The question about covered or uncovered feet proves the issue with the statement you made about something being proven haram. The reality is that there is no discussion of noisemaking shoes in the Qur’an. Any rulings about that or about uncovered feet come from human interpretations of Sunnah – and it seems are an extrapolation of the anklet hadith and possibly other ahadith about distracting clothing.

Human interpretations of Qur’an and Sunnah are subject to variation (which is probably a good thing, since times keep changing and the places in which and circumstances under which we live are often very different) and cannot be looked upon as definitive or infallible.

They are simply learned persons’ determinations based inherently on their cultural lens, life experiences, fiqh precedences and of course Qur’an and Sunnah.
That a ruling is necessary at all points to the fact that a subject is not as plain as day or widely known about and so requires interpretation and explanation.

There is a difference of opinion about whether feet can be covered or should be covered. Both arguments are probably legitimate – that is, thoughtfully prepared, based on available evidence (Qur’an and Sunnah) by those who have been trained to make such rulings. Which ruling is ultimately correct? We are free now to side with the ruling that makes most sense to us or is the majority opinion of our madhab or preferred scholar (or any other basis we use for decision). But these are just human opinions. In the end only God knows which is correct.

To use an example, for a long time many scholars issued fatwas that maintained that it was not allowed or indeed was haram to have audio systems (microphones, loudspeakers) in the masjid. The fatwas changed with the times and now such systems are commonplace in masajid. Which ruling was correct in the absolute??

So, whenever we are faced with a ruling, if we are reflective, we cannot behave as if it is God’s infallible law for all time (even the ways in which our prayer timings are determined would have to change if we were to colonize Mars, for example – and indeed prayer times are very different for those Muslims who live in the Arctic Circle).

If we are to use fiqh as a basis for our actions (keep in mind that there are some Muslims who feel that becoming educated in Qur’an alone and then using this knowledge as their guidepost is sufficient), it benefits us as thinking Muslims to ask
1) who is making this fatwa?
2) in what context?
3) what is the logic of the fatwa?
4) are there any opposing fatwas? what is their logic?
5) is the fatwa talking about me? does the fatwa apply to me?, etc.

Speechless! I don’t have anything at all bad to say about this look. Well, put together and modest.

You won girl! SubhanAllah!

As for the shoes question… Doesn’t it say that we have to cover everything except… face and hands and feet? or was feet not on the list? i dunno, im not answering, im asking. I don’t cover MY feet… socks are too hot for Summer.

Also… another thing… Can someone help me out with this :S. I’m in my school newspaper staff and we’re planning to do something global.. like writing about different cultures and stuff for the new issue. We were brainstorming and someone brought up the topic about how women are treated in different cultures. So I pointed out.. that anyone whose doing that artical should first gather the facts before they write about Islam oppressing women. So that led to a little argument and one chick kept saying that they ARE oppressed. Wouldn’t drop it.
So now I wanna write an artical to clear misconseptions (I hate the media for this). Any tips or idea’s??
Also, I need your permission, Sis Kima, to use things from your previous blog (since it has more stuff). The Newsletter is an online thing. The instructor lady won’t let me put stuff unless I have the permission from the source I get it from… =]]

Thanks…

(PS good dialouge and smart comebacks will shut em up :D)