Sorry to disagree with you, I think I must because its a potential misconception that might spread among those who don't know Islam well.
We are discussing Abaya and The messenger of Allah (pbuh) didn't coin the word 'Abaya' and designed it for for the young girl. So producing it as a proof that abaya is Islamic doesn't make sense. Modesty is Islamic.
Originally, Abaya was meant to make a woman unattractive. The idea behind the Abaya or any sort of veil was based on making one of the two genders look unattractive to retain morality in society. But since it was basically a brainchild of men then the Abaya had to go to the weaker and back then uneducated dependent gender.
In the origin of Islam, nothing of what we call "Abaya" nowadays, was mentioned. The texts of Quran were clear in promoting clothing decency and modesty without restricting it to a certain type of clothes, color or design. It was one of those things which were left wide open to what fits the era one is living.
It's interesting to note that despite religion's flexibility women are still following this dress code like the desert woman who lived at the Arabian peninsula 1400 years ago.
Ironically the supposedly unattractive outfit has now been transformed by young Muslim girls to a somewhat "hot" dress with colors, patterns and expensive fabric, but then that's the nature of a woman, to try to look beautiful.
Sorry to disagree with you, I think I must because its a potential misconception that might spread among those who don't know Islam well.
We are discussing Abaya and The messenger of Allah (pbuh) didn't coin the word 'Abaya' and designed it for for the young girl. So producing it as a proof that abaya is Islamic doesn't make sense. Modesty is Islamic.
Originally, Abaya was meant to make a woman unattractive. The idea behind the Abaya or any sort of veil was based on making one of the two genders look unattractive to retain morality in society. But since it was basically a brainchild of men then the Abaya had to go to the weaker and back then uneducated dependent gender.
In the origin of Islam, nothing of what we call "Abaya" nowadays, was mentioned. The texts of Quran were clear in promoting clothing decency and modesty without restricting it to a certain type of clothes, color or design. It was one of those things which were left wide open to what fits the era one is living.
It's interesting to note that despite religion's flexibility women are still following this dress code like the desert woman who lived at the Arabian peninsula 1400 years ago.
Ironically the supposedly unattractive outfit has now been transformed by young Muslim girls to a somewhat "hot" dress with colors, patterns and expensive fabric, but then that's the nature of a woman, to try to look beautiful.