the time or it is just beyond time,
culture, and specificity in general…
We should not, as Muslims, argue too much in Fiqhi
opinions, as too much dispute on those issues would
cause discord (fitna) among brothers and sisters.
In Islam it is believed that traveling involves
hardship and exhaustion and because of the weakness
a woman and the need to have someone to help her
and stay by her side, it is forbidden for a woman to
travel. Things may happen to her that may cause her
to lose control.
A Muslim woman may may live alone and will need to
be subject to the condition that she is trustworthy
and is not seen as a woman of dubious character.
With regard to a woman travelling alone, it is just
not allowed.
3. Marrying non-Muslim men
A Muslim women is not allowed to marry a non-
Muslim man. Such an order is supposedly given from
God because in Islam the women follow the religion
of the husband therefore if Muslim woman marries a
non-Muslim man she won’t remain a Muslim anymore.
A Muslim man is allowed to marry non-Muslim women
but that women should be either Christian or Jew
and should follow a holy book.
4. Disobeying husband
A Muslim wife should be as obedient as she can to
her husband. This preserves the nuclear family and
protects it from collapsing. This is part of Islam’s
organizing of the family structure.
One should note that a wife’s obedience to her
husband falls into one of four categories:
1- To ask her to do something this is commanded by
Islam, such as the five prayers. Here the wife must
obey her husband, and she would be considered sinful
from two perspectives if she fails to obey.
2- To ask her to do something which is beneficial to
him, or to refrain from doing something which is
harmful to him, such as things which have to do
with his food or clothes. She should obey him here
unless there is a valid excuse not to.
3- To ask her to do something which falls into her
personal affairs, such as asking her to give him
money or forbidding her from speaking to a friend
for no good reason. Here she can obey him if she
wants but she does not have to. She should consider
the benefit and harm of such obedience.
4- To order her to disobey Allah’s commands, and
here she must disobey her husband.
It is also a woman’s duty not to leave the house
unless the husband permits it. She should also never
sleep outside the house unless she has permission.
5. Physical interaction with other men
Physical interaction between man and a woman is
not permitted in Islam. You are not allowed to
interact (touch) any other man or woman except for
your own spouses, this scenario is applied for both
the genders. A woman is not allowed to indulge with
any men other than her own husband. Communication
is allowed to a minimal. It is well suited that a man
should hangout with men and a woman should hang
out with women because it does not lead to the
birth of any unmoral thought in the hearts of men
and women, according to modern Islamic laws.
6. Eye-contact with men
It is said that the eyes of a person reflects his true
personality. Being able to see is a blessing from
above, but with your eyes you can see all the good
things as well as bad things. Islam does not allow
women any kind of eye contact with men because
this contact is the first step to all the unethical
feelings. Even if you want to speak to men then you
communicate through the door or the window, but
the women must not come face to face with a na-
mehrum man. A Muslim woman is very respectable
and not everyone can have the pleasure of seeing her
or even talking to her face to face.
7. Lesbianism
One of the prohibited acts in Islam is lesbianism.
“Lesbian” is a term most widely used to describe
lust and sexual desire between females. Theologians –
ulamas usually refer to the three hadith, which
mention the word “liwat” (on behalf of the people of
Lot, referred to male homosexuality, and this whole
of this phenomenon) and “sihak”, indicating
relationship between two women. In the first hadith
it is being said: “When a man is being covered with
another man, the throne of the Almighty is being
shaken.” In the second hadith it is being said: “Both
active and passive homosexual partners supposed to
be killed.” In the third hadith it is being said about
women: “Sihak between two women is adultery” (az-
Zina).
Anal sex with own wife simultaneously condemned
too. In hadith it is being said: “Cursed is one who
enters in his wife through the anus.”
8. Fitted and cleavage clothes
Allah orders the women to cover their ornaments and
not to wear clothes that show their cleavage. The
curves of a woman are the private parts of the
body; they become the victim of the dirty stares of
men, generate malicious ideas and ruin the
reputation of that woman in the eye of men.
Therefore a Muslim woman has been asked not to
wear much fitted clothes; her clothing must cover all
the body parts properly.
9. Soft corner for na-mehrum
In Islamic sharia legal terminology, a mahram is an
unmarriageable kin with whom sexual
intercourse would be considered incestuous, a
punishable taboo. Current usage of the term covers
a wider range of people and mostly deals with
the dress code practice of hijab.
Anyone who a Muslim, including women, is not
allowed to marry is mahram , if they are of the
opposite sex and have reached puberty. A partial list
of what is considered a mahram can be found in
Surah 24, Ayah 31, of the Quran.
10. Perfumes
Islam forbids a woman to wear any such thing which
can divert the attention of men towards her, stuff
such as perfumes, makeup, jewels or very fancy
clothes. According to Islamic Laws, Perfumes have
a very strong smell. If a person wearing perfume will
enter a room, every person present would notice
that person. Similarly if a woman wearing perfume
passes by, then she will divert all the attention
towards herself. A Muslim woman is not an object
for exhibition but a symbol of respect.

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