Reality Program: Imam Muda (The Young Imam)

Assalamualaikum and salam Jumu'ah to all dear friends and readers.

Jumu'at is here once again. Alhamdulillah we are still breathing and definitely can do lots of amal makruf nahi mungkar. Talking abaout Amal Makruf, insyaallah it's not that difficult to do because doing something good such as say Salaam, prepare breakfast for our loved ones, take care of our husband's needs, smile sincerely and so on. Another activity that can be amal makruf is maybe by spreading the beauty of Islam and sharing good information about it like this tv reality program, Imam Muda.

As I am quite a busy lady :D I don't have enough time to spare for watching the program on OASIS Astro Channel but there is always other methods to do so. Yes, youtube. This morning I planned to go to Dataran Ilmu in Kota Bharu to listen to Tok Guru's religious lecture but my husband has other plans so I'd have to follow him since this is our only day to spend lots of time together. Before we went out, I took some time to watch Imam Muda.

After watching one episode, I'd like to recommend this to you, friends all over the world. This is a kind of reality program that our tv channel should promote not the Akademi Fantasia, One In A Million and such. Luckily there's someone generous enough to make English subtitles for the program. Let's watch Episode 7. I've tried looking for other episodes with subtitles but to no avail. If anyone happens to know, please inform me, thank you.

This reality program has become quite a HIT among Malaysian (Muslims) because of it's different factors , approaches, objectives, and issues compared to other reality programs. I'm gonna save all of the videos for future reviews and sharing.

Credits to buzzbuzz44 youtube's channel and Astro Oasis for such a good program. Insyaallah there'll be more good Islamic tv programs after this. Allahu'alam.

New abayat has arrived and I'm busy shipping the orders.

Assalamualaikum and good afternoon dear friends and readers.

May Allah bless all of us with a great day, good health and strong eeman in our quest to be a good, responsible, reliable, humble Muslim on this world. Allahu Akbar!

Mashaallah... I thought I'll be able to pen a short post this morning but with all the abayat are already packed and addressed, my schedule for today (my off day) started a bit earlier than normal.

The first thing is dropping by the Road Transport Department to send a book for a friend there. After that my husband drove me to Telco Cherang to post all the packages. Looks like this time there are more abayat packages compared to books. Yes, Ramadhan is coming and so is Eid.

Finished with my business at the Telco, we went to the Library, my office to pick up my forgotten camera. I left it inside the drawer at the Reception table. Alhamdulillah it's safe and works just fine.

Next place was my bookshop. I need to bring all the new abayat (ready stock) to the bookshop for my assistance to record the data. While we discuss about the abayat, husband amused himself with Amni (my 2 years old niece who came with us). 

Actually I was also expecting a friend (my partner) to came and have a look at the new stocks. She deserves to have the first chance to look at them. Who knows, she might buy a few for her own collection, ehem. We visited for a while and left my bookshop before Zohor.

The three of us (me, Husband and Amni) went upstairs to a small cafe to have our lunch, Anja Special Fried Rice. Very tasty and taste and look a bit like Padprik Fried Rice, a kind of famous Thai fried rice. Alhamdulillah.

And now, we're home. Husband's taking a nap and I'm here writing this post after taking some pictures of some big hijabs. Inaskudai, please choose which one you like among all these.

And this is how it looks like when I wear one of them, KW010 maroon.

There are another type, stripey ones, in 3 different colour;

I have a few more like the pictures below,

I wish they are all mine... :D

Sharing: Behind the Veil

From: I Got It Covered

Picture credited to Rizal Tahir

Imagine stepping outside every day – your body and face in complete concealment from the rest of the world, with only a slit exposing your eyes to see where you are going. A life devoted to the constant worship of God, through extremely modest dressing.

This is the life that twenty-six-year-old Noor B. lives every day. This is the life of a niqaabi (nɪˈkɑːbee), a woman who wears the niqaab or Islamic face veil.

It is lunch time and Noor is on break from the weekend intensive seminar she is taking entitled: Islamic Code of Ethics. The lounge is flooded with young women: some wearing head scarves and jeans, others robed with complete face veils. Greetings of Assalamu Alaykum (Peace be upon you) are exchanged as the women eat and eagerly discuss the new information they have acquired from the seminar.

