Fatwa on Silk Necktie

[hijabihoodlum]

Originally Posted by Variable

What about silk armor that the Mongols used? That was pretty manly... and really useful.

i thought it was what they wore under their armor. (im pretty sure i'm right :P) hahah, old school under-armour. i kill myself.

[BLUEcuda]

Originally Posted by Variable

What's a tikkah? I googled it, and nothin...

There you go bro.



The Hindu dot is a religious sign. i forgot the exact word for it. I knew a guy who used to wear it everyday. Normally, men and women alike, are supposed to put it on before they pray in the mornings, but most wash it off after. However this guy was a religious one and didn't believe in rubbing it off, so he'd leave it on.

[Variable]

Originally Posted by hijabihoodlum

i thought it was what they wore under their armor. (im pretty sure i'm right :P) hahah, old school under-armour. i kill myself.

Yeh they did. It was used so that when an arrow pierced their outer armor, it would protect them. It would prevent damage from the barbs on the arrowhead when it was removed.

[the_wrong_guy]

Originally Posted by sixpakistan

Hah. I made a couple of lame jokes about chicken (chikan) suits in the pre-crash Islamica bridal thread. Nobody appreciated them.

It's origin is definitely from the Hindu religion & the wearing of it is definitely a Hindu custom, even if it has no religious significance as an object itself per se. I believe it's considered representative of a "third eye," though.

As for ties, I don't think there's anything wrong with wearing them personally. There are a lot of scholars who do, though.

Haha! I thought I was the only person who'd heard of 'chikan' and stuff.

The dot on the forehead has religious significance for married women I believe, but the ones worn as jewellery are quite different from the former and have no religious significance as far as I'm aware, which is why I qualified my statement with "similar to the one worn by unmarried females."

They're ugly anyways, so I don't see why Muslims should wear 'em.

[psychoteddybear]

just get a polyester blend and you're good

[sally]

Originally Posted by the_wrong_guy

They're ugly anyways, so I don't see why Muslims should wear 'em.

Actually I'm scared of girls who wear bindis..It just makes people look evil to me. I have no idea why? Weird.. It reminds me of a third eye. but tikas are pretty and look nice

[the_wrong_guy]

Originally Posted by sally

Actually I'm scared of girls who wear bindis..It just makes people look evil to me. I have no idea why? Weird.. It reminds me of a third eye. but tikas are pretty and look nice

I have no idea how a 'tika' is different from a 'bindi'.

[sally]

Originally Posted by the_wrong_guy

I have no idea how a 'tika' is different from a 'bindi'.

I think a bindi is like a sticker dot thingmajigger, and a teeka is considered jewelery that's pinned within the hair and then hangs from the forehead usually above the middle of the eyes..though some wear it between the eyes.

[xoxo]

i think gwen stefani had something to do with it, when everyone went nuts and wore bindis.



like how madonna started wearing mehndi and everyone thought it was just invented or something.

[Jaysh]

Originally Posted by xoxo

i think gwen stefani had something to do with it, when everyone went nuts and wore bindis.



like how madonna started wearing mehndi and everyone thought it was just invented or something.

That's just scary.

[ChotooMotoo]

Someone needs to tell these crazy Desi's to quit playing with their food.

[Nawawi619]

As Salamu Alaykum


Alhamdulillah I'm just glad that there are businesses like Jaan J that offer Muslims who have to wear ties in their work and formal capacities, halal non silk (micro-fiber satin) high quality ties. I have around 6 or 7 of the jaan j ties and they are mashallah wonderful and better then the cheap 5 dollar cotton ties that fall apart after a month.

I also got prophet sandal lapel pins and cuff links as well as get my wife a prophet sandal hijab pin.

I know some of us want to go cheap and probably complain that Jaan J sells their ties at expensive prices. Well as a person who has to wear a tie as part of my job, I've compared the quality of ties from brooks brothers, and other places and jaan j is on par with them but in a halal way. Those non Muslim high quality silk ties run around even more expensive than the ones jaan j sells.

So rather than go for the typical fisabillah discount and souk mentality that some of us have, we should support businesses like Jaan J that cater to not only Muslims but also Vegans. I also heard they are not made in sweat shops like over half the American and Western clothes you see in the market.

[thejellymill]

Teekas are freakin amazing . The one I wore for my wedding was one of those 2-sided reversible ones from India. I am of the opinion that after marriage one should wear a teeka to most functions.. (actually that's just me using any excuse to add more to my collection of teeka's )

I think bindis are cute but I would never wear one cuz I'm Muslim . Also those crystals are cute but sorry, (mainly) white people who try too hard with mehndi, teekas, bindis and eye crystals are LAME. Yes, madonna is lame.. gwen stefani is lame too.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Some Muslims are just lazy and all too willing to believe in conspiracy theories.

you can say that again! We've got conspiracy theories on everything from 9-11 to al-jazeera and the great wall of china!

[caffienetime]

Originally Posted by sally

Actually I'm scared of girls who wear bindis..It just makes people look evil to me. I have no idea why? Weird.. It reminds me of a third eye. but tikas are pretty and look nice

there is a guy in my physics class; every morning you can see a white spot on his head. it looks reallllly wierd...

[Timbit]

So he's probably Hindu?
What's weird about it?

Some Christians get crosses on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday.

Nawawi: Prophet sandal? As in the Prophet wore things made of sandalwood?