Islam is a very massive, vast and easy religion, only if one understands & applies the rules of Islam on his/her life completely, Islam gives complete freedom to humans in almost in the spheres of life, but yes there are certain things which are not allowed in Islam for Muslims. There is this misconception that Islam is conservative religion, that Islam has limited the Muslims, that Islam has slowed down their pace, those who have such a belief have yet not seen the depth of Islam. Islam gives an insight about all the frequencies of life, the rules & regulation in Islam are based on utter logic, induction, coherence, sanity and syllogistics.
1-Marrying non-Muslim men:
A Muslim women is not allowed to marry a non-Muslim man, she can only
marry Muslim man. Such an order has been given from Allah because in
Islam the women follow the religion of the husband therefore if Muslim
woman marries a non-Muslim man she won’t remain a Muslim anymore. A
Muslim man is allowed to marry non-Muslim women but that women should be
either Christian or Jew or should follow a holy book.
2-Physical interaction with men:
physical interaction between man and a woman is not allowed in Islam,
you are not allowed to interact (touch) any other man or woman except
your own spouses, this scenario is applied for both the genders. A woman
is not allowed to indulge with any men rather than her own husband.
Communication is allowed to only to a certain extent. It is well suited
that a man should hangout with men and a woman should hang out with
women, by doing it so it would not allow the birth of any un moral
thought in the hearts of men and women.
3-Soft corner for na-mehrum:
A Muslim woman should not have a soft corner for any na-mehrum;
na-mehrum refers to those men who are not a relative by birth or blood. A
woman can have a soft corner for her father, husband, and brother but
not for any men outside her family. Having a soft corner is also a kind
of emotion, and the emotions of a Muslim woman are very much sacred. No
leisure man is worth her care & attention.
4-Fitted and cleavage clothes:
Allah orders the women to cover their ornaments and not to wear cleavage
clothes. The curves of a woman are the private parts of the body, then
they become the victim of the dirty stares of men, they generate
malicious ideas and ruin the reputation of that woman in the eye of men.
Therefore a Muslim woman has been asked not to wear much fitted
clothes; her clothing must cover all the body parts properly.
5-Eye-contact with men:
It is said that the eyes of a person reflects his true personality.
Being able to see is one of the biggest blessing of God, but with your
eyes you can see all the good things as well as bad things. Islam does
not allow doing any kind of eye contact with men because this contact is
the first step to all the unethical feelings. Even if you want to speak
to men then you communicate through the door or the window but the
women must not come face to face with a na-mehrum man. A Muslim woman is
very respectable and not everyone can have the pleasure seeing her.
6-Perfumes:
Islam forbids a woman to wear any such thing which can divert the
attention of men towards her, stuff such as perfumes, makeup, jewels or
very fancy clothes. No men would look at a woman who is completely
covered but at an uncovered woman people would definitely slant looks.
Perfumes have a very strong smell, if a person wearing perfume will
enter a room, every person present would notice that person, similarly
if a woman wearing perfume passes by then she will divert all the
attention towards herself. A woman is not an object for exhibition but a
symbol of respect.
7-Disobedience of husband:
A married woman is not allowed to disobey her husband. It is said the
Muslims are only allowed to prostrate ( sajda) in front of almighty
Allah but if it was allowed for a woman to prostrate in front of anyone
else rather than Allah, then it would have been definitely her husband. A
woman is never supposed to go against her husband’s will, the
satisfaction & happiness of her husband is most important for her,
she must not displease him and must not do anything to offend him. She
should be a faithful wife and must not cheat on him. Furthermore a woman
is supposed to take care of all the basis needs of her husband.