If women is modest, they create modest family, and consequently, they can create the exemplary society:

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*Modesty of a Muslim Woman - The Foundation of a Muslim Society*

One of the most beautiful virtues a woman can adorn herself with, is modesty. In today’s modern world, some women try to display courage, positivity, activity, or strength of character, and in doing so, they lose much of their modesty.

Modesty is a shield that preserves the dignity of a Muslim woman, keeping her behavior away from obscenity and her speech away from vulgarity. Through this, she rises above trivial matters.

When this shield is breached and modesty is lost, all standards become distorted.

The disappearance of modesty from the hearts of Muslim women is a significant problem in itself. It has caused much corruption in the Muslim world. The reason for this corruption is the loss of modesty, which leads to the sidelining of Shariah, the departure from the path of Allah Almighty, and the imitation of non-Muslim nations.

Women in the household, she nurtures the next generation and manages the affairs of the household, shielding it from the infiltration of immorality and deceit. If women is modest, they create modest family, and consequently, they can create the exemplary society.

Modesty is a great attribute in Islam because it is a noble trait, leading its possessor to abstain from indecency and vices, and to adorn themselves with virtues, and to engage in noble deeds. The Noble Prophet ﷺ said: "Modesty does not bring anything but goodness. (Sahih Bukhari 6117)

The Religion of Islam is itself built upon modesty, so whoever lacks modesty has no religion. That is why the Noble Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, every religion has a distinctive characteristic, and the characteristic of Islam is modesty" -(Sunan Ibn Majjah 4181)

Islam has raised daughters of Muslims upon modesty while they are behind the curtain. So what about when they are outside the house out of necessity? The modesty of a woman is to remain within her private quarters, and if she goes out, she should be protected by the Islamic veil.

How did it so became now that women choose to uncover themselves willingly? So what is the situation of someone who hates to wear the veil and takes pride in showing off, which is an ignorant act? 

Sayyida Aisha ؓ said: "I used to enter the house where the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, and my father were buried, and I would put on my garment and say: 'It is only my husband and my father.' But when Umar ؓ was buried with them, by Allah, I did not enter it except that I was wrapped in my garments (with Hijab now), out of shyness from Umar ؓ." - Imam Ahmad's Musnad (25660]

How did the Quran describe the gait of the woman when she came to Sayyiduna Musa ؑ, invoking him? Allah ﷻ said: "Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, 'Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us.'" [Quran28:25]. The gait of the pure, virtuous, chaste, and clean girl when she meets men, "with shyness," without displaying, flaunting, or seducing.

So, the righteous girl feels shy by nature when meeting and talking to men, but due to her confidence in her purity and integrity, she doesn't become unsettled with the kind of agitation that tempts, entices, and inflames men. Rather, she speaks clearly to the required extent and does not exceed. She did not come walking in a manner flaunting her charms, throwing off the cloak of modesty. She did not come uncovering what Allah ﷻ has commanded to be covered. Rather, she came modestly. Some even said that she used to walk behind Sayyiduna Musa ؑ while he walked ahead, and when she wanted him to turn right or left, she would throw a stone in the direction she wanted him to turn. All of this was out of shyness & modesty. Will you call it backwardness?

This is the modesty of the honorable and chaste Muslim woman, whose modesty has not been torn apart by satellite channels, fashion magazines, fashion models, and dens of vice in the east and west of the earth, which produce artistic corruption, moral vices, and promote the arrogance of women, masculinize them, and degrade them.

If you’re a Muslim woman reading this, and getting uncomfortable, then we’re not apologetic. Allah Asks you to submit to his commands, whereas Shaytaan wants to lead you astray by flaming rebellious sentiments, all in the name of modernity, feminism, human rights, sexism and what not. You choose who you want to listen to.

Source: collected through ‘Seerah of Rasullah (s.a.w)’ WhatsAp group and circulated.