Second Lady Samira Bawumia, according to Islamic law, qualified to stand before God in the dress she wore to the Ghana 60 Years On anniversary parade on 6 March at the Black Star Square in Accra, presidential spokesperson Mustapha Hamid has said.
His comment follows backlash from a section of Ghanaians on social media who accused the Second Lady of wearing a tight dress which exposed her curves, contrary to Islamic law.
But speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Wednesday 8 March, the Minister of Information said Samira’s attire did not expose her awra and as such was decently dressed as a Muslim woman.
Awra is any part of a woman or man’s body that is not supposed to be exposed according to Islamic teachings.
He explained to show host Moro Awudu: “As a Muslim scholar, we are told that men and women have what in Islam is called the awra and a man’s awra is anywhere from the top of his body to his knee so that’s why I can’t wear shorts that does not go beyond my knee to pray. So as a Muslim, anything that is below your knee means your awra is exposed.
“Now a woman’s awra on the other hand is up to her ankle. Now Samira Bawumia was clad in an attire up to her feet. No part of her feet was showing, her hair was covered and so in that attire she could pray because her awra was covered. If she qualified to stand before the almighty God in that dress, how didn’t she qualify to appear before humans? Humans and God, who is greater? The discourse in our country is… People now qualify to stand before God but they don’t qualify to stand before humans? I leave it to the judgment of the people.”
Source: Classfmonline
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Some fake christians are insulting Muslims because they advised Samira to continue covering herself as she was doing during the campaign which both Muslims and Christians were happy with her. In the holy Bible 1 Corinthians 11:16 says and I quote "For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head." Fake christians who are insulting Muslims because they are practicing what the Bible says should bury their heads in shame. Read the Bible obey and practice what the Bible say. If you can't obey the Bible then don't insult anybody who obeys it, just shutupp and hide in your hole. May be to the fake christians the Bible has become primitive or outmoded so fake christians don't want to follow the Bible again. If you don't want to obey 1 Corinthians 11:16 then you are fake onapo christian. Onaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaapo!!!!!!
IT IS TIME THAT SCHOLARS IN ISLAMIC WORLD TAKE A HARD LOOK OF SOME ISLAMIC LAWS IN RESPECT TO CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS IN THE WORLD . IF WOMEN IN ISLAM ARE NOT SUPPRESSED NOR DICTATED TO IN DRESSING THEY CAN ALWAYS MAINTAIN A SUITABLE APPEARANCE THAT WOULD APPEAL TO THEIR HUSBANDS TO AVOID THE SITUATION THEY WOULD NEED THREE OTHER WOMEN. NOW MANY REFINE AND EDUCATED MUSLIM MEN IN RESPECT TO THE WONDERFUL QUALITIES OF THEIR WIVES WOULD NOT IN ANYWAY SEEK A SECOND AND THIRD WIVES. IT IS PROPER THEN THAT THE WIVES OF SUCH MUSLIM MEN ARE ALLOWED TO DISPLAY THEIR NATURAL BEAUTY WITHOUT BEING INCIDENT.
Which section of Ghanian, it's the Muslims who are making unnessessary noice as usual.
give us a break, is it a curse to be blessed with a nice body shape like Samira, I don't think they were expecting her to wear jalabia, I can see you are still intoxicateed by miseraable, humiliating and heaviest defeat suffered by any sitting government in the world
YOU THIS NDC GUYS ARE AIMLESS AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO. YOU ARE SOUR LOSERS WHO ARE GETTING AT ANYTHING BAWUMIAH AND THE BEAUTIFUL WIFE BECAUSE OF THE ROLE THEY PLAYED IN NDC LOSING THE ELECTIONS. PLEASE GET OVER YOUR LOST AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL DEBATE CONSTRUCTIVELY. NOTE THAT WE ALL HAVE A NATION TO BUILD. ENOUGH OF YOUR CHILDISH COMPLAINTS.
What Power and arrogance can do.So he Mustapha Hamid didnt not see that Samira'S dressing exposed her vital features as a moslem woman.Well am not surprised,as we can see other NPP people saying her husband and for that matter Samira were not votd to come and promote ISLAM.ALLAH is watching.