When a niqabi talks about fashion.

Assalamualaikum dear friends and readers.

I was not planning to update this blog yet but from nowhere, the idea came for me to say something about the topic above. I know, I might be one in a thousand people out there who's a niqabi and talking about fashion in her blog. I know a few niqabi friends who observe fashion just like other women, only that we observed and try to sort out which one is suitable for us, muslim women.

The most important consideration is, we can choose to be fashionable but with caution. What I mean is everything I put on my body should make me feel beautiful in front of Allah, my husband and myself. If others think the clothes I'm wearing are beautiful too, alhamdulillah and I hope they can wear the same clothes too. 

I call this fashionable. 

I like fashion and I also like beautiful clothes and things. It does not mean that when you are a niqabi and you wear black almost everyday you can't like fashion. Who says you can't? In my dictionary, fashion is part of my daily life. It's very important for me to be fashionable in an Islamic way. Modest, stylish, elegant and makes me feel great with myself.

In my opinion, when you like the clothes that you are wearing, you know that the clothes are following the Islamic dress code, you wear it cleanly, tidily and smartly, all these thing combined together make me feel great to face the world. At the same time it makes me happy that my clothes have inspired others to change for the best. I'm not saying I'm better than others but this confidence in presenting myself as a niqabi with a career and two businesses also came from the way I am dressed.

I'm comfortable like this.

There are fashion and there are fashion. Choose the one that can help Islam. The choice is in our hands and with knowledge and experience we can present ourself as an elegant niqabi fashionista (can I use that word?). Always be modest but not over the top and do not be too extreme. 

Wassalam.

Muslim Brides In Niqab: Part 1

Assalamualaikum.

I am trying to compile photos of Muslim brides who wear niqab. I have many photos but their owners do not allow them to be published so I googled and founf this 2 photos. It was in my album for quite sometime and I already forgot the link of where I copied them.

If the owner is reading my blog, please inform me and I'll give proper credit to both photos. I do not know any of the couples in the photos but I found the photos in so many blogs. Hopefully it is okay for me to publish them here.

From their faces I can claimed that they are Malaysian. 

How lovely to see more and more brides who are a niqabi wear their face veil on their wedding day. Mabruk!

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.

The Niqabi Millionaire, Rozita Ibrahim

Assalamualaikum wr wbt.

Last year if you still remember, I've written a post about the hijrah of a dedicated woman, Rozita Ibrahim who is a cosmetics entrepreneur turns millionaire and became a niqabi a year ago. This is the recent pictures of her which I've snapped from a local magazine, Harmoni, published this month.

Still meticulous in managing her company, Sendayu Tinggi Groups.

Still beautiful as before.

With her eldest daughter (black hijab), daughter-in-law and son-in-law in front of her company's exhibition floor.

Enjoying her time at home with her family.

Rozita Ibrahim has been low profile since wearing niqab. I would say that she has become an idol for so many women because of her background, from poverty and humility to wealthy and proud to millionaire and humble. I have become one of her fans.

The misguiding decree of the so called `Ulamaks of the Akhirul Zaman

Assalamualaikum dear readers. I'm sorry for not writing anything today but opt to share this article from MAHAGURU58 on the current issue on niqab. Please read the whole thing before you give any comment. Thank you.
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Niqab & Purdah ~ The misguiding decree of the so called `Ulamaks of the Akhirul Zaman.

"1st. He Makes Riba - "Halal" (permits usury) Now He Forces Young Girls To UNCOVER?! – Yasir Qadhi talks about “Mu-Shaykh al-Azhar - At-Tantawi

Dr Sayyid Tantawi Azhar (left)

Riba Incident - over 20 years ago...

Once he ruled "haram" on "riba", later said the exact same type of transaction was "halal" (permitted).

When asked why he changed his opinion, Dr. Tantawi said, "Riba is a mystery of mysteries surrounding in a mystery"

(Looks like Tantawi is the 'mystery')

- That statement got him the title of "Grand Mufti" (big scholar) of Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.

Now the "Niqab" Incident - today - Tantawi forces 16 year old girl to uncover in front of him (nice guy, eh?)

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Cairo's Big Mufies

By now, almost everyone has heard of the recent incident involving the Shaykh al-Azhar, the esteemed Dr. Sayyid Muhammad Tantawi, with the veiled high-school student.

The office of the Shaykh al-Azhar is symbolically the most senior office in the entire Sunni world, outranking even that of the Grand Mufti of Egypt, since it purportedly places in the highest office the most scholarly personality of the oldest and more revered Islamic University in the Sunni world, al-Azhar University.

In fact, Dr. Tantawi had previously held the position of the Grand Mufti of Egypt for almost a decade, after which the great leader of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, impressed with his services to Islam, promoted him to the office of Shaykh al-Azhar.

Hosni Mubarak should be thanked for promoting Dr. Tantawi to his office, and this promotion shows not only the credentials of the learned Doctor, but also the care and concern that this three-decade veteran leader of Egypt has for the cause of Islam.

Dr. Sayyid Tantawi hardly needs an introduction, for he has already established a reputable career, and his resume boasts of such fatwas as the one which encourages Muslim women in France to abandon the headscarf so that they may be in conformity with French law.

It appears, however, that the venerable Shaykh understands that his role cannot stop at merely removing the headscarf from our sisters. In his concern for the welfare of the Ummah, he has now taken an even bolder step.

In case some are still unfamiliar with the details of the event which occurred two days ago, here are the details which have been reported by a number of reliable eye-witnesses and the media.

When the Grand Shaykh was invited to address a group of young female high-school students, he noticed one of them wearing a face-veil (niqab).

This seemed to irritate his Excellency rather mightily, and, his conscience so roused, he proceeded to ask the supercilious girl to remove her veil (of course, he is not the first person to do so, having been preceded by the likes of Jack Straw and Tony Blair, amongst other honorable mentions).

