POEM: SISTER KEEPS YOUR HEAD UP TO THE SKY

Sister when life hits you hard 

Like a spark of thunder
When you think your world jus crumbul
NEVER SURRENDER

Don't go under don't stumble
Sista stay wise stay humble
The clouds can rumble
The mountins can tumble
Sista be strong never surrender

Yo This is for all the sisters out there
(All my Muslim sisters) that's goin through pain whether it's hate
;death of a family memba) drama accident discrimination trauma
(whatever it is) jus know the one an only is there for you
(jus keep ya head up2 the sky)
Raise yo head up

Sista don't cry keep yo head up to the skyyy  !
Even if the oceans dry  !
Even if the mountins fly  !
Way up in the sky  !
Keep ya head up to the sky  !
Keep ya head up to the sky !

Yo jus the other day I seen a sista with tears on her eyes
I swear I can feel the pain damn I hate the way she crys
Now I don't even know the reason
But I told her keep ya head up to the sky ( implore the one u belive in)
It's a sad world we living in

Do you know that skinny jeans is not hijab?

skinny jeans reveal the shape of your body(i.e. legs). hijab means to cover yourself. to protect yourself from men getting arouse when looking at you. scarf should fall down covering your bosoms. your dress should be wide enough to hide the shape of your body. note that when you are wearing tight clothings it is just the same like you are “naked”.
remember this:
The Prophet (saw) said: There are 2 types of people whowill enter the Hell-Fire, whom I have not seen yet. People with whips like the tails of cattle, with which they strike the people, and women who are clothed yet naked, they will walk in a seductive manner, seducing and being seduced, with something on their heads that looks like the humps of camels leaning to one side. They will never enter Paradise or even smell its fragrance, even though its fragrance can be detected from such and such distance. (Ahmad & Muslim)
before you go out in public, look into the mirror. are yourclothings wide enough?
are you wearing socks to cover your feet? oh,yes. feet is your aurah, dear muslimahs.
are you wearing a long enough sleeves to cover your hands up to your wrists?
are you wearing your scarf down to cover your bosoms?

The Hijab: Misunderstood

Love this poem!

Misunderstood

In the world,
There are some places,
In my hometown,
Among friends and family,
Greetings abound from the lips of strangers,
This familiar sound,
I know it so well,
I turn to reply,
In the way that many else will.We are all
Connected,
By the invisible strings,
Of religion.
In the world,
There are the places,
Where I feel dark and secluded,
People stare at me
In awe
In confusion
Or plain distrust.

Confessions of my hijab, Its my beauty.

My hijab is my true identity.
It’s my destiny. Without my hijab I have lost a piece of protection.
Soon I will be everyone's center of attention.
Covered by my cloth, I submit myself to Allah.
The stares, the taunts and the jeers it never fazed me because I don't fear insincere people.
To the girls with the see thru shirts and mini skirts what does that get you besides stares from hungry perverts?
We are given respect instead of being treated like dirt.

POEM: DON'T STARE AT ME

Don't stare at me
I am covered with hijab
the one that saves my soul
I never care about your staring
but all you could see is my long cloth
covering me from top to bottom
There is no exposed flesh to make you happy
but loose and not transparent veil
that makes you think
how i am modest
I have much freedom than you think
more talents than you imagine
but still i am modest
just because of the Hijab

Hijab: A Muslim Male View

A well-researched treatise on the subject of hijab by guest author T. Husayn.

Hijab: A Muslim Male Perspective

The topic of hijab is one that evokes and provokes. It generates within all of us a plethora of thoughts and emotions. The web and media are replete with opinions of Muslim women and politicians on this sensitive topic. Some non-Muslims have used hijab as a springboard to unleash virile anti-Islamic polemics. Here I wish to share some thoughts on hijab from the perspective of a Muslim male living in America and preempt any perceptions of dogma by providing relevant evidences. Hijab is such a grand concept that one cannot write about it except with awe.

According a 2007 Pew Research Center report on Muslim Americans, only 38% of Muslim women wear hijab all the time whereas 48% do not wear any head covering at all. As a side note and interesting factoid, 48% of Muslim American women pray the obligatory prayers five times a day compared to 34% of Muslim men. The sisters as a whole are undoubtedly keener to hold fast to the religion. Yet the issue of hijab bifurcates Muslim women and creates tension.

Why do the majority of Muslim American women not wear the hijab? What are the reasons that some choose to wear the hijab? What does a Muslim man think of hijab and how does its adoption or lack thereof affect him? These are questions I will attempt to answer below.

