Thursday, June 14, 2007

Balding Fire

Award-winning actress Sharifah Amani has been accused of being unIslamic for going bald.

"Unlike Muslim men, going bald for Muslim women is forbidden in Islam," said Selangor Mufti Datuk Tamyis.

Tamyis added that Muslim artistes should not degrade themselves and their religion for the sake of getting popular.

According to Perak Mufti Harussani Idris, he said he had observed that artistes are becoming too daring and open, either, in their actions or attire. Harussani argued that "Muslims should not sacrifice their religion for the sake of popularity.

Jakim Director-general Datuk Mustafa said it already had guidelines that serves as law to Muslim. "How are we going to compel them to follow the guidelines. We cannot force the artiste," Mustafa said.

I didn't realise that guidelines are law as enunciated by Mustafa. I had always believed that all laws must conform to the "legal norms" process of validation. For common laws, it has to get the parliament to approved it. For Islamic law, there is an authority to validate the law and then pronounced the fatwa. Guidelines are institutional conceptualization and meant to assist and guide behaviors. They are normally conforming to the requirements of the subject matter but they are and will never be law until it had been approved by the ultimate authority that are empowered by the state in conformance with it's legal order and norms.

I am trying to find out where is the verses in the Quran that said women should not be bald. Anyone can help me?

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just put on a tudung and all the muftis and ayahtollahs in the world will say she is not bald

Anonymous said...

Teruk, every damn thing has guidelines. can you tell me how to dump my stool properly, Any guidelines?

Should I squat or sit? Any guidelines for being more stupid? I need advice.

Anonymous said...

These muftis are real idiots, what if she shaves all her pubic hair , is it unislamic too ?

Anonymous said...

They are afraid she will turn into another Linda Joy by becoming a Buddhist nun

zewt said...

ask her to remove all her clothes in front of those men... they will all be smiling...

unnecessary all these things.

Anonymous said...

I like this lass. She's got guts.

Anonymous said...

Can I re-marry for the sake of popularity? Crippled mindsets!

Anonymous said...

What the mufti said, is one of the stupidest things I have heard in ages. What an idiot.

It is amazing how people play arond with the word 'law', Islam and forbidden without any sense of accountability.

This mufti sounds like a primitve prick who would say anything and everything he wants to say by using religion as his shield.

Yes, I am a muslim too and I can say this about him without any guideline whatsoever. God/Allah gave me brains...

Anonymous said...

I wonder how much knowledge does people who wanted to discuss on this issue. From the words used, I am just wondering ........

It is better to shut up than commenting based on emotion.

Anonymous said...

hey if she wants to shave her head, she is an adult she can do it. if the selangor mufti wants to comment fine he can do that. but really doesnt he have more important things to do? first muslim women cannot show their hair in public and must wear a veil or something now they cannot even shave their head? are muslims unable to do anything for themselves and need to be told everything and every single time?
incredible!

Unknown said...

Ulama pewaris Nabi. That is all what I can say here.

Nabi is long gone already, and Moslem need them (ulama') to give a proper guideline for whatever things that not happen 1400 years ago, had happen right now.

Those day takde Klon, now we have cloning technology, so it was Ulama' who come out with fatwa. They are not stupid as Anonymous claim they were.. it just our mindset that falls into secularism and liberalism that sees it so restraining.

Why can Sharifah be as decent as other girl? perhaps nowadays it was hard to identify which moslem that display the true moslem identity. But for sure, Sharifah Amani is totally out.

the non-moslem, totally no offense, please... please dont judge Ulama' by their words. Their words is for the moslem, let us moslem just take care of ourselves and our internal matters.

Hope this comment pass the authors' moderation

TQ

Anonymous said...

Dear Terang Bulan,
So many ulamas contradicting each other in almost every matter. Which one is right?

How do you know the people who commenting are not moslem?

I quote you;
"Their words is for the moslem, let us moslem just take care of ourselves and our internal matters."
I read similar arguments from those who killed their family members and relatives in the name of 'honour killing' in some countries. What is your take on that? No offense, just a civilized discussion.

Maverick SM said...

I actually agree with Terang Bulan.

I believe too that we should not judge the Ulama based on our own perception and it is reasonable to to say that Muslim should be left to settle their own issues.