The girl refused, and said rather innocently that it was her habit to wear it, and she did not show her face to strangers.

The Shaykh’s sense of right became even more miffed, so he proceeded to pontificate rather starkly, “The niqab is nothing but culture – it has absolutely no relationship whatsoever with the religion of Islam.”

Thus buttressed, he then boldly asked her once again to take off the intimidating cloth. Rather surprisingly, the young girl rejected the demands of the senior-most religious authority in Egypt, stood her ground, and once again reiterated that she was uncomfortable with any man seeing her.

The esteemed scholar could not take such an insult to his honorable demand so lightly, nor could he allow a sixteen-year old girl to get the better of him!

The temerity of such a girl deserved that the Grand Shaykh put her in her place.

Gathering all the might and courage that he needed – for 16 year old girls are known for their tempers and bad moods – he charged on, blasting, “I have already told you that the niqab has absolutely nothing to do with the religion, and it is something that is from custom!”

To drive the point home, he added, in a crude Egyptian vernacular, “…and I know the religion better than you, and those who gave birth to you (i.e., your parents).”

Of course, such languages was completely justified, as how else was the coarse and ill-mannered young lady going to be taught the refined manners of Islam?

Petrified and terrified, intimidated and bullied by a man four times her age, embarrassed in front of her peers and teachers and media by the highest-ranking religious authority in the land, the young lady felt she had no choice but to take off the blameworthy fabric.

The Shaykh of al-Azhar, satisfied and vindicated, threw in his final blow, to really put the girl in her place, and teach her a well-deserved lesson that she would never forget.

Outdoing his crude expression of a few moments ago by a number of exponential notches, he said, “Ama law kunti hilwa shuwaya la-amilti eh?”

Alas! English simply cannot do justice to the coarseness and incivility of the Shaykh’s street-manner talk (which, of course, the impudent young girl fully deserved).

While the vulgarity and tone of the language might fool some people, in fact what the Shaykh really did was to skillfully and subtly demonstrate that, despite his high office and erudite mastery of the religion, he was completely in tune with the riff-raffs and hooligans of the alleyways of Cairo.

A rough translation – albeit without the vulgar connotations of the Arabic (and my apologies to our English readers for the loss of the coarseness) – would be, “So if you were even a little beautiful, what would you have done then?”

The implication, of course, was that the egotistical girl was presuming herself to be worthy of participating in a beauty pageant, hence covering her face out of fear of tempting others.

Little did she realize that she was not even qualified to use the adjective ‘beautiful’ in the same sentence as her name!

The wise and nurturing religious father-figure of the nation made sure that the self-esteem of this young sixteen year old girl would forever be shattered – so let all teachers pay heed to the lessons that the Shaykh imparts through his astounding pedagogical skills.

It is comforting to know that the ex-Grand Mufti is more knowledgeable than we are (of course, in his humbleness and humility, he only restricted his greater knowledge to ‘the girl and those who gave birth to her’, but we all understand that it was only his modesty that precluded more epithets, and allowed the self-praise to be so restrained).

Thank God for that, for indeed us simpletons are in need of his seemingly unrestrained knowledge (not to mention his perfect mannerisms and gentle nature).

For indeed, a cursory reading of the hadith literature to people of lesser knowledge such as ourselves shows that the face veil (niqab) was quite common amongst the wives and female Companions of the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam.

The niqab appears to have been so common, in fact, that before the only Hajj the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam ever performed, as he was instructing people regarding the rites of this Sacred Journey, he had to give a general command to all women that they should not wear the niqab during the state of ihram (al-Bukhari in his Saheeh).

To an untrained mind, this would indicate that the custom of wearing a niqab had at least some prevalence, or else there would have been no need to caution against it (after all, it’s not as if there is a specific hadith prohibiting women from wearing mink fur coats during ihram).

One wonders whether perhaps these noble ladies from amongst the Companions had managed to import this un-Islamic practice from Persia (for the learned Shaykh did not tell us which culture it was imported from?) even before Persian customs reached Arabia – an amazing feat indeed!

To further confound us simpletons, we read in the Sunan of Abu Dawud and other sources, that Aishah (r) would lower her loose scarf over her face even during the state of ihram (thus effectively veiling it) when male riders passed them by.

Aisha understood that the prohibition for wearing niqab only applied to using that cloth, and not to the actual covering of the face (similar to the fact that men cannot wear trousers during ihram but must still cover that portion of the body with other materials).

Lest some misguided individual, infatuated with the Roman (?) custom of veiling, inform us that this veiling was specific for the wives of the Prophet, perhaps our very knowledgeable Mufti can better educate us as to how to understand the narration in the Muwatta of Imam Malik, which states that Fatima b. al-Mundhir used to cover her face in the state of ihram in a similar manner that Aisha did?

And while we are on the subject, perhaps the erudite scholar can also explain how Umm Khallad, another female Companion, was seen wearing a face veil by the Prophet and other Companions?

In one tradition (recorded in Sunan Abu Dawud), we learn that after a certain battle, she was seen hurrying to and fro, searching for her son to see if he were still alive.

The companions were amazed that even in such a frantic state of mind, she had covered herself with a veil.

One of them commented at her veiled state, at which she replied, “Even if I have lost my son, I shall not suffer the loss of my modesty!”

A pity that our ex-Grand Mufti and Shaykh al-Azhar were not present there, for if he were, he would have told her that he was more knowledgeable of the rules of modesty that she was!

It is indeed confounding to simpletons who lack the grace and mastery of books that the Shaykh does to find narration upon narration that seems to assume that wearing a face veil was common practice amongst the earliest of generations.

