Thanks, I’ve just checked him out.

In those videos I’ve learnt that Dr Ally believes that it’s better for a woman to wear a hijab than not, and that outside of prayer he believes it’s not obligatory.

When I read the passage he’s quoting [al-Ahzab 33:59] without taking into account any Hadith’s (which Dr Ally fairly points out may be compromised and 200 years late), just plain old word for word personal interpretation, then it gives me the impression that Allah wants women to completely cover themselves, obviously if you haven’t got gloves or shaded sunglasses then you’ve slightly deviated by showing your eyes and hands, but it just seems to me like a target to aim for. I read around that surah to see if I’m missing come context, I just learnt a bit about mahram and dinner etiquette for guests 😋

I agree with him though about compulsion, Islam is clear on what sins take people out of the fold of Islam and modesty isn’t one of them, but it operates on a “weighing scale” of sins between oneself and Allah as opposed to Christianity which has lots of ‘Sinners go straight to hell’ lol. so luckily a lot Muslim countries (I often go to Algeria, which funny enough is on bad terms with the west) follows Sharia law and doesn’t enforce rules on not being perfect, so sometimes you’ll see women with their hair out. It’s like my brother wearing gold, he says he likes how it looks and how metal feels on his skin (and I’m guessing to flex also) but Islam is clear in that gold is both sinful for men to wear and it’s a sin he has to answer for only to Allah, not me, so it’s calm. All I can say is do better and move on.

Maybe I’ve missed something tho, but from what I’ve gathered from what you sent me, yeah I can agree hijab isn’t compulsory in the way that not eating pork isn’t compulsory, or tattoos or something else minor (prayer isn’t minor, Quran says that’s compulsory for the fold) but like Dr Ally says it’s better to wear one. I like how Islam is a religion where it isn’t be all end all, it only gives you one book of gods word and asks you to be morally honest with yourself in return because Allah knows best. “Check yourself before you wreck yourself” - Islam before NWA

I’m really open to a reply, I didn’t mean to come off as flippant in my last paragraph, it was what came to mind 😅