This document discusses the Islamic concept of Haya (modesty). It defines Haya as modesty, shamefulness, and shyness, which is linked to avoiding indecency and protecting one's private parts. The document outlines how Haya is mentioned in the Quran and hadith as an important part of faith. It discusses how societies with Haya have lower crime rates against women and greater stability compared to societies that have abandoned modesty. The document encourages cultivating Haya through modest conduct, speech, and dress in order to gain spiritual protection and live according to Islamic teachings.

2. HAYA

3. HAYAprepared by:Pakistan Islamic medical Association (women wing)Al-haya minal- iman muhimJune2009.

4. Have you ever thought?Why are we getting frustrated ?

5. Why do we feel insecure?

6. Why crime rate is on rise?

7. Are you going to believe?Just a simple four letter word can change your whole life.

8. “HAYA”

9. What is HAYA?Haya..... Arabic term derived from “Hayat” means life

10. Mostly translated as……..Modesty,Shamefulness Shyness. Unlike shyness does not mean lack of self-confidence.

11. MODESTY?Modesty: linked to the Latin modestus, ‘keeping within measure’,The Oxford Pocket Dictionary:“ behavior, manner, or appearance intended to avoid indecency”

12. Islam:true modesty: fear and obey Allah in all things large and small, public and private.

13. Haya = Inner modesty+ outer modesty

14. Person having Haya!Ashamed to commit a crime or a thing which Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) has forbidden.

15. 'Be shy of Allah’ Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mas'ud relates that one day the Prophet said, 'Be shy of Allah (God) Most High as much as is His due.' The companions present said, 'All praise to Allah, we are shy of Him.' The Prophet said, 'That is not the point.

16. “Whoever is shy of Allah as much as is His due, he should protect his head and that which it comprises (i.e. mind, mouth, ears), his stomach and that which is adjoining it (i.e. preserve it from unlawful wealth and protect the private parts from the unlawful), and he should remember death and that which is to come after it; and whoever desires the Hereafter should abandon the adornments of this world. Whoever fulfills these duties has been shy of Allah as much as is His due.'" (Musnad Ahmad)

17. Criteria's of HayaDon’t Think ,talk and listen that displeases Allah!Avoid unlawful wealthProtect private partsRemember death Abandon adornments of this world

18. Haya and Islam

19. Haya and IslamIt’s a distinctive feature of Islam“Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said that every way of life has its distinct character and for Islam it is Haya (Muwatta)”.

20. Hayain the light of Quran

21. Hayain the light of Quran"Verily, those who love that indecency should spread among the believers deserve a painful chastisement in the world and in the Hereafter. Allah knows, but you do not know."Al-Nur (The Light) Chapter 24: Verse 19إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَشِيعَ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

22. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ وَمَنْيَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ ۚاے ایمان والو شیطان کے قدموں پر نہ چلو اورجو کوئیشیطان کے قدموں پرچلے گا سو وہ تو اسے بے حیائی اور بری باتیں ہی بتائے گا (Surahnoor:ayat21)

23. Haya in the light of Hadith

24. HAYA for faithAnd Faith for jannahModesty is part of Faith and Faith is in Paradise. But obscenity is part of hardness of the heart and hardness of the heart is in hell.” (Reported by Imran bin Hussain)

25. “Surely Allah (is One who)has haya and is the Protector. He loves haya and people who cover each others faults."(Bukhari)

26. “ Haya is the fruit of faith”.(Bukhari, Muslim)

27. Narrated by Abu Huraira (ra): The Prophet said, "Faith (Belief) consists of more than sixty branches (i.e. parts). And Haya is a part of faith."(Bukhari)

28. "Haya' (modesty) and Iman (faith) are two that go together. If one is lifted, the other is also lifted."[Recorded by al-Hakim]

29. Haya…. Keep askingThe Prophet (saws) said: "Haya and Trustworthiness will be the first to go from this world; therefore keep asking Allah for them." (Baihaqi)

30. Changing trends A decline of modesty.

31. Modesty in western societyModest dressing.Modesty in conductPresence of Family system.

32. Modern westModesty goes behind.Free to dress/undress.A sex free society.Marriage considered a burden/restriction to their freedom

33. The price they pay!

34. Haya freeSociety

35. ….a vicious circle that leads to the ultimate death of morality

36. A view on statistics…….

37. One out of every six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime.(Source: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) On average, more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States.(Source: Family Violence Prevention Fund) Intimate partner violence is the leading cause of injury to women. It affects 1-3 million women a year in the U.S., making it more common than muggings, stranger rapes and car accidents combined. (Source: Frisso JA et al., 1996. Tjaden P, Thoennes N, 1998) Sexual violence starts very early in life. More than half of all rapes of women (54%) occur before age 18; 22% of these rapes occur before age 12.(Source: Tjaden and Thoennes, 2000)

38. Women's status…Bitter factsSingle mothers….no familyMurdered by their boyfriendsFacing sexual harassmentsPhysically torturedNo respectNo protection, no safety. No companionship.

39. News clipsMuskegon Heights woman killed in home; Boyfriend arrestedby Heather Lynn Peters | The Muskegon Chronicle Tuesday April 28, 2009, 10:54 AM

40. Woman killed by boyfriend, police say Four neighbors said they heard the couple yelling at various times. By LORRI HELFANDPublished September 30, 2005

41. the feminist have effectively won the battle eradicating modesty as a womanly virtue in America, and that the successful eradication can be directly correlated with the rise of crimes and abuses against women today. (book,” A Return to Modesty” by Wendy Shalit)

42. “O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad); that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”[Al-Quran 33:59]

43. Pakistani societySame pathSame journeySame destiny

44. How Haya protects you?Its just like anti-inflammatory drug which works on inflammatory mediators to stop the inflammation.Haya works on all the mediators that leads to immodesty ,vulgarity and adultery.