In one, we find that Aishah (r) was recognized by Safwan b. Mu`attal in the ‘Incident of the Slander’ only because he had seen her before the revelation of the verses of hijab (thus clearly showing that Aishah, at the very least, understood from these verses that she must cover her face).

In another narration, we find that `Umar b. al-Khattab recognized Safiyya after the revelation of the verses of hijab by her gait, thus again indicating that he could not see her face (both narrations in the Sahih of al-Bukhari).

What perturbs the lesser-educated minds of the Ummah is that this pernicious custom of obscuring the face seems to have crept into this nation rather early.

Regarding the interpretation of Surah Ahzab, verse 33, which commands women to ‘…not display your beauty like the women of Jahiliyya did,’ al-Tabari’s Tafsir tells us that even the Companions differed amongst themselves regarding whether the face was a part of that beauty which should be covered or not.

It appears that the Shaykh al-Azhar was able to detect something which even the Companions missed: that the face covering had nothing to do with Islam!

The pervasive insidiousness of this imported fabric was not limited to the Companions, however.

We find each and every classical work of legal jurisprudence – from al-Nawawi’s Majmu to Ibn Qudamah’s Mughni to Ibn Abideen’s Radd al-Muhtar to Ibn Abd al-Barr’s al-Tamhid – have sections dedicated to this issue. Peculiarly, we find all four classical Sunni schools of law discussing the legal status of the niqab, in numerous major work of fiqh, written throughout the centuries of Islam.

In fact, we even find schools of law outside of the four, such as Ibn Hazm’s al-Muhalla, that discuss this issue.

It is indeed great Providence that we have been blessed with the pedantic wisdom of the Shaykh of the Azhar for being able to cut through and expose such a large conspiracy, which spanned the entire geographic regions of the Ummah, and reached back to the earliest of our times.

Without his insight, it would be quite easy for someone to believe that the niqab has been a part of the Islamic tradition from its very inception.

One cannot help but sympathize with someone as supposedly learned as Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who is not exactly known for conservative views, yet still says,

“Those who believe that niqab is an innovation or forbidden are ignorant, and by this they lie about the Law of God. The least that can be said about the issue of niqab is that it is merely permissible.”

That is why we need government appointed Shaykhs of al-Azhar, to correct such misunderstandings in the wisest and most fatherly of fashions, and to make sure that rash, impetuous young girls are taught the mercy of our religion and the beauty of our mannerisms.

All I can say is: with scholars like these….who needs the French?!

Please note:

1- The purpose of this article is not to discuss the legal ruling of the niqab, but rather to prove that it existed in our tradition and is a part of Islamic culture; whether it is mubah, or mustahab, or wajib is beyond the scope of our discussion.

2- On a personal note, while I do not unconditionally encourage sisters living in America to wear the niqab, I most certainly do not discourage them from doing so, and believe it is their legal and Islamic right to do if they choose to do so.

3- Sarcasm is allowed in our religion when the situation calls for it – and this one most certainly did!

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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
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There is an opinion that niqab is a bid`ah that is alien to Muslims and that it has nothing at all to do with the religion of Islam, having penetrated Muslim society during the ages of extreme deterioration.

This is neither a scientific nor an objective view. It is an oversimplification of the issue, which deviates people from scrutinizing the subject as it really is.

Any person learned about the sources of knowledge and scholarly views cannot argue about the issue being controversial among scholars. I mean here the issue of whether it is permissible to uncover the woman's face or whether it is obligatory to veil it and the hands too.

Muslim scholars of the predecessors — including jurists, exegetes of the Qur'an, and scholars of Hadith — have differed over this issue. Their difference was due to their various understandings and attitudes towards the religious texts about the subject at hand, especially that there is no definitive clear-cut text about it. Had there been any, there would have been no scholarly difference regarding it.

Among the texts they have differed over is this Qur'anic verse: [ And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their zeenah (charms, or beauty and ornaments) except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof] (An-Nur 24:31).

Ibn Mas`ud was reported to have said while commenting on this verse, "[Except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof] here refers to the clothes and cloaks (women are wearing)."

This means the outer garments that cannot be hidden.

Ibn `Abbas was also reported to have said while explaining this verse, "[Except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof] refers to kohl and rings."

A similar view was also reported to have been adopted by Anas ibn Malik and `A'ishah. Sometimes Ibn `Abbas would add to "kohl and rings" "henna with which hands are tinted, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces."

He might even refer to zeenah as the places where ornaments are worn, by saying "the face and palms of the hands." This was also reported to have been the opinion of Sa`id ibn Jubair, `Atta', and others.

Some scholars also included part of the woman's arm in what is referred to by [what (must ordinarily) appear thereof].

Furthermore, Ibn `Attiyah explained these words by saying that they refer to the parts of the woman's body that are unintentionally unveiled by means of wind and the like. (See the exegesis of the verse as explained by Ibn Jarir, Ibn Kathir, and Al-Qurtubi; and see also its explanation in Ad-Dur Al-Manthur, vol. 5, pp. 41-42.)

Scholars have also differed concerning the explanation of the words [draw their cloaks close round them] in the verse [O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, that so they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful] (Al-Ahzab 33:59).

Ibn `Abbas was reported to have said, commenting on this verse, an opinion contrary to what he was reported to have expressed as comment on the first verse referred to above!

It was also reported that `Ubaidah As-Salmani, one of the Tabi`un (Successors) explained [drawing their cloaks] practically by covering his head and face and unveiling his left eye only. A similar example was also reported to have been set by Muhammad ibn Ka`b Al-Qardhi.

