A burqa worn by Muslim women has different weights depending on the material. Expensive material is lighter. Many poor women wear burqas that weigh as much as 20 pounds.
Muslim women are not required, per religion to wear burqa or veil that covers her face. Religion, on the other hand, does not forbid wearing burqa. However, woman that selects wearing burqa should arrange her daily life activities accordingly. See related question below for more information.
The head scarf worn by Muslim women is called a Hijab. Burqa is the veil which some Muslim women wear covering the whole face. While Hijab is essential and compulsory for Muslim women, wearing of burqa is not, as it is a cultural and traditional garment worn by some Muslim women in remote areas of India, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. More recently however it is getting popular in the West due to traditional and extremists Muslims and continues to be a controversial issue
Answer 1Wearing Burka (that is covering face) is not an Islamic requirement for women dressing and clothing. It is mainly due to historical local clothing traditions and practices that is not denied or required by Islam rules. Islam required for Muslim women clothing is to wear cloth that covers the whole body; including head, hair, and neck but not necessarily covering face and palm hands. That clothing should not be tight and figuring sexy parts and should not be transparent to show what is underneath.Answer 2Since the burqa is a garment that has more to do with local customs than Islam, there are a number of places, such as Afghanistan where burqa-wearing preceded the arrival of the Muslims by a few centuries. In other places, the burqa is only now gaining acceptance as a form of headcovering. However, among Muslim women, there was never a time-period when the burqa was the dominant headcovering among pious Muslim women.
muslim women cover their body by wearing burqa/ fardha/ abaya. for covering hair they wear hijab. islam doesnt compel muslim women to cover their face , but it is liked by allah. the reason for covering is to prevent sights from stranger men
Contrary to popular belief, the burqa is instituted in the Islamic ahadith, quotes from and stories about the Prophet Muhammad, his wives, and his companions. We know from these stories that the Prophet's wives and many of the early Muslim women covered their bodies, including their faces, in this way, and Muslim women strive to imitate them, as they were the most excellent in character. Furthermore, these stories tell us that certain Qur'anic verses were interpreted by these women as instruction to cover the face, not just the body. The practice however, dates from thousands of years earlier, to Jewish marriage practices. It is also the origin of the western wedding veil today. Muslim women wear the burqa by choice, not by force, and find many benefits in doing so. The burqa provides the women with modesty, identity, and liberation. Those who wear the burqa place a high value on women's beauty, and believe it is not for anyone in the street to look upon, but rather to be preserved for those she is close to and loves. This modesty in turn protects the woman from sexual harassment and abuse. The burqa also identifies the woman as a Muslim, and one devout in her religion, an honorable and respectable woman. Women also find the burqa highly liberating, as it turns the focus from their outer appearance, to their inner self. Rather than being judged by for their sex appeal or sense of fashion, those who meet them can only judge them based on their intellect and character. It makes a clear statement that the woman's body is irrelevant, while her heart and mind are the true person.
For Muslim girls they wear a special clothing item called a burqa or hijab. It is a farz, or duty, of a Muslim girl to wear the Hijab in her life. Men really don't wear anything special, but they do grow beards.
The women must wear the burqa because of the strict regulations set by the Taliban. They changed Afghanistan to a very strict Muslim country, and in conservative Islam, women are seen as temptations and must cover their "adornments," such as their hair, wrists, ankles, etc.
The women hide there face because it is a part of the culture, tradition, and it is wrong to show to much skin and it helps with the heatAnd if they don't wear it they are subject to a penalty of 60 days in jail or 70 lashes.
They wear sablay
Muslim women are ought to wear veils
It has more to do with Islamic custom than on the Taliban enforcing it. The Koran speaks of men and women dressing modestly and mentions the head scarf (hijab) as something women should wear. The full body Burqa being a fairly conservative form of that. Also even though the Taliban are now gone many Warlords in the South of the country still enforce it. Around the capital Kabul they have declined heavily but still religious women wear in particular continue to wear it voluntarily.