"Of all these people judging me."
"Who judged you?"
"Like that woman, every time I sit with her, she tells me to wear
hijab."
"Oh, hijab and music! The mother of all topics!"
"Yeah! I listen to music without hijab.haha!"
"Maybe she was just giving you advice."
"I don't need her advice. I know my religion. Can't she mind her own business?"
"Maybe you misunderstood. She was just being nice."
"Keeping out of my business, that would be nice..."
"But it's her duty to encourage you do to good."
"Trust me. That was no encouragement. And what do you mean 'good' ?"
"Well, wearing hijab, that would be a good thing to do."
"Says who?"
"It's in the Qur'an, isn't it?"
"Yes. She did quote me something."
"She said Surah Nur, and other places of the Qur'an."
"Yes, but it's not a big sin anyway. H elping peop le and praying is more important."
"True. But big things start with small things."
"That's a good point, but what you wear is not important. What's important is to have a good healthy heart."
"What you wear is not important?"
"That's what I said."
"Then why do you spend an hour every morning fixing up?"
"What do you mean?"
"You spend money on cosmetics, not to mention all the time you spend on fixing your hair and low-carb dieting."
"So?"
"So, your appearance IS important."
"No. I said wearing hijab is not an important thing in religion."
"If it's not an important thing in religion, why is it mentioned in the Holy Qur'an?"
"You know I can't follow all that's in Qur'an."
"You mean God tells you something to do, you disobey and then it's OK?"
"Yes. God is forgiving."
"God is forgiving to those who repent and do not repeat their
mistakes."
"Says who?"
"Says the same book that tells you to cover."
"But I don't like hijab, it limits my freedom."
"But the lotions, lipsticks, mascara and other cosmetics set you free?!
What's your definition of freedom anyway?"
"Freedom is in doing whatever you like to do."
"No. Freedom is in doing the right thing, not in doing whatever we wish to do."
"Look! I've seen so many people who don't wear hijab and are nice people, and so many who wear hijab and are bad people."
"So what? There are people who are nice to you but are alcoholic. Should we all be alcoholics? You made a stupid point."
"I don't want to be an extremist or a fanatic. I'm OK the way I am without hijab."
"Then you are a secular fanatic. An extremist in disobeying God."
"You don't get it, if I wear hijab, who would marry me?!"
"So all these people with hijab never get married?!"
"Okay! Wha t if I get married and my husband doesn't l i ke it? And wants me to remove it?"
"What if your husband wants you to go out with him on a bank robbery?!"
"That's irrelevant, bank robbery is a crime."
"Disobeying your Creator is not a crime?"
"But then who would hire me?"
"A company that respects people for who they are."
"Not after 9-11"
"Yes. After 9-11. Don't you know about Hanan who just got into med school? And the other one, what was her name, the girl who always wore a white hijab.ummm."
"Yasmeen?"
"Yes. Yasmeen. She just finished her MBA and is now interning for GE."
"Why do you reduce religion to a piece of cloth anyway?"
"Why do you reduce womanhood to high heals and lipstick colors?"
"You didn't answer my question."
"In fact, I did. Hijab is not just a piece of cloth. It is obeying God in a difficult environment. It is courage, faith in action, and true womanhood. But your short sleeves, tight pants."
"That's called 'fashion', you live in a cave or something? Fi rst
of all, hijab was founded by men who wanted to control women."
"Really? I did not know men could control women by hijab."
"Yes. That's what it is."
"What about the women who fight their husbands to wear hijab? And women in France who are forced to remove their hijab by men? What do you say about that?"
"Well, that's different."
"What difference? The woman who asked you to wear hijab.she was a woman, right?"
"Right, but."
"But fashions that are designed and promoted by male-dominated corporations, set you free? Men have no control on exposing women and using them as a commodity?! Give me a break!"
"Wait, let me finish, I was saying."
"Saying what? You think that men control women by hijab?"
"Yes."
"Specifically how?"
"By te lling women how and what to wear, dummy!"