But `Ikrimah, servant of Ibn `Abbas, differed with them, saying "The woman is to cover the unveiled part of her chest by a cloak that she draws round her." Sa`id ibn Jubair said, "It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to be seen by a man lawful for her to marry unless she puts on a face veil in addition to the hijab which extends from her head to her chest." (See Ad-Dur Al-Manthur, vol. 5, pp. 221-222 as well as the sources referred to above for an explanation of the relevant verse.)

As for my point of view on the issue, I see that the woman's face and hands are not part of her `awrah (parts of her body that should not be exposed in public), and hence, it is not obligatory for her to veil them.

I also believe that the evidence supporting this opinion is stronger than that supporting the opposite opinion.

Many contemporary scholars agree with me in this view, like Nasir Ad-Din Al-Albani (as shown in his book Hijab Al-Mar'ah Al-Muslimah fi Al-Kitab wa As-Sunnah), the majority of the Al-Azhar scholars in Egypt, the scholars of Az-Zaytunah University in Tunisia, the scholars of Al-Qarawiyeen University in Morocco, and many Pakistani, Indian, and Turkish scholars as well as others.

However, it is not right to claim that there is unanimity among contemporary scholars that it is permissible to uncover the Muslim woman's face and hands, as there are many scholars in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, a number of the other Gulf countries, Pakistan, and India, who believe that veiling the woman's face and hands is obligatory.

Among them are the late eminent Saudi scholar Sheikh `Abdul-`Aziz ibn Baz, and the late well-known Pakistani scholar Abu Al-A`la Al-Mawdudi (as shown in his book Al-Hijab).

Living contemporary scholars who also believe that veiling the face is obligatory include the famous Syrian writer Dr. Muhammad Sa`id Ramadan Al-Buti, who published a letter in this respect, "To Every Young Woman Who Believes in Almighty Allah."

There are also other letters and fatwas published from time to time that condemn women who uncover their faces and adjure them in the name of religion and faith to wear niqab and not to listen to the modern scholars who want to subjugate religion to modernism. The advocates of this view may even refer to me as one of those modern scholars!

But never do I hold that this opinion — that covering the woman's whole body except the face and hands is the obligatory attire for the Muslim woman — be imposed on the woman who believes in the other opinion, according to which veiling the face is obligatory and uncovering it is forbidden.

I will only blame the advocates of the latter opinion if they attempt to impose their attitude on the proponents of the former one and accuse them of being sinful and wrongdoers for adopting it. It is agreed upon that, with regard to the controversial issues on which scholars have given different personal legal opinions, there is no blame to be placed on a person for following a certain personal legal opinion to the exclusion of others.

The advocates of my opinion and I, in turn, do not have any right to censure the supporters of the counter opinion for believing that it is obligatory for women to wear niqab.

For, first, this counter opinion is a scholarly one within the framework of Islamic jurisprudence, and, second, had we criticized them, we would have committed a mistake which we are originally against, that is, denying others the right to differ with us.

Moreover, there are some women who see that, to be on the safe side, wearing a face veil is not obligatory, but, rather, desirable, and draws its wearer closer to piety and fear of Allah. There is nothing wrong in so believing, and no one has the right to blame the proponents of this opinion for following it, so long as this would not be of any harm to others or contradict either public or personal interests.

No Muslim scholar, whether among the predecessors or contemporary scholars, has ever been reported to have regarded wearing niqab as forbidden except in the case of ihram for women.

The scholarly difference regarding the issue of niqab is only over whether it is obligatory, recommendable, or merely permissible.

Thus it is untenable that a Muslim jurist would regard niqab as prohibited or even merely undesirable in Islam.

Hence, I was really shocked to learn that the writer Baha' published an opinion attributed to some Al-Azhar scholars to the effect that they believe that veiling the woman's face falls under prohibiting what Almighty Allah has originally permitted.

In fact, the advocates of this view cannot be said to be of firm knowledge about the Qur'an or the Sunnah or fiqh.

Suppose even that wearing niqab is merely permissible — as I do myself believe — not obligatory or desirable.

Even in such a case, any Muslim woman may wear it, and no one has the right to prevent her from doing so. It is her personal right, and in practicing it she neither falls short of her duties nor causes others harm.

Even man-made laws and the conventions of human rights advocate the personal rights of people.

It is ironic that freedom of dress is given to those who choose to uncover parts of their bodies without encountering any objection, while severe censure is launched against the wearers of niqab who consider it a teaching of their religion that they cannot neglect!

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Source: http://ziarah76.blogspot.com/2009/10/qaradawi-shocked-with-ban-of-niqab.html
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"No Muslim scholar, whether among the predecessors or contemporary scholars, has ever been reported to have regarded wearing niqab as forbidden except in the case of ihram for women.

The scholarly difference regarding the issue of niqab is only over whether it is obligatory, recommendable, or merely permissible.

Thus it is untenable that a Muslim jurist would regard niqab as prohibited or even merely undesirable in Islam.

Hence, I was really shocked to learn that the writer Baha' published an opinion attributed to some Al-Azhar scholars to the effect that they believe that veiling the woman's face falls under prohibiting what Almighty Allah has originally permitted.

In fact, the advocates of this view cannot be said to be of firm knowledge about the Qur'an or the Sunnah or fiqh."

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Is there any wonder as to why the Ummah is neglected and abandoned today?

When you have the so called Ulama's of the Muslim world kowtowing to the dictates of the Kuffars and Munafiqs as well as the Musyriks of the world in demeaning our Muslimahs?

Those who are God fearing that is!

The so called ulama' such as Tantawi would not make a fuss about women who expose themselves, eh?

Those women of the world who want to flaunt themselves will probably never get hassled by the likes of the Al Azhar Syaikh?

In my opinion such misleading persons do not merit being called as scholars in the first place!

The Malays have a saying : 'Harapkan pagar; pagar makan padi!'

An old Malay parable about trusting the fence where the fence ends up eating the rice!

