Is it Haram or Halal For a Hijabi to Wear a Bindi?
C.J Ahmed-13.06.2023
There is nothing haram in a hijabi wearing a bindi without imitating non-Muslims and is done with good intentions.
Wearing a Bindi is Not Imitating Hindus
There are some who view everything with a “haram” lens will find fault with women wearing bindi and ill argue that it is haram because you are imitating the Hindu women. This is not at all true because the bindi is worn for cultural purpose as well. Take for an example of Bangladeshi girls and women and they wear the bindi not because to imitate Hinuds, but for beautification and cultural reasons. The below hadith has nothing to do with wearing bindi.
Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” (Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani)
As long it is with good intentions and not to imitate disbeievers, it is not haram.
Umar bin al-Khattab (rali) narrated that the prophet (sal) said,
"Actions are according to intentions, and everyone will get what was intended. Whoever migrates with an intention for Allah and His messenger, the migration will be for the sake of Allah and his Messenger. And whoever migrates for worldly gain or to marry a woman, then his migration will be for the sake of whatever he migrated for." (Bukhari and Muslim)
Cannot Judge a Muslims Based on the Bindi They Wear
We cannot tear open a man’s chest and see his intentions.
Usamah ibn Zayd reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent us on an expedition. In the morning we attacked Al-Huraqat of Juhaynah. I caught hold of a man and he said, “There is no God but Allah!” I stabbed him anyway. Then, it occurred to me that I should mention that to the Prophet. The Prophet said, “Did he say ‘there is no God but Allah’ but you killed him?” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, he only said it because he feared the weapon!” The Prophet said, “Did you tear open his heart to know if he meant it or not?” The Prophet continued repeating it to me until I had wished I had not embraced Islam until that day. (Sahih Muslim)
In countrie like Bangladsh and Inia, women er the bindi for beauty nd cultura reasons and there isnothing wrong in wearing something if the people in that culture do so. The pophet (sal) wore clothes of the people of that area nd it is the intention that matters.
Islam is Silent on Women Wearing the Bindi
The argument that Islam forbids Women from wearing the Bindi is totally wrong.Islam is completely silent Bindi and silence is from the mercy of Allah.
The Prophet (sal) said, “Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122 a nd also graded Sahih by Sheikh Albani)
There is nothing haram in a hijabi wearing a bindi without imitating non-Muslims and is done with good intentions.
Wearing a Bindi is Not Imitating Hindus
There are some who view everything with a “haram” lens will find fault with women wearing bindi and ill argue that it is haram because you are imitating the Hindu women. This is not at all true because the bindi is worn for cultural purpose as well. Take for an example of Bangladeshi girls and women and they wear the bindi not because to imitate Hinuds, but for beautification and cultural reasons. The below hadith has nothing to do with wearing bindi.
Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” (Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani)
As long it is with good intentions and not to imitate disbeievers, it is not haram.
Umar bin al-Khattab (rali) narrated that the prophet (sal) said,
"Actions are according to intentions, and everyone will get what was intended. Whoever migrates with an intention for Allah and His messenger, the migration will be for the sake of Allah and his Messenger. And whoever migrates for worldly gain or to marry a woman, then his migration will be for the sake of whatever he migrated for." (Bukhari and Muslim)
Cannot Judge a Muslims Based on the Bindi They Wear
We cannot tear open a man’s chest and see his intentions.
Usamah ibn Zayd reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent us on an expedition. In the morning we attacked Al-Huraqat of Juhaynah. I caught hold of a man and he said, “There is no God but Allah!” I stabbed him anyway. Then, it occurred to me that I should mention that to the Prophet. The Prophet said, “Did he say ‘there is no God but Allah’ but you killed him?” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, he only said it because he feared the weapon!” The Prophet said, “Did you tear open his heart to know if he meant it or not?” The Prophet continued repeating it to me until I had wished I had not embraced Islam until that day. (Sahih Muslim)
In countrie like Bangladsh and Inia, women er the bindi for beauty nd cultura reasons and there isnothing wrong in wearing something if the people in that culture do so. The pophet (sal) wore clothes of the people of that area nd it is the intention that matters.
Islam is Silent on Women Wearing the Bindi
The argument that Islam forbids Women from wearing the Bindi is totally wrong.Islam is completely silent Bindi and silence is from the mercy of Allah.
The Prophet (sal) said, “Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122 a nd also graded Sahih by Sheikh Albani)