“Living in Hijab is Too Difficult” - 6 Minutes That Will Change Your Life!
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dear sister you know you should wear the hijab but you think you have strong reasons not to write okay let's clear away the noise top searches in Google are loaded with content which exist solely to create confusion about the beautiful obligation for believing women to cover ourselves in a specific way who is making all this noise and how do we Muslim women cope with something that will affect all our time outside the home a little bit of digging shows that a network of academics and organizations committed to secular democracy are pushing an agenda of confusion relating to hijab and other elements of our faith I know it's hard to navigate this online attack it really is a Minefield out
there and this makes it easy to be put off wearing the scarf and difficult to know who to ask but taking time to understand this way of life and its expectations and parameters is absolutely essential and you should not be put off why for the benefit of your own soul so where do we find sound guidance of the kind which will ultimately lead us to our desired destination Allah's pleasure well let me ask you this would you go to a motor salesman to buy a bicycle or a butchers for vegan ingredients Western Academia or social media for that matter are not the spaces to begin your Voyage The Navigators to the great truths of Islam must be those who have previously or are currently traveling the
root of belief here's an easy exercise to give us some clarity go to Google Now if you like and type in female scholar of Islam not female lecturers or influencers please Scholars now take a look at the photos here are some of the names that came up on my search from the list offering real advice on all aspects of Life as a Muslim woman including what Allah expects of us in terms of modesty the esteemed learned women on the list include usmir answer Tamara gray ustaza Yasmin mojahid sheka Fatima bakatula Dr Ingrid Matson Shaker Aisha Prime so how many of these respected female Scholars do not wear hijab the Hans are unsurprisingly is zero and who do our learned sisters take their teaching
from who are their examples are they Guided by Harvard professors or Instagram influencers their leaders our leaders as Muslim women are Fatima daughter of the Prophet peace be upon him I shall may Allah be pleased with her his beloved wife called mother of the Believers and the righteous women who down the generations of 1400 years since then have all guess what covered themselves for one reason alone the pleasure of Allah be careful when asking information on the Holy Quran and our Prophet Muhammad peace upon him from those who are not there to guide you to success in faith Islam is in the doing the action's not merely the thinking but you know what I hear you hijab is a big commitment
it's a huge external signpost of what we believe and it's there for everyone to see and judge but know this being beautiful in the eyes of others will never feel as good as being special in the eyes of Our Lord Allah to Allah says o Prophet tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the Believers to lower over themselves a portion of their Jill Babs that is more suitable that they will be known and not be harmed and ever is Allah forgiving and merciful focus on learning from authentic sources and Scholars of the past and from today and my sister on this new past know this because shaytan will never whisper this to you it is so thrilling to give something up or to take something on
for Allah Allah how empowering it is to subdue the cause of our lower self because we seek his pleasure alone looking around for excuses not to wear hijab is tempting shaytan wants us to go fatwa shopping as Muslims our faith affects our lives far beyond the walls of the mosque or the corners of the prayer mat Islam is our daily routine from when we wake up and pray Fajr to the final prayer before sleep its endorsements affect our interactions choice of food pastimes social venues friendship groups modesty is an important part of this beautiful and complex layering of Essex which applies to a way of being very different yes different from social media culture with its Twitter trolls and
Tick-Tock addictions studies show that the less Western women wear if the flesh they show is considered appealing to men in power of course the more they can get paid Allah to Allah spares us that humiliation I want to read you now something by answer Tamara Gray from her article lean in our feminist Manifesto and I link to it below she says like a sports team we recognize each other like an ethnic background we feel comfortable with each other like a flag held high in the field of battle we bravely go out every day in every country of the world and represent our Prophet peace upon him our religion we represent our men who too often blend into the background and we represent our hurting
women who need our activism we represent any woman of Faith Unsure how to outwardly Express her conviction hijab like all acts of Duty comes down to putting the good opinion of Allah Allah above human beings seeking his love asking for his Mercy thriving because of his pleasure with us my message to you my dear sister is wear the scarf that you may be known oh boy
there and this makes it easy to be put off wearing the scarf and difficult to know who to ask but taking time to understand this way of life and its expectations and parameters is absolutely essential and you should not be put off why for the benefit of your own soul so where do we find sound guidance of the kind which will ultimately lead us to our desired destination Allah's pleasure well let me ask you this would you go to a motor salesman to buy a bicycle or a butchers for vegan ingredients Western Academia or social media for that matter are not the spaces to begin your Voyage The Navigators to the great truths of Islam must be those who have previously or are currently traveling the
root of belief here's an easy exercise to give us some clarity go to Google Now if you like and type in female scholar of Islam not female lecturers or influencers please Scholars now take a look at the photos here are some of the names that came up on my search from the list offering real advice on all aspects of Life as a Muslim woman including what Allah expects of us in terms of modesty the esteemed learned women on the list include usmir answer Tamara gray ustaza Yasmin mojahid sheka Fatima bakatula Dr Ingrid Matson Shaker Aisha Prime so how many of these respected female Scholars do not wear hijab the Hans are unsurprisingly is zero and who do our learned sisters take their teaching
from who are their examples are they Guided by Harvard professors or Instagram influencers their leaders our leaders as Muslim women are Fatima daughter of the Prophet peace be upon him I shall may Allah be pleased with her his beloved wife called mother of the Believers and the righteous women who down the generations of 1400 years since then have all guess what covered themselves for one reason alone the pleasure of Allah be careful when asking information on the Holy Quran and our Prophet Muhammad peace upon him from those who are not there to guide you to success in faith Islam is in the doing the action's not merely the thinking but you know what I hear you hijab is a big commitment
it's a huge external signpost of what we believe and it's there for everyone to see and judge but know this being beautiful in the eyes of others will never feel as good as being special in the eyes of Our Lord Allah to Allah says o Prophet tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the Believers to lower over themselves a portion of their Jill Babs that is more suitable that they will be known and not be harmed and ever is Allah forgiving and merciful focus on learning from authentic sources and Scholars of the past and from today and my sister on this new past know this because shaytan will never whisper this to you it is so thrilling to give something up or to take something on
for Allah Allah how empowering it is to subdue the cause of our lower self because we seek his pleasure alone looking around for excuses not to wear hijab is tempting shaytan wants us to go fatwa shopping as Muslims our faith affects our lives far beyond the walls of the mosque or the corners of the prayer mat Islam is our daily routine from when we wake up and pray Fajr to the final prayer before sleep its endorsements affect our interactions choice of food pastimes social venues friendship groups modesty is an important part of this beautiful and complex layering of Essex which applies to a way of being very different yes different from social media culture with its Twitter trolls and
Tick-Tock addictions studies show that the less Western women wear if the flesh they show is considered appealing to men in power of course the more they can get paid Allah to Allah spares us that humiliation I want to read you now something by answer Tamara Gray from her article lean in our feminist Manifesto and I link to it below she says like a sports team we recognize each other like an ethnic background we feel comfortable with each other like a flag held high in the field of battle we bravely go out every day in every country of the world and represent our Prophet peace upon him our religion we represent our men who too often blend into the background and we represent our hurting
women who need our activism we represent any woman of Faith Unsure how to outwardly Express her conviction hijab like all acts of Duty comes down to putting the good opinion of Allah Allah above human beings seeking his love asking for his Mercy thriving because of his pleasure with us my message to you my dear sister is wear the scarf that you may be known oh boy