Noor sits with her back facing the exit door. She does not want to take the chance of a man seeing her face when the door opens. She explains that it is generally okay to take off her veil in front of other Muslim women and close male relatives, but in this instance she was in a public area and did not want to take a risk.

Dressed in an all black niqaab and jilbaab (a looser outer garment that covers the entirety of a woman’s body) all I can see are the creases on the corner of her eyes indicating her nervous smile. She does not think she is worthy of being interviewed and apologizes for eating while I conduct the interview. She lifts the black veil, takes a bite of her egg roll and then lets the veil fall back in its place as she finishes chewing. She makes sure to tell me one of her biggest challenges is eating. “It’s so hard!” And with the same process of lifting her veil for each bite, one can only imagine how tedious it can be.

Eating is not her only problem though, as she tells me that finding places to purchase her niqaabs and jilbaabs are not easy, especially given her petite figure. “I got this one from Saudi Arabia, and I had to hem it like 6-inches! …And when I shop in the [Islamic] stores in Brooklyn, they are so expensive.” She tells me she likes the black ones because they draw less attention than a brightly colored outfit would.

Noor began wearing the niqaab six months ago when she went to Mecca for ‘Umrah, a pilgrimage that can be performed any time throughout the year. “Seeing all these women in niqaab, I was like, what am I doing?” So she took the next step – completely veiling her face and body. When she came back to her hometown of Brooklyn, NY she received mixed reactions.

It was no surprise to Noor’s mother who is already a niqaabi, but her friends were not as supportive. “I had friends who didn’t understand the super-change I was going through. It was mostly my non Muslim and non practicing Muslim friends who were surprised.” Although she has remained sociable with her friends, she admits these friendships are not the way they used to be.

She explains that the issue of niqaab as an obligation or an option has been the crux of the debate amongst Islamic scholars. “But if you study the Qur’an [Holy Book in Islam] and the Sunnah [the examples/teachings of the Prophet Muhammad], we find that Allah commands the wives of the Prophet to cover themselves.” She tells me the wives of the Prophet were considered the best and purest women of all time, and covering was considered an act of modesty and submission to God’s command. “If this act of veiling was made obligatory for the best women ever created, then it must be fard (obligatory) for us… What would lead me to believe I’m better than them?”

She then begins to recall the moments that led to her decision of veiling. “Another turning point in my life was a [marriage] proposal that I received. The guy wanted to marry a niqaabi woman and my initial reaction was: I am not the one you want.” But after reading up on the issues and reasoning behind the niqaab, something changed, “…and I found this was something that I wanted to do.” She explains it was something of an epiphany, and this feeling of increased faith is what prepared her for a life changing alteration.

We briefly shift into the topic of marriage and she tells me that young Muslims are always eager to marry. “It’s what prevents lusts from turning into immoral acts, like premarital sex… Anything that leads to desire, even too much looking [at the opposite sex] is considered unrighteous and un-Islamic.” This is why the marriage proposal from a man she did not know did not seem unusual or out of the ordinary. She tells me the criteria for Islamic marriages is that the aspiring spouse should be very religious. “He knew my dad, and asked for my hand in marriage…and that was it.”

Noor says she disagrees with people who say change is gradual, because for her, change happened almost instantaneously. “I went from wearing the hijaab (Islamic head scarf) with fitted jeans, to wearing the niqaab and big jilbaabs… [Before], I never even studied Islam when I was in hijaab.” And in this short transition period, she recalls the longing she felt to fulfill her duty as a Muslim woman. “Every time I saw a niqaabi I was jealous. I would stare at each and every one of them thinking, why can’t I please Allah (God) the way she pleases Allah?”

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This interview was conducted in the early months of 2008. In July of 2009, Sr. Noor Bhuiyan passed away. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon – to Allah we belong and to Him we return. May Allah have mercy on her soul, and grant her entrance into the highest level of paradise. May her deeds and her words, and her life and her death, be an example and inspiration for us all.

