Philosophical Explanation of the Relationship between Modesty and Hijab and its Educational Implications in Islamic Education

Abstract

The purpose of the current research is to explain the philosophical relationship between modesty and hijab in Islamic education and present the educational implications of this relationship. The research was conducted with a qualitative approach and using a descriptive-analytical method. First, in a descriptive way, the concept and place of modesty and hijab in Islamic education texts were investigated by using Quranic verses, hadiths and traditions. Then the analysis was done on the relationship between modesty and hijab. The results showed that modesty is a natural, internal and underlying thing compared to the hijab, and in the relationship between modesty and the hijab is in a way that hijab is a symbolic garment of modesty and is an external, superstructure, although it is valuable and necessary to preserve hijab as a symbolic matter in the Islamic society. Therefore, awakening and keeping the nature of modesty alive precedes recommending hijab. As a result, from the point of view of Islamic education, a direct command to observe hijab without cultivating the natural aspect of modesty that takes place from childhood is considered a kind of haste in education. Accordingly, it is suggested that, in educational programs and actions, the recommendation to observe the hijab should be made after awakening the innate nature of modesty, and without the cultivation of the nature of modesty and without considering the preliminary role of modesty, taking measures regarding the observance of the hijab will not be effective.

Keywords

• philosophy
• modesty
• islamic upbringing
• chastity
• hijab