As a scholar in the field of Islam of which I had so much passion to learn, what I hope is ethical and intellectual discourse to better understand a philosophy. I would not judge but it is fair comment to asked questions so as to find out. Equally, based on the rule of natural justice and jurisprudence, it is humane to feel empathetic towards a directive or statement that had failed the test of natural justice and the rule of natural law. However, it's opinionated and subjective and should not be conclusive over a philosophical approach of another class.

Anonymous said...

These two jokers are clowns who make a fool of themselves and making Islam a laughing stock of the world.

Remember the crazy mullah from Egypt who decreed that Muslim married couples should not have sex in total nudity ; having sex nakedly will make their marriage invalid. Though not sure using a condom will mean not having sex in total nude.


Is just unbelievable.

Anonymous said...

I dont agree with tearng bulan. I think to allow people to upgrade themselves to the level of ulama based on their ability to produce 'guidelines' are not necessarily right either.

Also, it is not very progressive to separate Muslim rules and judgements in a multi-racial country like Malaysia where the rules and guidelines for the Malays/Muslims have its impact on the other races.

Pls why do you say Sharifah Amani is totally out Terang Bulan? Isn't that so judgemental and short-sighted? As if to say, you have the right to be an ulama yourself and worse, to play God?

Why can't people make Islam a less judgemental, threatening and more forgiving/accepting religion, that it is meant to be?

Terang Matahari

Anonymous said...

God will always remain as He is. His teachings will always remain unchanged. It is each man who interprets according to what his needs and motives are that creates confusion. It's the same with every religion. We have it in Islam, in Christianity and any other religion. God or religion should not be judged by what men say, purportedly on His behalf. Religion is a personal-to-holder matter. It's between a person and God.

The muftis, especially the northern state one who always makes so much noise, should just shut up.

Anonymous said...

Hukum Membotakkan Kepala bagi kaum Wanita .

1. Dari Ibnu Abbas Rhma berkata :

نهى النبي أن تحلق المرأة رأسها .


Rasulullah saw. telah melarang perempuan mencukur ( membotakkan ) kepalanya .


Dikeluarkan oleh An Nasaa'I Kitabuz Ziinah , bab Larangan Perempuan mencukur kepalanya.

lihat sini

Anonymous said...

I concur with young malaysian. It's her own head so it is her right to do what she like, don't need others to tell her what to do. Anyway what rights are we talking about, when Muslims does not have any rights at all. The most obvous example is, the no right to choose religion!

Indeed, young malaysian hit the nail on the head when she/he asked "Are Muslims unable to do anything for themselves and need to be told everything and every single time?".

Unknown said...

hmmm... let me see now. 4 years in sekolah agama rakyat, 5 years in sekolah agama persekutuan, and 5 1/2 years in the international islamic university. total 14 1/2 years in 3 islamic institutions. not even once have i encountered any verses saying that being bald is forbidden in islam for women. which version of quran did he refers to? did DHL sent him the latest version that i didn't know existed?

Unknown said...

by the way, anon, before we talk about the ruling, shouldn't we explore why the ruling was made? as in for what reason did the prophet (pbuh) said so. he's not stupid, to just say something out of the blue. so we as muslims, shouldn't just pick a ruling out of the blue as well.

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Anonymous said...

The Crackdown has begun---

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/20070615074809/Article/index_html

A task force will be formed to study the need to regulate Internet sites with pornographic and seditious content...."These include blogs which post inflammatory content against other races or religions and not just blogs on politics or those which criticise the government,.."

Anonymous said...

SO WHAT???

Maverick SM said...

Hi Alisya,

Thank you for the enlightenment and truly appreciate your effort to explain the subject matter.

To others,

Please treat the subject matter with respect and I truly will appreciate constructive views and without any malice.

We are all learning and in a learning process. There may be views that are different but it's about sharing opinion and understandings.

So, I do appreciate intellectual discourse here. Thank you very much.

Trashed said...

Humans were created to think and analyse and make decisions for which they will ultimately be held accountable.

Please don't knock any religion. It is the people who use "organised religion" who are the mischievous ones.

Islam (and all other religions, for that matter) should be current and contemporary. Only in that way can the doctrines be accepted.

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