To 吳淑懷名明惠

Salam.

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The reasons are:

1. I don't understand Chinese
2. When I translated your comment the meaning are always very fishy and 
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I'm Gonna Shop for Big Square Hijab Today

Assalamualaikum and a very good morning everyone.

Alhamdulillah... it's another new day, a rainy day but it's okay because I like when it rains after so many days with a blasting hot sun. Alhamdulillah. The breeze is cool and I feel so fresh inhaling it through my open window. Can you feel it too? Ahhh.... this is why I love living in the 'kampung'. There are still so many green trees around the house and at another side there is a small field which let the wind blow freely through the windows of my home. Mashaallah.

Enough about that :D

I might get confuse looking at all the choices, fuh!

Last night I was pondering upon my promise to a friend (inaskudai) that I'll help her buy some new hijabs. I thought I have some time last week but my planning got changed. Anyway, insyaallah this afternoon after work and after dropping my bookshop, I'm going to the town to survey and maybe buy her some nice hijabs. 

I'm also in need of a shopping therapy LOL but I'm just looking for nice clothes as my Ramadhan gifts for the in-laws and also for my two helpful shop assistants. The items that I'm looking for are:

• 4 big 60 inches square hijabs for inaskudai
• 2 big instant hijabs for MIL and the youngest SIL
• 1 size M instant hijab for another SIL
• I might buy my FIL a kuffiah ( a cap-like headpiece for Muslim man).
• 2 enough lengths of clothes for baju kurung for my two assistants

Yes, that would be all that I'm buying. This time around I'm going alone. Insyaallah the places that I'm going is usually crowded with women so not to be worry. And of course Hubby knows.

Everyone, let's go shopping!

*Tumbleweed Blows By*

Sorry for the recent lack of posts, I've been a bit busy as I've just started my new summer job, yayy :D It's at a popular theme park so it's quite exciting stuff! Anyway, even if I did have time to post I wouldn't be able to as I'm running very low on Internet allowance at the moment and that doesn't get topped up until August.. I should be back on track in a week or so.

Special school for pregnant teenagers.

Sometimes I just can't believe that our Ministers are thinking like this!

Malaysia mulls pregnant teen school to curb dumping
AFP - Monday, July 26

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - – A Malaysian state is considering establishing a school for pregnant teenagers, to curb an alarming epidemic of "baby dumping", a report said Monday.

The chief minister of Malacca state, Mohamad Ali Rustam, said according to the New Straits Times that the school was among strategies including encouraging pregnant girls to marry.

Only married teens will be allowed to attend the school.

"For unmarried teenagers, they also can be part of the school but with one condition -- they must marry the baby's father," Ali said.

Authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia are grappling with the problem of rising numbers of abandoned infants, often dumped dead or dying in the streets or on rubbish dumps.

"This problem has become a disease of sorts. We cannot just turn our backs and think that this is not our problem," Ali said according to the English-language daily.

"Baby dumping cases usually happen among the Muslim community as teenagers were desperate to conceal their pregnancies. Some of the girls were also disowned by their families," he said.

"They do not perform abortions as this is prohibited in Islam. So, they take the shortcut to solve their problem by dumping their newborns. We do not want this to continue. It has to be stopped."

The chief minister said Malacca was considering establishing a special school for pregnant girls to encourage them to continue with their education and to protect their unborn children.

"In the event normal schools cannot accept pregnant girls, we are going to build a school just for them," he reportedly said, adding that youngsters from other states could also attend.

"This school will cater to those who are legitimately married."

Astaghfirullah.... what say you my friends?

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Soooooooooooooooooooooo Pixie UPDATE:


I am in Oman. [Most of my loyal readers and blog friends know this] I came to the Gulf to find halal employment. My old job was in a bank. That dealt in riba. Soooo... Yes Y [my Saudi husband for those that are unfamiliar with the blog], I know you don't want me to bother with ANY personal information, but people back home, ummmmm, I didn't leave my husband because I didn't like him?! WTH? LOL, some of the gossip people engage in is really funny. It is like that children's game, Telephone, where you whisper something in one person's ear and it comes back to you after passing a circle and it is sooooooooooo messed up, lol, is nothing like what you originally said at all?