This is one sure case of such a betrayal!

Do we even need such misguiding 'ulamaks?

These are the kind who put up a facade of being so holy moly in public and in private might just turn out to be something else?

Wallahu 'alam bissawab! God knows!


Published by MAHAGURU58
Sunday, October 11, 2009

She Was Abused!

Niqab ~ When ignorants scandalize its honor and castigate righteous Muslimahs who choose to wear it.

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Dear Ikhwanul Muslimin na wal Muslimat.

My topic for today is the matter of the wearing of the Niqab by self respecting, decent pious Muslimahs.

Just a few days ago, I was referred to a case of a young 19 year old Muslimah's situation who was being harassed by her own father for choosing to wear the niqab and she was desperately seeking help from any authority out there who can save her from having to forgo that right of hers to cover her modesty!

This Muslimah happens to be a Mualaf (revert). Her father is one too but I can say being in the M.I.N.O. category.

You don't know what M.I.N.O. stands for?

Well, I word it as Muslim In Name Only. Those who have 'reverted' to Islam but do not actually put to practice all of it's religious do's and mostly indulge and engage in most of the don'ts!

There are also those amongst the born as Muslims category but don't know heck about the Islamic faith and its rules, regulations and acts of worship because their own parents or guardians do not practice the religion or live as Muslims.

Those who are clueless about what is Wajib @ Compulsory, Haram @ Forbidden, Harus @ Enjoined, Sunnah @ Example of the Blessed Prophet Muhammad ibni Abdullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam, Makruh @ Neither Compulsory or Forbidden, etc.

This all boils down to a question whether one really truly wants to live as a true Muslim or Muslimah and whether one wants to walk the talk so to speak to live life as a Servant of Allah the Almighty God and Creator of All or choose to be a disciple of Shaitan Laknatullah @ the Accursed Satan?

In the young Muslimah's case above, she was and still is literally caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, figuratively speaking.

At 19 years of age, she is actually free to decide as to how she chooses to live her life as a citizen of this country that claims to be a model Islamic nation.

In actuality, even the religious officers summoned to help her out have unfortunately chosen to chicken out when faced with her ferocious volatile father who demanded that they mind their own damn business and butt out from interfering with his decision to force his 19 year old daughter to discard her tudung and forget about getting to wear her chosen niqab!!!


As a Muslim blogger and Caller to Islam, I feel so frustrated. Frustrated because in this land of ours, there seems to be a growing number of ignorants and recalcitrant idiots who dare to oppose Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala's Commands upon us!

I feel so pissed off that no matter how much Islam has done to uphold and protect the modesty of its adherents, the base human nature to go against the grain is getting bolder by the day to strip itself of the dignity and high moral grounds that Islam has given to the female gender.




What do you see in the photo above?

A stark contrast between the Halal and the Haram.

I recall a hadith of the Blessed Prophet Muhammad al Mustafa Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam related by Abu Huraira, Radhiallaahu 'anhu that Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam said:

“Two are the types amongst the denizens of Hell whom I have never seen, the one possessing whips like the tail of an ox, and they flog people with them. (The second one) women kasiyatun 'aariyaat: who would be naked in spite of their being dressed, who are seduced (to wrong paths) and seduce others with their hair high like humps. These women would not get into Paradise, and they would not perceive its odor, although its fragrance can be perceived from such and such distance (from a great distance).”

[Reported by Muslim, hadith no.6840; see also hadith no. 5310]

Brothers and Sisters, fellow Muslims whom I respect and honor very much,

The trend nowadays in aping the decadent lifestyles of the ones who have lost their sense of modesty and moral integrity seems to have seeped into the minds of the ignorants amongst our ummah.

The cowardice and treachery of those who are supposed to be in power and authority over the affairs of the Muslims is so blatantly clear that it amazes me to see these great pretenders strut about in their royal finery and pompous pageantry belying the fact that they deserve no such recognition of being the Keepers of the Faith from border to border of our country!

The ones who are supposed to be in charge and authority towards preserving the honor and chastity of our womenfolk are proven times and times again to be as the chaff before the wind when they quiver in their shoes and fear reprisals from the kaffirs and the munafiqs instead of fearing Allah Azza Wa Jalla!

Do they not know that Death can beset them at any given second?

What will they answer the Malaikats Munkar and Naqir when their dead bodies are interred in their graves and their souls be interrogated as to their state of Iman @ Faith and their Amals @ Deeds?

How can they escape Allah's Retribution when they committed such grievous Criminal Breach of Trusts whilst holding such high offices when they were alive?

What the hell is wrong with such people whom we are subjected to be under their authority over us when in reality these folks are merely parasites sucking on and feeding into the wealth and benefits accrued to their posts and positions when in reality they have not done their jobs as entrusted to them in the first place?

The Muslimah in question is today forced to submit to her ignorant father's will and she has messaged me to say that she is being forced to take off her hijab and expose her aurat as ordered by her deviant dad.

Who can help her?

JAKIM?

JAIS?

The Agong?

Hrmphhhh....

Fat chance!

This is a land of the hypocrites. It's the sad but harsh reality of Mamluk al Malaisie.

I have tried to do what I can to help but it seems to be a losing battle for the ones in niqab.

The average Malaysian citizen would prefer to see you stark naked and yam seng as you please for as I have stated before, there are Devils After Power who would prefer to see this land be a place where religion takes a back seat and hedonism reign supreme.

These power hungry imbeciles and their partners in crime don't give a shit about letting the ummah go to waste for they are after only one thing and that is the Prime Ministerial seat in Putrajaya which holds the key to fulfilling their ravenous hunger and greed to stuff themselves silly with all of this earthly luxuries that their sick, depraved minds and hearts crave for?

