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New Delhi: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has once again issued some controversial diktats, this time on jeans, tightfitting outfits and contraceptives. The seminary called the outfits inappropriate and asked couples wanting to use contraceptives to first seek the opinion of a ‘hakim’ or Unani practitioner. However, a Muslim social activist and a gynaecologist from the community said that people rarely follow such fatwas.
The seminary was responding to a woman’s query posted in its website’s online fatwa section. Responding to whether wearing “skin tight” trousers and jeans was allowed by religion, the seminary said it was “not lawful” and that clothes should be “loose and simple”.
Asked if loose pyjamas or jeans with a frock that stretches below the knees, accompanied by a headscarf, was passable, the scholars replied in the negative. “It, too, is not lawful. The dress should be loose and simple. And its style should resemble that of the dress of pious women,” it said.
Another questioner asked if it was fine for him to use contraceptives, given that doctors had advised his wife to avoid pregnancy over thyroid-related complications. Darul Uloom responded saying consultation of a ‘hakim’ was needed in the case. “You should consult any religious Muslim doctor or hakim. If he advises you the same, you are allowed to adopt any temporary contraceptive measure,” read the response which was posted on Tuesday.
Asked her opinion on contraceptive use, social activist Shabnam Hashmi said there was no logic in coming out with such statements. “Why only health, contraceptives should be used otherwise too,” she said. “Nobody follows them (fatwas) anyway,” she said.
Gynaecologist Rehana Jabeen feels such a statement coming from a leading seminary may harm women. “This fatwa says that the advice of hakims is to be adhered to, which is not a very logical thing to do,” she said.
AGENCIES
The Darul Uloom says wearing skin tight jeans is against Islamic law and asks couples wanting to use contraceptives to first seek the opinion of a hakim
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Last month they Barked--
Darul fatwa says donating blood un-Islamic
Muzaffarnagar/New Delhi: In a potentially controversial decree, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said that donation of blood and body parts was against the tenets of Islam, but observed that giving blood to save the life of a near and dear one was acceptable.
The seminary was responding to a woman’s query posted in its website’s online fatwa section. Responding to whether wearing “skin tight” trousers and jeans was allowed by religion, the seminary said it was “not lawful” and that clothes should be “loose and simple”.
Asked if loose pyjamas or jeans with a frock that stretches below the knees, accompanied by a headscarf, was passable, the scholars replied in the negative. “It, too, is not lawful. The dress should be loose and simple. And its style should resemble that of the dress of pious women,” it said.
Another questioner asked if it was fine for him to use contraceptives, given that doctors had advised his wife to avoid pregnancy over thyroid-related complications. Darul Uloom responded saying consultation of a ‘hakim’ was needed in the case. “You should consult any religious Muslim doctor or hakim. If he advises you the same, you are allowed to adopt any temporary contraceptive measure,” read the response which was posted on Tuesday.
Asked her opinion on contraceptive use, social activist Shabnam Hashmi said there was no logic in coming out with such statements. “Why only health, contraceptives should be used otherwise too,” she said. “Nobody follows them (fatwas) anyway,” she said.
Gynaecologist Rehana Jabeen feels such a statement coming from a leading seminary may harm women. “This fatwa says that the advice of hakims is to be adhered to, which is not a very logical thing to do,” she said.
AGENCIES
The Darul Uloom says wearing skin tight jeans is against Islamic law and asks couples wanting to use contraceptives to first seek the opinion of a hakim
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Last month they Barked--
Darul fatwa says donating blood un-Islamic
Muzaffarnagar/New Delhi: In a potentially controversial decree, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said that donation of blood and body parts was against the tenets of Islam, but observed that giving blood to save the life of a near and dear one was acceptable.