I came here because I wanted to have an easier life, I mean, be able to wear niqab even if I want and walk down the street like that is normal. Y had to stay in Canada. Our life was there, and yes, lol, I winced out of the hard stuff. But alhamdulilah, after Ramadaan Y can come here.


I know some crazy stuff happened with Aalia (anyone gossiping about her or taking joy in her current sit. you are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond messed up and Allah guide you and take pity on you, ameen) and people I think are mixing us, because we have been BFF for a long time, & because of what I said in relation to Aalia's current situation over at "Chasing Jannah." I am in a totally different situation than Aalia so please don't try and "guess" or be "suspicious" of what, lol, I didn't come to you and say? It's REALLY annoying. My life is going great, alhamdulilah, and it has been a challenge, and I've had to think about what is really important, ie what I need out of life and what makes a marriage and where to live ect, but those are normal things for any mature person. I am sorry I don't share much beyond my general spot on the globe. I used to blog alot and realized it had become a pressure, and alot of people wanted to know about my personal life. Those I am close with well even them I keep some things private from.

Some people were flat out mean. What they said wasn't true so I don't even have to mention it. You mixing people and places. LOL, some of the gossip was great. Now I will never watch Celeb gossip shows again. Of any kind. I feel bad for them. I no longer have a TV or a regularily accesible computer or a CD player and you know what, I am so happy LOL.

Anyways, the point of this post is to say, I have retired from major daily fashion posting. I still love fashion and hijab but don't have the energy to make sets and surf the net for pics. I said everything I believe is important to be said about hijab all the ways I could say it.

As for Islam, I studying Surah Al Baqarah right now, memorizing it in English and Arabic and studying the tasfeer around it. It takes me a whole day to memorize and understand 1 ayah? Well, lol, so what?! There aren't as many ayaat in Al Bakarah as there are days in the year so if I manage 1 a day in 1 year I'll have learnt quite alot. I would like to post on this all eventually. And finish writing a "Girl's Guide to Islam" but I am quite busy just living and being happy and being thankful to Allah for all that He subhanhu wa ta'ala has provided.

SunnahStyle Bisht Abaya

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh.

Do you know what is bisht abaya? Have you ever heard of square cut abaya? Maybe you've read about butterfly abaya in my previous post. Actually bisht abaya, square cut abaya and butterfly abaya arae basically the same kind of abaya. Bisht is actually a traditional jilbab for Middle Eastern men. They are usually worn in formal ceremony. It is usually a black square cut robe with gold trimming.

However, today, I'm going to share with you some information about bisht abaya for women which is very modest and particularly follow the sunnah style. As I am not very knowledgeable about this abaya so I have borrowed a very good post about bisht abaya from SunnahStyle Blog.

Please read here,

Beauty of the Bisht

Posted by SunnahStyle Admin on 10/20/09 • Categorized as Featured Styles

as salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh

Beautiful bisht abayat

Design

The Bisht abaya style has a similar to design to the full butterfly style but unlike the butterfly, it has no seam to define the body or sleeves. This gives the abaya an open width which allows it to fit loosely on every body type. The style is actually very similar to the traditional overhead (without sleeves) but instead of being worn on the head, it is worn on the shoulders. Compared to other shoulder abayas, the bisht provides superior coverage which is almost equivalent to an overhead.

Sleeve design

Sleeve Design

The side edges of the bisht abaya can be shaped in two ways - they can be gradually tapered in towards the bottom of the garment or they can be square shaped. The tapered sides reduce the amount of excess fabric which makes the abaya more manageable when worn. The tapering also prevents the sides from dragging below the actual length of the garment. As for the square sides, this design does provide more coverage since it includes much more fabric. However, the square sides can be impractical depending on where the abaya is being worn since the sides have a tendency to drag.

Tapered vs. Square Sides - See the difference?

Pros

The design of the bisht abaya makes it super modest and useful for wearing over fancy and glittery garments. The style is also great for the summer since the loose fit allows air to flow through easily and is just as wearable in the winter when it can be worn over warm bulky clothing.

