Three years ago when I started Habibi Matrimonials I never gave thought to reject profiles based on they did not wear hijab. It didn't dawn on me until Ummahlinked had requested such on his own site as I was joining. It was then I blogged about this topic.
None of the six Imams we have thus far requested this but when I e-mail Imam Mohammad Daniel from Kuwait, a Muslim Consultative Scholar, Orator & Columnist he was staunch advocate that he could never join or support a site which has such profiles. I agree with him fully and began to see how many female profiles were without hijab and there were 13.
I contacted each profile to request a change of their picture within 24 hours, instead of just going ahead and deleting profiles that seem otherwise pretty sincere with seeking a spouse. Allah Alim
Imam Mohammad Daniel e-mail kind of alarmed me, I don't know why but it was a wake up call to obey Allahs on his commands and if I see anything online so many Muslim webmasters totally ignore the commands from Allah (SWT). Allowing the social mixing of Muslims so females can eaily chat and make friends with Muslim men. In Islam this social mixing is not allowed unless you have intention for marriage and often times one may need a gaurdian such as a Wali.
We gave the 13 profiles 24 hours notice to change their picture but in hindsight some may be on vacation and not receive their notices and thus what we decided to do was to place these 13 profiles so only they could see their profile, no one else until they are to comply with the picture change request.
So what's a girl to do if she doesn't wear hijab in real life? You can just add no avatar and state on your profile that you do not wear hijab. We are not going to dive into your personal life, but we just want no "fitna" with the Imams joining us to help all the single Muslims. I hope you understand our intention. We do not care to be Religious Police, only we want to comply with what Islam directs us to do.
Jazak Allah Khair
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