In the meantime, the great pretenders will continue to have a royal ball masquerading as the `Ulul Amri and put up a great act of looking after the faith of Al Islam in this country!

To the Muslimah in question, if you are reading this, remember that it is only to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that you should submit to when your own ignorant dad is forcing you to go against Allah's Standing Order and Command as per Surah An Noor Chapter 24 Verse 31:


31. Waqul lilmu'minati yaghdudna min absarihinna wayahfathna furoojahunna wala yubdeena zeenatahunna illa ma thahara minha walyadribna bikhumurihinna AAala juyoobihinna wala yubdeena zeenatahunna illa libuAAoolatihinna aw aba-ihinna aw aba-i buAAoolatihinna aw abna-ihinna aw abna-i buAAoolatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw banee ikhwanihinna aw banee akhawatihinna aw nisa-ihinna aw ma malakat aymanuhunna awi alttabiAAeena ghayri olee al-irbati mina alrrijali awi alttifli allatheena lam yathharoo AAala AAawrati alnnisa-i wala yadribna bi-arjulihinna liyuAAlama ma yukhfeena min zeenatihinna watooboo ila Allahi jameeAAan ayyuha almu/minoona laAAallakum tuflihoona

31. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.

Sadaqallah hal Azhim.

All I can do now is to just pray that you will be safe from the harm that your recalcitrant dad is exposing you to.

Remember what I have advised you to. All you have to do is call and it will be done.

Insya Allah.

Fee amanillah ya ukhti!

To those who choose to be enemies of Islam and the Muslims, all I can say to you is to wise up and be ready to reap what you sow for Allah's Promise is a surety and there is none who can escape His Retribution!

To those who are our friends even though you be Kaffirs, May the Truth, Peace and Salvation of Allah come upon you and bring you to our fold of Al Islam, your birthright being our fellow Children of the Prophet Adam Alaihis Salam, our Father and of Sayyidatina Hawwa Radhiallahu Anha, our Mother.

Wabillahi Taufik Wal Hidayah.

Wassalamualaikum Warahmatulillahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

Published by MAHAGURU58
Saturday, August 08, 2009

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NOTE: This article is taken by permission and I hope after you read this, please pray for our sister's well being because I think she's still being oppressed by her father. May Allah save her.

Why Niqab?

Assalamualaikum, peace and blessings of Allah to all of you.

Today I'm sharing with you one story about why a woman choose to cover her face with a piece of cloth called niqab (purdah).

This is written by a sister who's blog I've been following for quite sometime. What she wrote about her experience in wearing the niqab (purdah) has certain similarities with my own experience. I've decided to share her story here for us to ponder. As all of us know the current news is about the banning of niqab in Egypt and a few days ago it was seemly supported by my own Government. I might write about it later but depends on the true facts and stories behind the newspapers' reports.

Anyway, this is her story:

My Niqab

By: http://ahliajannah.blogspot.com/
Through: http://islam-is-beautiful.blogspot.com/

Quite recently, I've started to put on the niqab. In Malaysia, niqab is not that prevalent. Although most of the muslim women do cover their hair, still... muslim women covering their full aurat is quite sparse. It's quite challenging wearing the niqab. Wherever I go, all eyes are on me (...well anyway that's how I feel) . The worst part is when, sometimes, small kids run away from me because they are scared of me. Look ma...hantu/ghost/zorro/ninja.....Sigh. I really feel bad about this. I do try to smile at them (although they can't see me from behind the veil) hoping that my warm and friendly aura can penetrate thru the niqab. I really don't want to frighten children. I know they do not understand. SubhanALlah, even adults do not understand, then, how can small children be any better?

There are varying reasons why I have decided to put on the niqab. My main belief is that the niqab is a form of sunnah. As much as I feel strongly that eating with my right hand is sunnah, so too, I do believe that covering of my face is sunnah. InsyaAllah, Allah swt has promises that there is success in adhering to Rasulullah saw's sunnah. With each sunnah that a muslim adhere to with istiqamah, Allah swt will grant him/her with 100 rewards of a syahid. Adhering to sunnah is totally alien nowadays. In this world of fasya and mungkar, following the sunnah or the way of rasulullullah saw's life is going against all that everyone else believe in. It is like swimming upstream against the flowing river. In fact, in a hadith, rasullullah saw has prophesized and told his sahabah that there will be a time when following the sunnah is like holding on to a burning wood fire.

Dikeluarkan oleh Abu Hakim daripada Ibnu Mas'ud ra sebagaimana dalam Kanzul Ummal dan Jami'us Saghir Rasulullah saw bersabda mafhumnya " Org yg berpegang kepada sunnahku di zaman perselisihan ummatku adalah seperti org yg menggenggam bara api" (Hayatus Sahabah Jilid 1 versi Melayu)

Truly, what rasulullah saw said applies to our time now. We are the "umat akhir zaman".

Everyday, we can see muslim women wearing skimpy clothing. In fact, in newspaper, magazines and tv, some muslim women wear very little clothing. However, nobody bats an eye at this. I bet no one will run away from these ladies and call them names...Look ma...almost naked lady! In fact, knowing the boys, I bet they will try to inch closer to get a better look at what is on display.

I bear no grudges to these semi-clothed ladies or the public who look down upon people who choose to cover their face. After all, this is my battle...my jihad. I am doing this first and foremost for myself. For my iman. It is said that adhering to sunnah is likened to a shield. A protection for our iman. The more sunnah that we practise in our life, the stronger the shield that you built for your iman.