The cut of the abaya allows it to fit comfortably on expecting sisters, even in the later stages of pregnancy. Better yet, it can still be worn after birth without looking like maternity wear. All of our current bisht abayas at SunnahStyle.com also include a zipper opening at the neck to accomodate nursing mothers.

Sizing

Our favourite thing about the Bisht style is that it is naturally one-size-fits-all. Since the style has no defined body or sleeves, it provides a loose and flowing fit for all body types, including plus and petite.

When choosing your size for a bisht style abaya the only two measurements you need to look at are the length and the sleeve span since the width will fit regardless. The sleeve span measurement is important since it affects the way the sleeves and shoulders fit. To measure your sleeve span, take an abaya or top that you currently own and fits you well. Lay the garment on the floor with the arms spread straight out in the shape of a ‘T’. Then measure from the start of one sleeve, across the front of the garment to the start of the other sleeve. Your sleeve span should be equal to or close to the actual sleeve span of the abaya for a similar fit.

Actually if you have the nick for sewing, you can easily sew a bisht abaya for your own self because it is quite easy. But if you are a busy person like me, you can have someone else make the abaya for you. Remember my butterfly abaya? It was a square cut bisht but I have tapered the end a bit to make it easier for me to walk without the end of the abaya sweeping the floor.

Well, it depends on where you wear it.

Trying to Take Over the World!: Help a sister out!

Trying to Take Over the World!: Help a sister out!:

Sakeenah from Hijab Style Guide started a chip in for Aalia. I think most of you already know the difficulties she is going through right now and we would like to help her out. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Keep her in your du'as.  You never know when it is someone that you care about that may be facing a similar trial.  May Allah swt put her affairs in order, give her peace in her heart, heal her from all the trauma she has endured (still enduring), reunite her with her child and give her the highest jannah. ameen.

as salam alaikum,
as some of you may know Aalia from chasing jannah is in a VERY difficult situation right now, please take some time to read her blog so you are up to date what whats happening and why i am doing this. I feel compelled to help her its all i have thought of since i read what was happening, if it was me separated from my child i would hope that people would come to help me.
With Ramadan just around the corner this is a perfect opportunity to not only increase your reward but also help a sister in need.
I have placed a chip-in widget on the right side of the screen you can donate as little or as much as you like, ALL funds will be given to Aalia to spend towards a plane ticket and whatever else she may need (legal fees, food, accommodation....etc)

NOTICE: This is a repost from Sister Tuttie's blog, Trying to Take Over the World! Click on her link above to find the donation box.

Tazkirah: Be Gentle

3:159 (Y. Ali) It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them Wert thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about thee: so pass over (their faults), and ask for (Allah’s) forgiveness for them; and consult them in affairs (of moment). Then, when thou hast taken a decision put thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).
The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam “He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.” (Abu Dawood)

The Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, also said: Indeed gentleness does not enter into anything except it beautifies it, nor is it removed from anything except that it makes it ugly [Reported by Imam Muslim].

Narrated ‘Aisha (radiAllahu anha): The Jews used to greet the Prophet( sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) by saying, “As-Samu ‘Alaika (i.e., death be upon you), so I understood what they said, and I said to them, “As-Samu ‘alaikum wal-la’na (i.e. Death and Allah’s Curse be upon you).” The Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “Be gentle and calm, O ‘Aisha, as Allah likes gentleness in all affairs.” [Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 75, Number 404]

Narrated `Aisha (radiAllahu anha) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “Allah is Forbearer (Rafeeq) and loves forbearance (rifq) in all matters.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

The Prophet (s.a.w) said: “Allah likes gentleness in all matters.” [Bukhari]


Bestow your gentleness- Mishary Al-Arada & Homoud Al-Khether
Action plan

1. Avoiding hurting or harming others
2. Being cheerful and positive in one’s dealing with others
3. Recognizing the good of others and reciprocating
4. Responding to the wrong of others with nothing but the go
5. Have good manners
6. Manage your anger
7. Control your tongue
8. Be tolerant
9. Be Patient
10. Forgive

Nice Jilbabs

Assalamualaikum everyone.

