Good topic! I converted to Islam in 2012 Alhamdulilah! I am a African American who is proud to wear my scarf. This piece of cloth represent who and what i am and I wouldn’t change it for the world! May Allah keep continue to bless me..AMEEN. I found that a lot of the struggles with muslim woman who remove the scarf is society. The images, social media, tv ..to the end of it is why we are having issues. Everyone want to be beautiful and for some the struggle is they don’t think they are beautiful with a scarf wrapped around their head. May Allah make it easy on ALL of us AMEEN
One’s true beauty lies beneath the skin in one’s soul. Both my daughters are African who recently converted. No one forced them to wear the hijab, abaya or niqab, it was their free choice. As-salamu alaykum.
I am recently converted, ma sha Allah, and I live in a small European country where there are very few (visible) Muslims. For me there were no doubts about covering my head. But it is not easy to wear hijab by nice, modern and accurate way :) so I hope to get a lot practical advices from you , sisters. God bless you and our global Ummah.
I’ll be honest, as a new revert, part of my hesitation with being a full time hijabi is that I’m afraid to make a mistake while I’m wearing it in public, and represent Islam imperfectly. May Allah forgive me, I know I need to get over myself. 🧕🏽
Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.... Mashaa'Allah. An interesting topic learn a lot thanks sister. Alhamdolilah for being a hijabi. Till my dying days Inshaa'Allah. Love u sister's for Allah's sake 🙏❤❤❤❤❤
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MSA I love this! Especially Melanie's comment about the "burden of hijab" and not being able to hide one's Stigmatized Identity. It's so important to acknowledge that whilst some women can remove hijab and by doing so remove the stigma of being a hijabi, some muslim woman do not have the luxury of removing the stigma by means of removing hijab!!! It takes real strength to wear Hijab and I pray everyones journey is filled with faith and a sense of ease.
It is really interesting getting into veiling. I have tried several styles and have narrowed down my favorite to hijabi and tichel. As much as I love it and it makes me feel good about myself I get so much hateful stares for just the fact that I wear headscarves. It honestly surprised me how much people care about a dang scarf around your head. (note: I am not muslim nor jewish-- I choose to wear headscarves out of my own interests).
We lived in KSA as non-Muslims for over 15 years where we raised our daughters from age 4 and 5 who attended Saudi schools, Arabic was and is their dominant language, they received instruction in Islam in school, they and my wife wore hijabs like every other Saudi woman. At work it would have been uncomfortable for my wife who is Nigerian to NOT be covered, so she wore a hijab, abaya and niqab at all times in public. We live in Florida and they all maintained the practice. My daughters are adults now and recently converted. As-salamu alaykum.
I need help guys I plan to start wearing hijab and my mom is kinda supportive but i am afraid of returning to school as a hijabi and being judged. It will really help if I can get a word of advice on how to begin and what to expect this would be really helpful thanks🧕🏼
As'salaam Walyakum Sistah!!! Wearing head cover is not the hijab that Allhah (swt) was speaking of...the covering of the ornaments is hijab...body (breast n ' buttock) the parts men lust towards...covering of the head is just an added addition the ummah incorporated, an yet became the overall big misinterpret...May Allah (swt) give yu understanding...Ameen!!!
Actually you do have to cover your hair and neck as this is part of hijab. Sister, I too struggled with wearing the hijab and in the middle of the school year I decided I was going to wear it the next year as it'd be a fresh start an all that. However, I had a dream of yawm al qiyyamah and thought that I shouldn't wait that long. Right after the Easter holiday I actually went to school with a hijab on...it was really weird and people kept asking so many questions and that didn't stop for a while. Alhamdulilah, two years later now, I am SO glad I wore itwhen I did. I was already late wearing it, and so I'm so glad I didn't delay it even more. Honestly if you really do it for the right reasons, you're gonna see a huge change within yourself ( a good change). My friends until now say like omg I can't believe how much you've changed. Umm so I really hope this helps you with wearing it! If youneed anything else then just let me know :)
Tbh the only good advice i can give you is do what makes you happy and what makes god happy. Forget about what your classmates will think, it's your life amd it's your body and you're in charge. Good luck sis❤❤
MashaAllah 💕 Wonderful conversation guys xx It really empowered me. I started wearing my hijab about 7 years ago and it was really hard for me to start wearing it in a non-muslim and very anti-Islamic country, but I just had no doubt I pushed forward through all the obstacles on my way that were huge at that time. I never had a thought about taking of my hijab and I was always deeply hurt whenever I've seen muslim girls removing their hijabs or others not even bothering wearing it, or muslim women removing their hijabs for the mixed wedding parties. Until recently.. I started imaging what if I'd just take my hijab off. I could show off my hair, be free, so many Muslim women are not even wearing it and they look so beautiful, maybe it's not necessary?? As bad as it sounds I think I wouldn't ever decide to take it of but I search for that empowerment online and I'm trying to refresh my intentions. May Allah make establishing of oir deen easy for us 🙏
Ameen!! Thank you so much for sharing that Sonia! If you ever need some extra inspo, I highly recommend joining our Haute Hijab Community Group on Facebook as that is a topic of conversation we address there often :) But please feel free to reach out if you ever need anything ❤️