Women who choose not to wear the hijab come under many categories, some of which are as follows:

1. Women who deny the obligation of hijab
2. Women who think that hijab is “only strongly recommended” but not obligatory
3. Women who do not feel naturally shy when wearing revealing outfits outside the home and have mentally and physically adopted the dress code of the occident
4. Women who want to wear the hijab but are afraid of the consequences in the form of occupational discrimination, stares, glares, comments, family resistance, spousal resistance, etc.
5. Women who state something to the effect of: “I don’t need to wear hijab because Allah knows my heart is clean and I don’t do bad things”
6. Women who state something to the effect of: “I don’t have to wear the hijab, there is no compulsion in religion”

The first two categories of women should be advised (gently, kindly) and shown extensive evidences from the Qur’an & Prophetic traditions (Sunnah) that unequivocally prove the obligation of wearing hijab. Allah jalla wa ‘alaa states in His Book:

{O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and the believing women that they should draw over themselves their jilbab (outer garments) (when in public); this will be more conducive to their being recognized (as decent women) and not harassed. But God is indeed oft-forgiving, most merciful} (33:59)

{And know that women advanced in years, who no longer feel any sexual desire incur no sin if they discard their thiyab (outer garments), provided they do not aim at a showy display of their zeenah (charms or beauty). But it is better for them to abstain (from this); and God is all-hearing, all-knowing} (24:60)

It is amazing that Allah informs us that even for an older woman who is given leeway with hijab, it is better that she still wears it. Then what about young sisters in their teens, twenties and thirties when their charms are still in full bloom?

Important: Hijab is not a piece of cloth on your head

Important: Hijab is not a piece of cloth on your head

Hijab is not a piece of cloth on your head. It's a way of life

by Asma Bint Shameem

Just because some of the sisters have their head covered, they think that the requirement of Hijaab is fulfilled. They don’t realize that wearing a Hijaab requires much more than just covering your head.

Actually, if you think about it, Hijaab is the way you talk…..the way you walk….the very way you carry yourself. In fact, Hijaab is an attitude in itself. Its a whole way of life.

Allaah says:

A Girl’s Heart Desire

Sometimes,


I want to open my hijab,


and show the world,


... that I too,

I am beautiful in the people’s definition.


But,

deep down here,

in my little heart,

I know that beauty is by definition,

a mystery.

and it is forever more rewarding,

to be beautiful in God’s eyes.


Sometimes,

I want to wear ruffled dresses and tight jeans,

show off what I really look like,

under those baggy shirts and loosely fitted pants,

make a statement,

that I too,

have a figure and worth looking at.

TAKING OFF THE HIJAB

Question:

I understand that hijab is required, and I’ve been wearing it for some time now but I feel like putting it on might have been a mistake.  I don’t feel like it’s made me become a better Muslim, and I feel almost like I’m deceiving people because they look at me as an example even though I’m still struggling with a lot of things. Also, if I take it off, is it really something Allah will punish me for? It seems like such a petty thing. Isn’t the most important thing having a clean heart?
Answer:
Assalaamu `alaykum dear questioner,
Thank you for asking this question which opens up a number of important issues, and for entrusting us enough to share with us some of what you’re struggling with. I ask Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala – exalted is He) that He makes the words that I write beneficial to you and others who are reading, and that He leads you to the best decisions.
I’d like to start by addressing what I believe is the least important factor in this equation, and that is ‘what other people might think.’ It should never be the case that we alter our practice of Islam or our worship for the sake of other people, or what they might think or assume. People may be quick to judge or jump to conclusions, but whatever thoughts or opinions they have are strictly their responsibility, and not something we should be overly concerned with.

Seashells and Pattering Hearts

The importance of accompanying sincerity with every deed we perform. 

This is the authored portrait of a young woman, whom through growth and experiential ruminations has come to learn of herself and the world around her. She is but sixteen years old and yet, like many teenagers, she feels as though the weight of the entire world rests firmly upon her shoulders. She plasters the words “fragmented” and “naïve” boldly across her faltering self-image. She asks herself, “What is the essence of sincerity?”
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But I Love the Attention

With the hijab comes sacrifices, but we must be willing to weigh the temporal pleasures with the eternal bliss.

In her recent novel Boy vs. Girl, Na’ima B. Roberts illustrates an important, yet overlooked phenomenon for girls and women who wear hijab:

        “But lately, she had lost some of that confidence, that immunity to guys’ indifference to her. It had started to bother her that their eyes glazed over when they saw her, sliding away from her face, brightening when they saw Robina’s cheeky smile and highlighted hair.
Her pride was hurt, her vanity bristled…
Once upon a time, she had been the darling of every clique that mattered. Now, in her hijab, she was considered a pariah…”

This excerpt details the struggle of Farhana, one of the main characters in the book, as she dons the hijab. She is a teenager in high school and the confidence with which she began to wear hijab slowly diminishes as she discovers some of the consequences.

A girl emailed an Islamic website the following story of regret, embarrassment and pain

A girl emailed an Islamic website the following story of regret, embarrassment and pain:

Assalam Aleikom waand RahmatullahAllah's Mercy wa barakatuh,

I hope you can be of use to me in this problem: I'm a 17 year old Arab girl living in an Arab country and still in high school.