This afternoon, let's have a look at some jilbab pictures that I found in EASYWEAR.bblogspot.com . I think they are pretty and have nice colours. The only think lacking is the size of the hijabs. They should have wear them looser and longer.

If you'd like to order or see more choices,  just find EASYWEAR.blogspot.com.

News: Muslims should not wear ManUtd jerseys

Assalamualaikum dear friends and readers, may all of you in good health and strong iman. I am currently a bit busy with my tutorials and final exam schedules, so I've prepared a few auto-publish posts as my sharing with you.

For this morning, let's reading about the recent uproar in this country, the issue on the Man U jersey.

KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims must not wear the famous Manchester United red jersey because of the “devil” emblem on its team crest, Malaysian clerics said today.

Manchester United and the rest of the English Premier League are massively popular in Muslim-majority Malaysia and the rest of the Asian region, but conservative religious scholars said the jersey is un-Islamic.

Also off limits are the shirts of teams including Brazil, Portugal, Barcelona, Serbia and Norway, all of which carry images of the cross on their team emblems.

“This is very dangerous. As a Muslim, we should not worship the symbols of other religions or the devils,” Nooh Gadot, a top Islamic cleric from the southern Johor state, told AFP.

“It will erode our belief in Islam. There is no reason why we as Muslims should wear such jerseys, either for sports or fashion reasons,” said Nooh, an advisor to the Johor religious council.

“Even if it (the jersey) is a gift, we should decline it. It is even more sinful when people realise this is wrong and still buy these jerseys to wear,” he added.

Nooh said there was no “fatwa”, or religious edict, against the shirts but that one was not needed when it was clearly wrong for Muslims to don such a garment.

“These Muslims should repent, repent immediately,” he said.

Another leading cleric, Harussani Zakaria, a cleric from northern Perak state, agreed that devils should be shunned, not celebrated.

“Yes of course in Islam we don’t allow people to wear this sort of thing,” he told AFP. “Devils are our enemies, why would you put their picture on you and wear it? You are only promoting the devil.”

Malaysia is a generally moderate Islamic country, but conservative clerics have issued controversial edicts in the past including a ban on the ancient practice of yoga, which is criticised for including Hindu religious elements. -AFP

As a Muslim, I agree with them even though I have never been a fan of any football team or games.

Do My Eyes Decevie Me?

The ghastliest outfits I ever saw..

Wow.

Black Parents Give Birth To White (Not Albino) Baby

Check out this story here. Nothing to do with anything but it's amazing!

Fashionable Yet Modest

Assalamualaikum dear friends and readers,

Thank you for taking your time to visit this blog, read and leave some valuable comments. I really appreciate your feedbacks on the things that I've shared here. After I posted about Mr. Hatta Dolmat's creations last night, I kept thinking about the attitude of our Muslim designers who created so many beautiful-to-look-at designs but not aurah appropriate. It's not just the local Malaysian designers but generally the Muslim designers all over the world.

Sri Munawwarah Designs. Image from here.

So far, I only approve designs from Munawwarah Designs, Yasmin Siddik, Amal Murad, SunnahStyle, and Shukr, just to name a few well known designers or fashion companies which specified in Islamic fashion. Please be assured that I'm no fashion expert but as a consumer and a person who love Islamic fashion passionately, I think I have the right to voice my opinion.

Amal Murad

I have a big hope for the local Muslim designers. I wish whenever they want to come out with a new line of creation for Muslimah they will take great care in following the Islamic dress code. Hopefully they can create many fashionable clothes yet they are very modest. Just look at the abayat created by Mrs. Amal Murad, they are very elegant and stylo at the same time very modest.

Sunnah Style

Don't just create clothes that will be praised in the fashion market as beautiful, gorgeous and trendy but defy the main purpose of clothing which is to secure our dignity. Maybe the designers that created the not-so-proper Islamic clothes can't really understand and see the soul in creating a real modest yet fashionable attires because they themselves are not practicing Muslims. Sorry to say but I've seen a lot of them in this country. Just read about them in the mainstream media and many fashion and women magazines.