45. Mediators of immodestyAdultery of EyesAdultery of HeartAdultery of HandsAdultery of Ears, music etc

46. Haya stops all these mediators Extramarital sex is considered a major sin in Islam, and Muslims are encouraged to marry.

47. Quranic ADVICE “And come not near to adultery Lo! it is an abomination and an evil way” (32-17)

48. Is Haya a private affair?Haya is not morality to be imposed, but something that must arise from within a people. But at the same time, it is not a private affair. It is an established and accepted social morality which members of society collectively regard as desirable.

49. Examples of Haya in a societyPublic Haya is the reason that even in secular Muslim countries you will not find collective shower rooms in school dorms, community gyms,

50. men and women prefer to be seen and treated by a doctor of the same gender.

51. Muslim men and women avoid situations where they will be alone with a non-related member of the opposite sex.you will not find the demonstration of public affection between spouses in public.

52. HAYA is the organ through which any society mediates its moral values Importance of Haya

53. Spiritual wallIt’s a barrier against evil

54. “Haya doesn’t bring any thing except good (Muslim,Bukhari)

55. Society enriched with haya

56. وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَاور جو شخص الله اور اس کے رسول کی اطاعت کرتاہےاور الله سے ڈرتا ہے اور اس کی نافرمانی سے بچتا ہے بس وہی کامیاب ہونے والے ہیں(surahnoorverse52)

57. How to attain Haya(modesy)?Modesty in Conduct and behaviour.Modesty in dressing. Modesty in Conversation.Attitude toward opposite gender.

58. قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوافُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ"Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! God is aware of what they do..." (Quran 24:30-31)ایمان والوں سے کہہ دو کہ وہ اپنی نگاہ نیچی رکھا کریں اور اپنی شرم گاہوں کو بھی محفوظ رکھیں یہ ان کے لیے بہت پاکیزہ ہے بے شک الله جانتا ہے جو وہ کرتے ہیں

59. وَقُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَىٰ عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ ۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِنْ زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

60. اور ایمان والیوں سے کہہ دو کہ اپنینگاہ نیچی رکھیںاور اپنیعصمت کی حفاظت کریں اور اپنی زینت کو ظاہر نہ کریںمگر جو جگہ اس میں سے کھلی رہتی ہےاوراپنے دوپٹے اپنے سینوں پر ڈالے رکھیںاوراپنی زینت ظاہر نہ کریں مگر اپنے خاوندوں پر یا اپنے باپ یا خاوند کے باپ یا اپنے بھائیوں یا بھتیجوں یا بھانجوں پر یا اپنی عورتوں پر یا اپنے غلاموں پر یا ان خدمت گاروں پر جنہیں عورت کی حاجت نہیں یا ان لڑکوں پر جو عورتوں کی پردہ کی چیزوں سے واقف نہیں اور اپنے پاؤں زمین پر زور سے نہ ماریں کہ ان کا مخفی زیور معلوم ہوجائےاوراے مسلمانو تم سب الله کے سامنے توبہ کرو تاکہ تم نجات پاؤ(surahnoor verse31).

61. Dressing

62. Purpose of dressing……“O children of Adam, We have provided you with garments to cover your bodies, as well as for luxury. But the best garment is the garment of righteousness. These are some of God's signs, that they may take heed.” (Al-A`raf 7:26)

64. Manners of dressing in Islam

65. six criteriaProper Extent:Loose not reveal the figuresnot be transparentnot resemble that of the opposite sexnot resemble that of the unbelievers

66. six criteria: 1-Extent: The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered, it is called satrThe code of Satr This is different for men and women.For maleThe extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees.For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands up to the wrist.

67. Muslim women's satr/dress codeNarrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: "Asma bint Abu Bakr entered upon the Apostle of Allah while she was wearing thin clothes. The Apostle of Allah turned his attention from her. He said: ‘O Asma',when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of body except this and this,’ and he pointed to her face and hands." (Sunnan Abu Dawud 32:4092)

68. Does our dress fulfill the Islamic dress code?

70. Attitude towards oppositegender

71. Modesty in Conversation Avoid flirtatious speech and conduct

72. What is Hijab?The word "hijab" comes from the Arabic word "hajaba" meanings: cover conceal,hide screenand shelter

73. Based on the Qur’an and ahadith, most scholars agree that Muslim women should cover their hair and wear outer garments outside the home and in the presence of men whom they would be eligible to marry.

74. ‘Hijab’ of the clothes should be accompanied by ‘hijab’ of the eyes, ‘hijab’ of the heart, ‘hijab’ of thought and‘hijab’ of intention.It also includes the way a person walks, the way a person talks, the way he behaves, etc.

75. Limitations or blessings?Make Muslim women & men more decent and honorableProtecting society from lustful desires.Stabilization of family system

76. what to do? Say No to vulgarity. choose Haya (modesty) in every sphere of your life.

77. Allah has protected fruits by covering them

78. And pearls by making hard shells around them

79. So why not the Muslim women should be protected by………..HIJAB

80. The most precious one!

81. Jazakillah

82. refrenceshttp://quran-hadith-studies.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_is_hijab#ixzz0E62DkTUX&B