text: why do muslims woman wear long dresses? muslims woman first and foremost, because almighty god (allah) commands them to do so.    in the qur'an, allah tells the believers to "lower their gaze and be modest."   specifically, it says:  "say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity for them; and allah is well acquainted with all that they do. and say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; and that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their chests and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers..." [continuing list of family members and others in front of whom women are exempt from covering] (qur'an 24:30-31)