SALAM ALAJKUM to all my lovley beautiful hijabi and non-hijabi sisters ooout there!
I guess you all heard about it and inshAllah a lot of you participated at this lovley event, the world hijab day. I think an event like this is a good cause and great idea, a chance to come closer - closer to Islam, closer to eachother, closer to people who believe in other faiths, closer to Allah swt and what he expects us to do!
We all know that covering our hair and body, covering our awrah, is a duty for muslim women. Allah swt told us that we have to do that, but of course in the end it's YOUR CHOICE if you follow the rules or if you don't. On judgment day we will have to take responsibility for our life and our doings.
An just in case anybody get me wrong, if I say WE HAVE TO - you shouldn't read this with the voice of an oppressed muslim girl that is forced to wear a hijab! No! Allah is the greatest, the creator of each and everything, he is defenitely not reliant on us humans, he don't need us at all - it's us humans who NEED HIM and so wearing a hijab is something we do for our own benefit, something we do to please him, something we do to get Allah's swt pleasure!
(by the way sorry for mistakes in grammar or vocabulary ^^ would be much easier to do this in German ;)
To get back to the point, it's your choice - and nobody should judge anyone for wearing the hijab in "a wrong way" or for not wearing the hijab at all! The world hijab day is an opportunity for new(converted) muslim women / girls to make their first experiences with hijab, a day to make one step ahead to your choice wearing a hijab. But also for born muslims who didn't wear a hijab yet (for whatever reason) to get the chance to make another experience with covering them selves.
Wearing hijab is the most wonderful present you could ever make yourself, I started wearing my hijab about 11 months ago and it was the best decision ever! This piece of fabric means liberty to me. The liberty to control who is allowed to see me or rather how much of me!
The world hijab day is also a day for non-muslim women, I guess it helps making people understand that we are not anything different at all - we are human beings and that's the point! Wearing a hijab for one day - walk in our shoes and see the way we are living would make it easier to understand and tolerate our way of life. I hold women who do something like that in high esteem!
Therefore it makes me sad and angry if I read some comments on different Facebook pages saying:
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Each to his own, but in the world we live in, in a world where muslim women are considered to be oppressed and forced to wear a hijab, in a world Islam is something evil, in a world people connecting our beautiful religion with death, war, terror and force - how could you dare to say that a beautiful idea like the world hijab day is playing with the revealed rules of Islam like a toy?
Islam is perfect, beautiful and so full of love ! Islam is open minded and not close minded ...
Why shouldn't we care about sisters who struggle with wearing a hijab and also about women of different faith who would like to understand us muslim women a little more ? A worldwide event like this is building bridges and should go on and on - year for year!
To those who don't believe in the effect of such an event, read through the wonderful postings on
World Hijab Day's FB page and you'll find a lot of touching stories like for example
"OMG! So my dear friend Amina Zh wore hijab
out today for World Hijab Day, and now she has decided to keep it on! I
am so proud of her and so happy for her! Congrats again sweety!
What a wonderful incentive this has been! My warmest congrats too to
those who came together and created this amazing event! I'm just here to
take part in this initiative and spread the word. Insha'Allah each and
every year this will get bigger and better and will be a great success!
xo" [Atia Saifullah]
or
"I
participated in World Hijab Day, as a gift for my Muslim friend Robin. I
feel so much respect for women who are willing to do this every single
day. I know that they feel in their hearts that God wants them to do
this. I will go out of my way to show my respect to any Muslima I see,
because for one day, I walked in their shoes and I see that it isn't
easy. I am going to practice "As-salam alaykum."
By covering yourself, you have a sense of control. You get to control who can
and can't see you. You don't allow people to judge you and deem you
"beautiful" or "ugly." You control what they see and they have to relate
to you on a different level than just appearance. Many women are trying
their hardest to be sexy, attractive, desirable, but by covering up you
are sending a clear message that you are not going to play that game.
It seems very feminist. ♥" [Jennifer Garrett]
or
"And
my daughter sporting her favourite scarf. She said she got called
names but she kept wearing it and it didn't seem to bother her. We are
Christians but love our Muslim sisters!" [Kerri-Jo Stewart, British
Columbia] ♥
how could somebody ever say that a day like this is playing with the rules of Islam like a toy?
Where is your heart, your eyes and your common sense?
May Allah bless you all and inshAllah a lot of sisters will make their choice wearing a hijab and
inshAllah those people who had the strenght to see the world through our eyes for one day and covered themselves to feel like we do, will also cover their souls with the mercy of our creator - Allah swt through Islam! may Allah guide them to right bath, he is the most mercyful !
SALAM ALAJKUM . LOTS of LOVE !
Samira
UMMAH of NOUR
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