O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies. That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And - ALLAH - is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33:59)" ( Amr Khaled). Here in this verse women are told to cover their bodies so that they should be known as modest women and are not harassed.
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