As salaamu alaykum warahmatuallaah
wabarakatuh,
I want to talk to you about my life before and
after Hijab. I am a Muslim girl 20 years old from
Arabian Gulf ” The original place of Islam.” I used
to believe that hijab is not an important issue.
And it ’s lucking my freedom. So I decided that I
would never were Hijab as long as I live.
Although my mother wears Hijab but she never
convinces my sisters or me to wear it. She
thought that you have to believe in it to do it or
else you will take it off as soon as we are far
away from her. And I think that it might be right
in some way.
Or it might make hijab more difficult for us when
we get older. It is so hard to get used to
something for your whole life and change it at
once. It will take you a long time to change your
mind. Any way, I used to love to show up
specially that I am not bad looking at all. And that
was the most difficult part. I used to love to dress
up and buy expensive clothes and I loved it when
every one was looking and pointing at me. I used
to love it when some says “wow! She’s
beautiful.”
After I finished my High school I decided to go to
have my degree in the United States. I saw a
thing in there that I have not ever seen before. It
is Muslim society and community. It ’s amazing
society with perfect Muslims. They are practicing
Islam in a different way that we got used to it.
Muslims in Gulf aria have been borne Muslims.
Arabs didn ’t have to ask any questions because
every thing is obvious. We didn’t have to think
about faith and how to believe in God, because
we were raised and every one around us is
Muslim. We didn ’t know what’s the real Islam
and how does it feel to live between all different
religious and a mix society. And I just realized
that people in Gulf didn ’t practice pure religion,
but they had a mixture between Islam and
culture. So many things that I thought it was an
Islamic terms turned out to be a culture believe.
And they are absolutely wrong aspects. I learned
that the pure Islam is not the one that we were
raised on which is full of nonsense stuff that we
had in our culture since a long time ago. The real
Islam is only in Quran and Sunah.
When people in the states find out that I am
Muslim, they always ask so many questions
about Islam and most the time I can ’t find an
answer to their questions. So I started to go
searching and looking in Islamic books and in
Internet about Islam “the real thing.” I was like
someone has not heard any thing about Islam
before. I learned so many things that I have not
knew.. I started to go to the masjid and sit with
so many brothers and sisters talking and
discussing Islamic matters. I swear that I have
never gone to any masjid in my country or even
think about it. Although we had thousands of
Masjids back home. All the sisters in the masjids
were wearing hijab except me. And they were all
Americans except me. And they wear all broad
about it and I respected them so much for that. I
started to think about it all the time.
And I started to have so many dreams about me
wearing the hijab. I started to have some strange
feeling towered my self; I hated it when
someone was looking at me. I felt that I was only
a picture without a heart or a brain. I finally
decided to go for it and wear the Hijab. It was the
best choice I have ever had. For the first time in
my life; I felt that I am a strong person. Because I
will go for what I believe in, and I didn ’t care of
what people think of it or how they will look at
me.
First day of Hijab was the best. I never felt so
good and broad in my whole life of my self as
much as I felt in that day. My friends and relatives
didn ’t believe that I could do it. And every one
said that I won’t keep it for too long. And that
maybe one of the things that pushed me to keep
it until this day. I had to go through a fight with
my self. My self which always loved this life any
try to enjoy it as much as I could. Now was time
to say stop, and I did. After a while every one
started to respect me so much that no one had
treat me like that before. Every one believed in
me so much because they knew that I am a
religious person. And what gave them that
expression? It ’s the Hijab. I can go every where
now and no one would look at me as if I was a
picture or a dummy. Never the less I still dress up
good and put make up when I am with my
sisters and that turned out to be more fun.
I believe that Allah demand Hijab to help us and
to make our life easier. It builds respect between
men and women. Also, it ’s a matter of keeping
your body to your self or who Allah allowed you
to show (mahram). It is also a sign that show
that you are Muslim, like in all religious. For
example, Jewish wears a small cup on top of
their heads and Christians wear a cross. And non
of those two feels ashamed to show it to public.
No man would think badly about
A woman who is wearing a hijab so that will
provide her to fall in mistakes (khateah) or
something that is (haram). A person who can
wear Hijab is strong enough to do any thing else
and to go through any problems that she may
face in all life matter. Every one around you will
trust you in every thing because you trust your
self. Don ’t you think your body is so important?
And don’t you think your body is that valuable?
You don’t need some one to tell you that you’re
beautiful because you know that. And you don’t
need someone to look at you as if you were a
beautiful drawing or a picture because you ’re a
human been.
As salaamu alaykum warahmatallaah
wabarakatuh..
(please forward this to all the people you know, I
want every one to read my story)
May Allah bless you, jazakum allaah khayran
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