"Doesn't TV, magazines and movies tell you what t o wear, and how to be 'attractive'?"
"Of course, it's fashion."
"Isn't that control? Pressuring you to wear what they want you to wear?"
Silence
"Not just controlling you, but also controlling the market."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you are told to look skinny and anorexic like that woman on the cover of the magazine, by men who design those magazines and sell those products."
"I don't get it. What does hijab have to do with products."
"It has everything to do with that. Don't you see? Hijab is a threat to consumerism, women who spend billions of dollars to look skinny and live by standards of fashion designed by men.and then here is Islam, saying trash all that nonsense and focus on your soul, not on your looks, and do not worry what men think of your looks."
"Like I don't have to buy hijab? Isn't hijab a product?"
"Yes, it is. It is a product that sets you free from male-dominated consumer ism ."
"Stop lecturing me! I WILL NOT WEAR HIJAB! It is awkward, outdated, and totally not suitable for this societ y ... Moreover, I am only 20 and too young to wear hijab!"
"Fine. Say that to your Lord, when you face Him on Judgment Day."
"Fine."
"Fine."
Silence
"Shut up and I don't want to hear more about hijab niqab schmijab
Punjab !"
Silence.
She stared at the mirror, tired of arguing with herself all this time. Successful enough, she managed to shut the voices in her head, with her own opinions triumphant in victory on the matter, and a final modern decision accepted by the society, rejected by the Faith:
I luv wearing the hijab.
Today my teacher came up to me and sed (for the second time round): 'Raiyhana, u have such beautiful clothes. You are so colour co ordinated...I really admire your choice in clothes' (at which point, she was looking at my hijab).
I began.
Well, I do take pride in my hijab and I'm sure other sisters will agree with me
salam
sisters don't have the best dress sense, look at how bro dress, in their white thobe, red scarf and a beutifull looking black bisht. that is the best dress masahallah for me and my fave
wasalam
salam
i have to agree, these kuffars have tight dress sense but sport clothes are ok for me because they are loose wear
but i just thobes and bishts because they are loose clothing, mashallah muslims have the best dress sense
just compare david beckhams dress sense to SS dress sense
wasalam
I go to a kaffir college lol.....imn the only hijabi jilbabi here....and alhamdulillah during Ramadan ive been wearing niqab...its been so beneficial mashAllah.....
I go to a kaffir college lol.....imn the only hijabi jilbabi here....and alhamdulillah during Ramadan ive been wearing niqab...its been so beneficial mashAllah.....
the stares i get are funny tho....
Rabi'ya:rose:
Sister Im about to fall off my cahir. Everthing u mentioned.....Im the same too. No one wears hijab or jilbaab. JUST ME!!!
Niqab? tuk it off cuz my muslim teachers sed I didnt need it. I used to wear it the same as my avator
no way!! lol..u got a Muslim teacher? personally....i dont think niqab is Fardh but i like wearing it....it just feels nice and i feel closer to Allah too. ur avatar is u?!?! omg!! lol u shud wear it if u like it....i might keep it on after Ramadan im not sure yet...lets see...
no way!! lol..u got a Muslim teacher? personally....i dont think niqab is Fardh but i like wearing it....it just feels nice and i feel closer to Allah too. ur avatar is u?!?! omg!! lol u shud wear it if u like it....i might keep it on after Ramadan im not sure yet...lets see...
Rabi'ya:rose:
No. my avator is not me...I told u that: I used to wear the niqaab in the same way as my avator. :coolsis:
salam
if i wore my red scarf like that woman in sis ameeratul layl avatar i would probably get arrested for being a terrorist lol
wasalam
do it!!! do it!!! my friends brother got stopped on the train the other day and questioned.!!! i think it goes a bit too far anyhoo me off to calss now
do it!!! do it!!! my friends brother got stopped on the train the other day and questioned.!!! i think it goes a bit too far anyhoo me off to calss now
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dont even talk to me about how bros dress. Its Ramadan and i gotta keep halal thoughts.....as a sister ill stick to discussing sisters dress...thanks
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