Hajaba

Apart from the designers and the companies that I've mentioned above, do you know any other designers and fashion companies that designed or manufactured fashionable yet modest Islamic clothing? Please share information about them with me. Thank you.

What do you think?

Assalamualaikum dear friends and readers,

Everyday there are many new designs came out and being launched here and there. Many designers are trying to come out with designs for the Muslim people especially the Muslimah. They don't want to be left behind while the trend is still hot. 

Muslimah fashion is spreading everywhere in this world be it in the Muslim countries or countries with many Muslims or the non-Muslim countries. Designers are challenging each other in designing and then producing fashion which they called 'Muslimah Fashion'.

Just now, I came across all the pictures below. They are dresses designed by my local well known designer, Mr. Hatta Dolmat. He called his creations, Lembaran Hatta Buat Muslimah.

ok with a longer hijab

too tight

too tight and clingy

nice

tight and not fully covered the hand

i like it but it would be nice if you match the dress with a longer and bigger hijab.

I'm so sorry Mr. Hatta if my comments are not to your liking. As a muslimah, I just can't accept the tight and clingy dresses are called Muslimah Fashion. They are not on par with the Islamic dress code. Please create a better designs for Muslimah. You are a Muslim too so I think you do know what is the Islamic dress code right?

As for my readers, what do you think? You do not have to agree with me but give your sincere opinion. Thank you.

Pictures are copied from Murai.com

Statement Sleeves

I love these abayas :D Shame you can't get them online..

These two look like they're defending themselves from some sort of incoming blow.. The sleeves are great though :D

But my two favorites have to be..

Money and Luxury is Never Enough

Assalamualaikum dan Happy Jumu'ah everyone.

Even though I wish all of us to have a happy and peaceful Jumu'ah, I am actually very sad to read this in the news today.

Friday July 16, 2010
Datuk, wife and six others held in baby trafficking probe
By NG AI FERN
aifern@thestar.com.my

KUCHING: A luxury car dealer who is a Datuk, his wife and six others involved in a suspected baby trafficking ring have been remanded for six days as two more children were rescued yesterday.

Magistrate Nelson W. Angang granted the remand order after considering the request by the police to carry out investigations under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, 2007 and to identify the children involved.

Police yesterday found a three-year-old toddler and 12-year-old girl in a house in Batu Kawa. This brings the number of rescued children to six.

From left: A businessman carrying the title ‘Datuk’, his 24-year-old son and a relative were among the 10 suspects brought in court for the baby trafficking case.

The children were all brought to court yesterday and some of the babies were crying uncontrollably.

It is learnt that they were initially supposed to be sent to a shelter in Kuala Lumpur but were later placed under the custody of the state Welfare Department.

Police believe the 43-year-old Datin could be the mastermind of the alleged syndicate.

She and her husband, who is 65, were detained at their house at Jalan Stampin Tengah on Wednesday morning when the police “rescued” three children at their residence.

All three children have documentation; one infant girl was registered with a couple, while two boys were registered under another couple.

The two couples, who were also remanded, are believed to be the Datin’s relatives.
Out of the woods: A baby and a toddler among six rescued from the suspected human trafficking syndicate.

Out of the woods: A baby and a toddler among six rescued from the suspected human trafficking syndicate.

The other two suspects remanded are a local woman and an Indonesian woman believed to be the Datin’s friends.

They were arrested at 1.24am and 2.15am at their house at Green Height and Batu Kawah respectively yesterday.

The suspected baby trafficking syndicate was exposed following the rescue of an infant at Batu Kawah new township in an undercover police operation.

The baby was allegedly to be sold for RM10,000.

A woman who carried the baby during the bust has been detained under the Immigration Act. Judging by the ages of some of the children rescued, the suspected ring could have been operating for quite some time.

They are wealthy people yet they do human trafficking! Oh my goodness! I pity those babies and children because they were the victims. My heart feels so heavy looking at them crying. Poor babies.

I wish they get a heavier sentence for their evil deeds and to know that a WOMAN is the mastermind is just beyond me. Astaghfirullahalaziim.