Back to basic’s ~ Hijab

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

When an action becomes something of the norm, it’s always healthy to revise or in some cases; go back to basic’s.

You’ll find teacher’s attending additional training courses, although qualified and sportsmen and women reviewing their latest game.

A great example is when Tiger Wood’s changed his swing even after winning the Master’s, in search of self improvement, something the Japanese call Kaizen. 

So when you think you are doing something great, remember that there’s always a chance you could be doing it even better! Revision also help’s you to realise unintentional mistake’s/habit’s that you may have picked up on the way so you can nip them in the bud as soon as possible.

This bring’s me to the topic of Hijab. In recent year’s it has become more common for women to wear hijab as a fashion statement, which is the wrong intention. Or severe cases where women remove the hijab as an act of feminism. The last is very confusing because if she understood the correct definition of feminism, they would be an advocate of Hijab. Worse still is when people take part’s of the Quran out of context in arguement against hijab e.g. “Allah is beautiful and Allah loves beauty” is a line i’ve heard for women to force themselves to believe that they can remove hijab or beautify themselves with hijab on, going against the command’s of Allah SWT. Deep down i’m sure these women know that their arguement is in fact invalid, it’s a clear sign of weak iman.

Here are a few thing’s to remember:

{QURAN 24:31} ~ Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allâh is All-Aware of what they do.

{QURAN 24:31} ~ And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like palms of hands or one eye or both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer dress like veil, gloves, head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms, etc.) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband’s fathers, their sons, their husband’s sons, their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allâh to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful.

Hijab is obligatory for all Muslim’s: FACT. Did you notice that Men were told before women? Even though there is more focus on women’s hijab than men’s hijab these day’s. 

Interesting, isn’t it?

NOTE: the feet are not exempt from this requirement. If you are wearing a shoe where the foot is on show (ballet flats, sandal’s etc) remember to wear opaque socks/tights. Ladies, please also remember that that part of your arm from your elbow to your wrist is part of your awrah too, let’s keep it covered up! Modesty sleeves are great for Muslim women who wear short sleeves or have wide abaya sleeves, because if we are going to do it, let’s do it right inshallah, to gain the most reward’s.

Niqab is optional and entirely up to the woman if she chooses to wear it, the above refer’s to the part’s of the awrah that are obligatory to cover.

We have all seen the Muslimah Fashion Faux Pas of women in hijab out in public wearing the most tightest jeans in the world which leaves very little to the imagination. It isn’t pretty, and if the public can guess what dress size you are, it pretty much voids the whole point of hijab.

It also look’s desperate, like you are trying too hard to please some random person rather than Allah SWT. It send’s mixed signal’s to non Muslim’s also. Same goes for the chest area, let’s keep it loosely covered inshallah.

If you have to wear tight clothes, cover it up with a jilbab/abaya/long coat.

This is pretty straight forward, although there has been a recent surge in sheer fashion. Steer clear of it ladies, as it mean’s one of two things: you won’t be covered correctly demonstrating a slave to fashion rather than a slave of Allah SWT or you will have that many unnecessary layers on trying to cover up you will be on the verge of over-heating.

Not pretty.
Avoid.Avoid. Avoid.

The only way of using a sheer hijab is if (and it’s a big if) you can wrap it enough times for it to become opaque 🙂

This include’s the dreaded camel hump hijab *shudders*.