Friday 15 April 2011

To my sisters in Islam.

It's sad how most of our sisters in Islam, in western countries are fighting with all their might to wear their Hijab. Despite protest from westerners and Kafirs, they still wear their Hijabs. Despite bans and laws that disregard their beliefs and not allowing them to wear their Hijab, they still wear their Hijab. Not for anyone, just for Allah, and they are not afraid of any country, any government, but afraid of Allah.

And now if we look to the east, especially to my own country where i was born and raised. Many of our muslim sisters fight with all their might to not wear their Hijab. They seem like they are afraid of not being able to fit in. Not getting up-to-date with the latest trends.

And i ask myself, and i ask you, my muslims sisters, what is up with that?

And actually when talking about Hijab, the responsibility is not placed only on the women, but on the men first and foremost:

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. -An-Nur (24:30)

Which means that for the muslims brothers, we are instructed to lower our gaze, which basically means that we have to control where we look at especially when we view people especially the women. We should guard our eyes and also our dignity and modesty.

In the next verse only then will we learn on the merits of how the Hijab is for our muslim sisters:

And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss. -An-Nur (24:31)

From this verse, it is explicitly told to whom only that are allowed to see your beauty and that your beauty and ornaments should not be displayed except for which is ordinarily displayed, namely your face and your palms. There are so many ways to wear the hijab, as long as you abide by the instructions that are told in the Quran and Hadith shahih.



There are other verses and Hadith that speaks of Hijab, but i am sure you can find them on your own. I am merely a trigger, so that we can all live our lives for the sake of Allah and Allah's blessings.

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