When i first started to put on the niqab, I was overly conscious. Fearing that all of my actions are under close scrutiny by the misunderstood/misinformed public. I chose to stay indoors. Feeling that my iman is too weak to face any criticism from anyone, I felt that it is best if I stay clear of the general public. Closing myself off from even friends and family. In fact, I barely venture out of my home. Even to step off my front lawn to water the plants or hang my laundry became such a chore. Somehow, I've become pseudo-agoraphobic (is there such a word). My hubby was at his wits end. Suddenly his outdoorsy and independent wife has become sooo timid and introverted. What to do??? I guess I kinda put my hubby through quite a rough couple of months.

Alhamdulillah, as days passed by...slowly ALlah swt gave me understanding. It is not important that people around me do not understand the niqab. It is true...tidak kenal maka tidak cinta. Before this, I used to feel the same way about the niqab. I am helpless to change the public's opinion. Only ALlah has power to do this. I am the person who must first change. Granted, I am wearing the niqab as a journey for my iman...but to have peace with my niqab, I must also understand that I should wear my niqab with pride. Not because I feel that I am far better off than the average muslim women...NO...I must feel proud because I have been blessed that Allah swt has shown me to this path. So, it is my duty to wear the niqab in public. To show to the rest of the people that it is not an ugly and fearful clothing. To show that I am just an ordinary person..yet I put on the niqab. Not because I am superior in knowledge or amal. But because it helps me to control my eyes and my attitude. It helps me to be wary (tawajjuh) of ALlah swt. To reinforce in me the idea that ALlah swt is ever watchful of me.

Thus, it is sad but true...I am just an average muslim lady. Battling everyday against my personal weaknesses and devils. My hubby said, we are definitely not the best of people...But everyday, we strive to better ourselves. Sometimes we fault and err but, we try outmost to never give up. After all, we are weak insans covered with much sin. Only ALlah is Most Rahman and Most Rahim. He understands and helps us through the bumps and dips in our journey. Life is too short. Barely seconds compared to the infinite akhirah. Who knows when my number will be up. Hopefully, through this small effort on my part, I pray that I shall obtain ALlah swt's benevolence. Insya ALlah. AMin.

NOTE:

The similarities that I have with her is the one that I've bolded in yellow. As for my own story I'm still thinking of how to present to you because I'm not much of a narrator.

IMHO what she was telling us is what many Muslimah who covers their face has gone through. Maybe not the exactly same experience but still there are similarities.

I hope we can always be free to practice what we believe and I pray to Allah that there won't be any kind of law banning the wearing of niqab in this state or in Malaysia.

Niqabi Woman and Fashion

When there's too much fashion on a niqabi woman

By Nurul of Mulut Laser Nurul

Assalamu'Alaikum...

I know that it's woman's nature to be pretty and all. But I was surfing the internet and I saw so many niqabis wearing too much fashion. It made me think. What's the real reason when we decided to wear the niqab? (I'm talking about those that made their own choice to cover up like me. Not from countries that made it compulsory to wear niqab).

When I say too much fashion, I DO MEAN TOO MUCH. All these bling-blings, huge brooches here and there, wrapping your way too colorful shayla until it look dangerously choking yourself, fussly-tassled-decorated abaya with rhinestones on it (during special ocassion, InshaAllah it's acceptable), too brightly colored eyeshadow, etc. I know that it's normal for cultures in some countries to wear brighly colored clothing. If it's normal in your country then InshaAllah you're not feeling like you wanna show off, then it's fine. Whatever that doesn't attract too much attention is good. (Can't imagine wearing just black in India where everybody is wearing colors)

For me (and I believe most women out there), InshaAllah, when I decided to wear the niqab, it's because I wanna look modest, avoiding too much attention and help to guard me from feeling 'riak' by wanting to show my 'whatever' to others. I also pray to Allah to take care of me and (if possible) give me barokah from following our Prophet's wives way of covering themselves. (It's not wrong to pray and ask from Allah, ok? Please don't start criticizing about this).

But I saw so many women nowadays in my country that are wearing the niqab with pretty, but see-through hijab (and when I point it out nicely to a sister, she actually got angry and started to rant out on me about I should'nt think that I'm better than her. Honest to God, I wasn't. Sister, I was telling it nice and slow to you coz I luv u as my Muslim sister. I don't want people to say bad things behind your back coz that time a few ladies in the musolla were already talking about u).

And the niqab itself, MashaAllah, sometimes are too see-through, fully decorated with laces and bling-blings piping. Attract more attention to your face than ever! A bit is ok, but not that much!

Also, I saw so many girls and ladies on social network websites (myspace, facebook, friendster, etc) that are wearing the niqab for fun and took photos with inappropriate clothes, profile descriptions (language sisters! Language!) and manners to accompany the niqab. Why are these Muslim sisters playing with it? I feel so sad sometimes coz I think these kind of things are degrading the niqab and the reason of wearing it. It's bad enough for some non-muslims to make fun of it on youtube and all. We as Muslim wanna make fun of it too??? Fear Allah, sisters.

I'd love to see more Muslim sisters wear the niqab AND have some respect for 'that thing' they're wearing on their beautiful faces. Try not to do bad things and say nasty things and act appropriately when the hijab and niqab are on u (even when you're not wearing them at home, pls take care of your iman, ok?). Have some respect. Show some respect. It's our Prophet's wives way of covering themselves, for Allah's sake!

Maybe it's better for the sisters that wear the niqab for fun and to show that they're better women than others to stop wearing the niqab. Wear it when you're ready one day and do it for Allah. I love all my Muslim sisters. Even if you're not wearing hijab and wear sexy clothes, I still love you. Coz we're all Muslims. We only have each other at the end.

I hate it when some Muslims say that those that are wearing hijab /niqab are good Muslimahs with good iman and suitable wife material. THAT is a huge myth. If you're a good Muslim man, you can guide your non-hijabi/niqabi wife to better themselves. And just because someone is wearing clothes that cover themselves from head to toe it doesn't show their iman (although it's good that they're following Allah's ruling for Muslimahs to wear hijab and loose (+not see tru) clothing). Only Allah knows what's in our hearts.