Unfortunately, I learnt about the internet, I misused it and spent my days chatting with guys and watching prohibited websites

(I did such things behind my parents back and no one knew about them) even though I used to be religious and hated girls who chatted with guys.

RULING WOMEN WEARING JEANS

Praise be to Allaah.

Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan al-Jibreen (may Allaah preserve him) was asked about the ruling on women wearing jeans. He replied:

“As for women wearing pants or trousers, this is not permitted, even if she is on her own or in front of other women or her husband, except if she is in a closed room with her husband only. Apart from that, it is not permitted because it shows the details of her body and makes her get used to these clothes. So she is not permitted to wear these clothes at all.” (al-Nukhbah min al-Fataawaa al-Nisaa’iyyah, p. 30).

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih ibn ‘Uthaymeen was also asked about the ruling on women wearing any kind of pants or trousers. He (may Allaah preserve him) answered:

“I think that women should not wear trousers at all, even if there is no one with her apart from her husband, because this is imitating men. The ones who wear trousers are men, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed women who imitate men.”


Majmoo’ Fataawaa wa Rasaa’il al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen,

Be the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

Be the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

... With your beauty, you are better than the sun;
with your morals you are more sublime than musk;
with your modesty you are nobler than the full moon;
with your compassion you are more beneficial than rain.

So, preserve your beauty with faith,
your tranquility with contentment,
your chastity with Hijab.

Still Waiting

 Self-evaluation goes a long way in figuring out what delays us from that which is ultimately beneficial for us.

There are some sisters that truly recognize the beauty of hijab despite not shrouding themselves in it. They may practice hijab internally if not by wrapping a fabric around their heads and over their chests. And still, there are others who are completely or partially oblivious to the essence of hijab. I can still recall one sister opening her mouth in awe when she learned the true meaning of hijab and the many ways it could help her.
“You should try it one day,” I ventured, internally hoping that it would boost her confidence and excited at the possibility of her becoming a hijabi.
Her eyes averted my face and she bit her lip. “I don’t think I’m ready.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
Hijab is certainly not an easy transition phase—a change in attire and attitude, adjustment to how people perceive you and not to mention the array of explanations you must give to both the curious and shocked acquaintances of yours.

The Attack Against Niqab and The Good In It

Earlier this month the Niqab / Burkha ban came into effect in France and already I have seen many new French families in the UK and in Leicester where I live French is increasingly heard being spoken in the Masaajid and streets.
Already in France, 3 sisters have been arrested for refusing to remove their veils, may Allaah keep them steadfast, and French Muslim businessman Rachid Nekkaz has pledged 1 Million Euros to help start a fund to pay off any fines levied under the new law.
But even families where the niqab is not worn have chosen to relocate out of France, which is indeed their intention of the bill in the first place, to force Muslims out of France as they are seen as a threat due to a high birthrate and very high rate of reversion (people becoming Muslim).

Muslim Women: You don’t expose a delicate rose to the ravishes of the harsh desert wind !!!

Muslim women !! You don’t expose a delicate rose to the ravishes of the harsh desert wind !!!

 

I borrow the words of Sheikh Yasir Qadhi, at the 2010 Global Peace & Unity Event,
because they are so wonderful, he said:
 

We know that Muslims women are the most beautiful creatures in God’s green Earth.

And it’s not because they shed their clothes to be ogled by men. 

No no.

You don’t expose a delicate rose to the ravishes of the harsh desert wind. 

NEVER UNDERSTIMATE A WOMAN IN NIQAB

Assalaamu alaikum [peace be to you],

This is a gift to the Muslim women fighting for their rights to wear what they like against the oppressive law...

Kenza Drider, a respectable mother-of-four, will leave her home in Avignon’s Place de la Résistance on Monday with the intention of committing a crime. If the police are waiting for her – and they have had more than enough warning – she will be cautioned, perhaps be asked to accompany officers to the local station, possibly face a fine and, perhaps, will leave with a criminal record.

I WANNA WEAR HIJAB

My hijab story is like a secret diary no one should ever read. It is filled with horrible facts about me and points to my mistakes and weaknesses. My journey to hijab is filled with fear, negativity and regret. So I warn you: read with caution.

The most important thing you should know is that I used to wear hijab, but eventually took it off. I hate saying it, admitting to the world that I was one of those ignorant girls who went backwards after putting on the hijab, instead of moving forward with my deen. But it’s what I did and I can’t change that.

POEM ABOUT HIJAB

This is a poem that always inspires me. Insha Allah I hope you like it too :)

They ask: How will you progress in life with yourself covered from head to toe?
I ask: How will I progress to the Other Life if I do not do so?

They ask: What is the use of all your education if you do not care to make a career?
I ask: What is the use of reading His Book if I am void of His fear?

They ask: Why do you insist on being backward in these enlightened times?
I ask: Why do you insist on being modern while being oblivious to all the avoidable crimes?