Muslim Students' Association - University of Waterloo
The Super-Cool Swimming Dress-Code
Did you know swimming
could increase your good deeds? As Muslims, any act we do that pleases
Allah is considered worship. And worship comes with rewards. So what's
this all got to do with swimming? Hmmm... we're gonna make swimming a
way to get closer to Allah, by doing something very simple. By making
sure that our dress code does not anger our Creator. In a sisters-only
gathering, we are required to wear loose clothing from navel to knees.
It is haraam to wear clothing that reveals this area by way of
transparency or tightness. It may seem hard at first, but think about
this: Allah increases the reward of hard deeds. The reward of tahajjud
prayer is greater, because everyone else is sleeping while we pray. The
reward of remembering Allah in shopping malls is greater, because
everyone else is busy with the world. Similarly, the reward of
following proper dress-code while swimming is greater when no one else
is following it.
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