HIJAB DON'T: the booty call

This was ACTUALLY a post request (from my husband.). Now you all know I love a good maxi dress the way you do. The coverage, the length, and its availability in the West (colour and selection is also great), it just has one great pitfall... it is often made of jersey.

Slinky stretch knits are a hijab don't. They might work as perfect hijab on the hanger and IF you don't move (IF you are a sister who is bedridden or paralyzed you can still work this), but as soon as you do MOVE, they cling to your thighs, and your butt, and the pretty indent of your waist, and not to mentions the breasts (your khimar/hijab should be covering that but if you-who-don't-follow THAT hijab basic, this trend tends to make you EVEN MORE clothed but naked.

The jersey maxi--- DON'T. The jersey tunic top---Don't.

Sister Kima from WELOVEHIJAB also did a post a long time ago about jersey tunic tops http://welovehijab.com/tag/hijab-dont/.

Let's Not Call It Hijab... and the Celebrity Abaya

Am I the only one today who finds it funny that girls without a headscarf are sometimes wearing looser clothing... and more of it... than their hijabi counter-part? Some sisters are sooooo willing to find a way to wear Kate Moss's t-shirt and skinny jeans as hijab (and if I am correct wasn't she a coke-head?), or a pair of pants Rachel Bilson wore, but they get very upset when someone brings up the sunnah of what the Prophet's wives and the Sahaba (may Allah be pleased with them) wore, saying, we don't have to dress like that anymore. I get inspiration from what celebs wear all the time (colours, patterns, design---all halal things), but when it comes down to it, I'd rather be wearing what the Sahaba wore, i.e proper chest-covering khimar and my beloved jilbab. Is it so hard to wear a little more fabric on one's self? I mean, even Paris Hilton, JLo, Kate Moss, and Pamela Anderson are taking cracks at a garment that could adapted to be jilbab (see-through and too tight since they are not worn AS an overgarment are the usual culprits that make a celeb's garb not hijab). Women that aren't willing to imitate the best of womenkind, like Maryam, and Sumaiyah (may Allah be pleased with them both), maybe you can try Nicole Ritchie, Plum Sykes... These non-muslim women work the look casual, evening, working, and pregnant. It isn't hard. It doesn't suffocate your style, and despite what some people think it isn't old fashion. It ALWAYS was a modern way of dressing. Even Anna Wintour [Vogue] is wearing the look.Women are supposed to look like women, not little pin-up dolls. We are supposed to be highly feminine (we are supposed to be recognized as women so this isn't a sin) but not erotic in public. Elegent modest clothing. And before sisters go all nuts on the sis in the skirt with a hijab on below, she may be showing more skin, but actually less of her body, cuz that mini is looser than the other sisters' jeans. Men like the shape of a woman's curves. That goes for sisters in tight fitting jilbabs too. If your hourglass form or booty is hugged and apparent, it does not meet the hijab requirements. I hope the trend of long sleeved long dresses carries on. My faves are Gillian Anderson's farasha, Plum Sykes's Pucci, Nicole Ritchie's vintage, and Angelina's grey caftan (Eva Green's Oscar da la Renta one is soooooo lush though).

Cultural Hijab is Just a Scarf

P.S All, I had to remove the second pic because I didn't know it was copy-righted. Sorry Yas, I didn't know it was copy-righted. I didn't read the sidebar because generally when I visit, I am going, when I saw the site, called Hijabs-High, I saw very little hijab, and just a little scarf. If it was called "Scarf-Style" I wouldn't be in a virtual tizzy:D

The intentions of the site are sweet, to share hijab style with the rest of us, and many of the styles inspire, even if they are not Islamic, but they also confuse, if one labels them "hijab". If hijab to one is just a scarf then it is actually called "khimar" but hijab is much more than just a khimar. And khimar has to cover certain parts of the body including the chest or it just isn't Islamic khimar. When I was a new Muslim, I thought alot of things were okay to wear that are not, simply because Muslimahs wore them. Islamic hijab is allowed to be stylish, but it still has to follow what the Qu'ran and the Prophet Mohammed sallalahu allahi wa salaam said about it.

Here is the pic I had posted http://hijabshigh.blogspot.com/2009/04/st-edmunds-college-cambridge.html(tights, skinny jeans, and boots and skirt, are not hijab---no ifs or ands about it). You can wear these things under your hijab, but not as hijab. I am tempted to take a picture of it, because the girl's style is REALLY REALLY cute, but the bottom half of her body is Islamically clothed-but-naked. (I TOTALLY wore this sort of outfit out before I converted to Islam). And If I took a picture of a picture, it isn't copyrighted. The face of the Mona Lisa is everywhere even though the postcard is owned by the Musuem for a reason. But, too much effort. If the girl was only wearing a skirt or even wide leg trousers I wouldn't even bring it up. But I wanted to because she is so close and yet so far. My Allah subhanhu wa ta'ala accept her intentions.

Anonymous, I don't post anonymous comments since I require anonymous users to read the comment box before commenting and it says that there:D On these posts I am not picking on the girls. I am aware, many girls might wear hijab (a scarf---not actually hijab) to please someone other than Allah subhanhu wa ta'ala: their family, men, or their country. That is wrong because then, as I said, it is just a scarf, and not a hijab at all, if it is not worn for the sake of Allah subhanhu wa ta'ala, in the way precribed by Him, sometimes explained by His messenger. Also, I acknowledge, that maybe the girl's don't have the proper knowledge. Nowadays we are bombarded by so many faux-fatwas that correct hijab can be difficult for the person that does not use the sunnah for guidance. I and many others are posting this online, that skirts with tights and knee length boots do not constitute anything accepted by Allah subhanhu wa ta'ala because it does not meet the requirement of modest, loose fitting, opaque clothing, that show nothing but the face and hands, and in one madhab, the feet. This is from the authentic sunnah. Read this post for the daleel http://beyoutifulhijabi.blogspot.com/2009/05/hijab-rehab-this-is-not-hijab.html

Again, cultural (or fashion for the sake of fashion rather than fashion for the sake of Islam) is just a scarf.