I Appeal To Your Sense Of Shame, Will You Not Respond?

this snip is taken from Nawaal Bint Abdullah's book "I Appeal To Your Sense Of Shame"
Translated by Abdul-Qaadir Abdul-Khaaliq
What Is Hayaa?
Hayaa' (modesty and a sense of shame) is a fundamental characteristic of the noble and a sign of high
standards and eemaan. Among the best of what has been said of it is that, "It is a fine sensitivity and
delicate feeling that is evident in the eye and that affects the features. Whoever has been forbidden from it
has been forbidden from all good and whoever has been crowned with it has obtained honor and nobility
and been bestowed with complete good.' [Mawaarid Ath-Thamaan Li-Duroos Az-Zamaan - Abdul-Azeez As-Salamaan,
Vol. 3 pg. 367] Ho w could it be otherwise when the best of the creation of Allah, sallallahu 'alaihi
wa sallam, stated: Al-Hayaa' khairun kulluh (Hayaa' is all good) [Muslim]?
This hayaa' has become feeble and withdrawn. Moreover, destructive concepts and designs aimed at us
from the enemies of Allah and (enemies of) the Muslim woman, eat away at its body until it has deteriorated
and weakened to the point that the caller [to hayaa'] has little affect upon many Muslim women when they
are called to it.
If we look at the profound state of affairs in which the Muslim woman lives and her digression behind
western trends and continuous imitation of them until if they enter the lizard's hole she would enter along
with them, we see a strong testimony of the weakness of deen and hayaa' in such a Muslim woman. This is
why I have strived, asking the Most High and Able Protector for assistance and sincerity, to write a few
words aimed at my Muslim sisters that I hope will affect and reverberate upon their souls.
Why I Write
My beloved sister, the words I write are from a heart full of sorrow and pain at the sorry condition of so many
Muslim women today. We see the Muslim woman who, dressed in clothing that is covering yet nakedness,
comes out to display her charms and seduces the slaves of Allah with the filthiest of weapons - the weapon
of enticement and allurement that she has learned of the ways and means of seduction. For you find this
seduction in the home and in the street and in speech and in movement. Seduction in clothing and
beautification, in walking and sitting and in the glance. It is really a serious matter that is disgraceful and that
dismembers the heart with grief when we live in a reality where so many Muslim women are divested of
hayaa'. The deen and the Qur'aan are forgotten and practices and morals are disavowed...and there is no
ability or power except from Allah!
Dear sister, this address is from my humble and insufficient pen and lined by my injured inner being and it is
naught but a cry from one warning and cautioning you, my dear sister. They are but words which I can only
hope find your ears and by which the door of your heart may be reached and they find space, an entrance
and acceptance and then application.
These words emanate from a heart that has love, friendship and sincere advice to you. Advice from a sister
who has been caring much for her sister who she sees is heading down the road of misguidance upon which
she is practically swept away. She has been deviated and is falling into the trap and snare that was
prepared for her by the Zionist and she is negligent and doesn't know. How is it that I don't take hold of her
hand and advise her and direct her or try to open her eyes to the plots and designs around her?
My deserving sister, my words are not new, yet they are a reminder for you so that perhaps Allah would
cause you to benefit by them and make them flow over your heart with coolness and tranquility. Would that
they have a great influence upon you, in shaa Allah. I appeal to you my beloved sister, to your sense of
religion, your pure nature which Allah has created you upon, and your sense of modesty (hayaa'), and your
fear of Allah the Most High and Able. Do you not listen at all to the call of your sincere sister who so cares
for you?
Know my dear sister, that you and I and every Muslim woman, are standing on a port among the harbors of
Islam. Namely, the Muslim family and the education of the children in the manner loved and accepted by
Allah. Its pillar and foundation is obedience to Allah and following His Messenger (sallallahu 'alaihi wa
sallam) and searching for what pleases Allah to acquire the priceless commodity that all of us hope for - Al-Jannah.
It is for this, my Muslim sister, that when the scheming enemies of Islam saw the position of the Muslim
woman and the powerful influence she had amongst those with whom she lives as the teacher and
developer of the coming generations and due to her would the upbringing be either solid or corrupted, they
turned their focus on us. They focus on us, we Muslim women, to destroy our morals and take away our
deen and hayaa' toward which we were naturally disposed and which we were commanded to stick to, until
the morals of our sons, the men of the future and the pillars of the Ummah, get corrupted. They would
destroy these morals which support the Ummah in its progress and understanding and (men) upon whom its
honor depends after Allah. If this pillar is made defective or is destroyed and this strong nature of the
Ummah is weakened, then what will become of its future? This is exactly what the enemies of Allah want.