Riak comes in so many different ways. Sometimes, wearing something to show that we're OH SO PIOUS is riak as well if we even think for a second "Hey look. I'm better than u. Look at the way I dress. I'm such a good Muslim".

There was this guy that sent me a comment on my myspace last time. The guy asked me why I wear the niqab. I said "Only Allah knows. I can't quite explain it in normal words". Then the guy wrote back. I translated this into English from Bahasa Malaysia. He said :

"Alhamdulillah
My opinion is Muslim women nowadays that wear hijab/niqab are either one of these 3 categories:
1. really good Muslimah and wanna wear it for Allah.
2. because it's compulsory to wear eventhough they don't want to.
3. to cover their sins and pretend to be good to fool others.

Don't think for a second that we could fool God. Maybe can try to impress people. But people will know. Allah gives them instinct."

What he replied made me think a lot that day. Which category am I? Which category are u? Only Allah knows. I do pray that we're in the 1st category. Ameen...

NOTE: Pictures are from my own Eid collection so please don't COPY.

Making a niqab from a shayla

Assalamualaikum and good morning to all my friends out there. It's almost 7.30 A.M. now and I'm browsing through YT looking for interesting videos that I can share with you especially regarding hijab and niqab.

Well, I do find one video that's very interesting from thecanadianmuslim that I think most of you might already watched. Anyway, since I've never try this kind of style that she shown, I think it would be good to share it with you. And I'm going to try it myself soon.

Here's the video and I hope it will help some of us to style our shayla into a niqab.


Until my next entry. Got to go have my breakfast now.

Simply beautiful

Assalamualaikum and happy weekend everyone.

This is totally nothing important.
I'm sorry girls, I just can't resist posting this pictures here. They are so beautiful.

I don't know how she wrapped her pashmina until it can form a niqab like that. If I were to do it like her, I think I would suffocate. But... it's beautiful on her. And the colour too is very pretty.

And this one below, I just love the colour and she looks mysterious and beautiful. MashaAllah.

Everytime I see a sister wearing niqab and she is also very good in her akhlaq, I would praise Allah because He give me strength just from looking at them. And I would be more confident in my belief and my intention.

I hope to be a very good servant of Allah not just from my following the sunnah of the wives of our Prophet in fashion but also in everything else.

I am a modern Muslim woman who is trying my best to fulfill my responsibilities as a Muslim.

A New Niqabi Friend

Assalamualaikum to all my dear readers.

It' a another beautiful night here. The night air is so nice and refreshing after a little rain just now. I like the smell of the air after it rains. If I stand outside my door, I could feel the cool air touches my skin smoothly like whispers. Oh, so wonderful!

I'm reading How Starbucks Saved My Life and just taking a short rest from the book. A very interesting read. Once you start, you need to get going until the end. This is one of the books that I get hooked instantly.

Since I'm resting, let's enjoy some pictures of my new friend, Adawiyah Juzailah. She's a new revert and still studying in a local college university. I like the way she combine her niqab with a different color/printed hijab. One would think that she looks like the heroine of Ayat-Ayat Cinta.

Here goes...


She looks really great in that abaya with a black niqab and a printed shawl and she's a scout too! The first girl scout that I know wears a niqab.


She knows how to have some fun with her friends while being confident in asking question during a national forum (was reported in a local newspaper).


With her friends in her class. She's different and she's brave. From my own experience, it's not easy to wear niqab in class in our local universities. You can even be suspended from classes if you do not take off your niqab. That's how Islamic the local universities are during my days.

That's it!

My Niqab - This is how it's done.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Dear friends,
at last, I managed to take all this pictures and edited them, just for you. It's not that easy to set the camera on self-timer and then posed in front of it. Really awkward and quite tedious.

However, promise is a promise and it is wajib to be fulfilled. So... let's see the step by step of putting the hijab until it can be twisted to make a niqab.

1 - Take a big 60" square hijab and fold it like this:

2 - Pin it under your chin and make sure one side is 1/3 shorter than the other.

3 - Pull the longer side to the opposite side


4 - Pull it up on top of your head and...


5 - pull until the end of that side is like how I show in this picture.


6 - Then use a safety pin or any cute pin (like the one I'm using) to pin the hijab a little bit above your ear or a bit lower than you eye level.


6a - Be careful


7 - See the pin there and to form a niqab, just do it like this. Sorry, I don't know how to explain it.


7a - Pull it to the other side. Make sure it's a bit looser to avoid suffocation (hehehe, never experience it).


8 - It will look like this at the other side.


8a - Use a straight pin and push it there to secure your niqab. Please be careful.


9 - It's finish but I just want to show you that there's some space for air to cool your face because wearing this style is different from a half niqab.


10 - There... I'm done!


11 - This is how it looks like at the back. This is my sister being my model for my first attempt of making this post. I forgot to snap a pic of me in this pose yesterday.


I hope all who have been asking me about this will be satisfied. I took all the picture yesterday in my office during my rest time and edited some of them just now. It's so easy for me since the first time I wear this style two years ago. I hope you can try it too. Good luck!

Amreena and My Shayla

This is my 4 your old niece, Amreena. She really likes imitating me. I've just received a new abaya that day and it comes with a shayla. I was trying it out in front of the mirror and she was standing there beside me looking at me and asking so many questions.

And then she said, "Chikja... Nana nak pakai tudung Chikja macam Chikja pakai pegi keje." Which basically means she wants to wear the hijab just like me when I'm off to work.


And the pictures here showed how she looks like wearing the shayla that has a niqab. She insist that she wants the niqab. Hehehe that's my niece.





After a while she wants to take it off because she said it's hot. Kids.