Comments on: No, My Hijab Isn’t Glued On http://www.muslimahsource.org/spirituality/no-my-hijab-isnt-glued-on/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: pserean http://www.muslimahsource.org/spirituality/no-my-hijab-isnt-glued-on/#comment-14064 pserean Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:23:56 +0000 http://www.muslimahsource.org/?p=1527#comment-14064 Slms Funnily enough, I felt oodles smarter in my hijaab than when I used to wear just my usual clothes. This was because when I did go out pre-hijab days, my clothing was so baggy and conservative that it was just plain....Ugly. So when I started to wear my cloaks, I could finally buy clothing that actually suited me- to be seen only by my roomie and i!- it was absolutely lovely. Even though I was more covered than before, i just felt so stylish...because i knew what was underneath. I never realised the possible picture i presented,until years later, when a nonmuslim friend saw me without my cloak - i was removing a jersey in an empty room- that she exclaimed- and then stopped embarrassed: 'ohmigod! you're thin!' 'um. yeah. why? do i look fat?' *horror creeping into my voice* 'errr. no. i mean. well...you wear a cloak so i just figured... naa. nevermind. is that the time? whew, its late! gotta go!' so much for thinking i looked the epitome of a muslim audrey hepburn!- you know...quiet elegance in my not so little black cloak:) but funnily enough, her comments didnt really bother me. it doesnt matter how people ..'box' me up as some staid, possibly monochromatic creature...just because they cant see the real me. or think im hiding my figure because im actually fat or deformed or some other unpalatable reason. its funny how many nonmuslims think we hide ourselves because were ashamed of something. that there must be something wrong. that if it isnt staring you in the face within the first 5 minutes- it doesnt exist. but as muslims in hijaab- we want...and were forced- to look deeper, Alhamdulillah. but mostly... hijaab is like having a delicious secret all to myself...even better...IM that delicious secret. :)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-14064">2</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Slms

Funnily enough, I felt oodles smarter in my hijaab than when I used to wear just my usual clothes. This was because when I did go out pre-hijab days, my clothing was so baggy and conservative that it was just plain….Ugly.
So when I started to wear my cloaks, I could finally buy clothing that actually suited me- to be seen only by my roomie and i!- it was absolutely lovely. Even though I was more covered than before, i just felt so stylish…because i knew what was underneath.
I never realised the possible picture i presented,until years later, when a nonmuslim friend saw me without my cloak – i was removing a jersey in an empty room- that she exclaimed- and then stopped embarrassed:
‘ohmigod! you’re thin!’

‘um. yeah. why? do i look fat?’ *horror creeping into my voice*

‘errr. no. i mean. well…you wear a cloak so i just figured… naa. nevermind. is that the time? whew, its late! gotta go!’

so much for thinking i looked the epitome of a muslim audrey hepburn!- you know…quiet elegance in my not so little black cloak:)
but funnily enough, her comments didnt really bother me. it doesnt matter how people ..’box’ me up as some staid, possibly monochromatic creature…just because they cant see the real me. or think im hiding my figure because im actually fat or deformed or some other unpalatable reason.
its funny how many nonmuslims think we hide ourselves because were ashamed of something. that there must be something wrong.
that if it isnt staring you in the face within the first 5 minutes- it doesnt exist.
but as muslims in hijaab- we want…and were forced- to look deeper, Alhamdulillah.
but mostly…
hijaab is like having a delicious secret all to myself…even better…IM that delicious secret.

:)

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]]> By: Sadaf Farooqi http://www.muslimahsource.org/spirituality/no-my-hijab-isnt-glued-on/#comment-14043 Sadaf Farooqi Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:57:15 +0000 http://www.muslimahsource.org/?p=1527#comment-14043 Baarak Allahu feek! People do seem to assume that hijab ends one's inclination towards style, fashion and dressing up at an individual level. However, with time, their keen observation of hijab-wearing women in their homes proves them wrong. When they will consistently see you take care of yourself (your personal grooming, skin, hygiene, teeth etc.) over the span of a few years, they will realize that hijab is actually the door to a woman's true beauty. She literally blooms and grows as an individual when she is hidden away from the eyes of people who want to behold her against Allah's permission. And when they'll behold that glowing, clean head of luscious hair (undamaged by the sun and wind), they'll secretly wish they could do hijab too...even if to just get hair like it! Pleasing Allah does have its perks on the side, even in this duniya. Alhamdulillah.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-14043">1</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Baarak Allahu feek!
People do seem to assume that hijab ends one’s inclination towards style, fashion and dressing up at an individual level.
However, with time, their keen observation of hijab-wearing women in their homes proves them wrong. When they will consistently see you take care of yourself (your personal grooming, skin, hygiene, teeth etc.) over the span of a few years, they will realize that hijab is actually the door to a woman’s true beauty. She literally blooms and grows as an individual when she is hidden away from the eyes of people who want to behold her against Allah’s permission.
And when they’ll behold that glowing, clean head of luscious hair (undamaged by the sun and wind), they’ll secretly wish they could do hijab too…even if to just get hair like it!
Pleasing Allah does have its perks on the side, even in this duniya. Alhamdulillah.

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]]> By: N Z http://www.muslimahsource.org/spirituality/no-my-hijab-isnt-glued-on/#comment-14042 N Z Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:24:45 +0000 http://www.muslimahsource.org/?p=1527#comment-14042 >>Someone asked my sister, also a Hijabi, “So are you like this even when you... See More’re just with your sisters?” Where do these ideas come from? They think Muslim women are oppressed. And they think we dont do it coz of our own free will. If they knew the answer to those Qs, or had any idea that we Muslim women are also *normal* then Im sure they wouldnt have asked the Q in the first place. They believe what they want to believe abt us, rather than what we believe abt us. Would u believe that I have been asked Qs like that even by Muslims in my own Muslim country? :P<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-14042">2</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> >>Someone asked my sister, also a Hijabi, “So are you like this even when you… See More’re just with your sisters?” Where do these ideas come from?
They think Muslim women are oppressed. And they think we dont do it coz of our own free will. If they knew the answer to those Qs, or had any idea that we Muslim women are also *normal* then Im sure they wouldnt have asked the Q in the first place. They believe what they want to believe abt us, rather than what we believe abt us.

Would u believe that I have been asked Qs like that even by Muslims in my own Muslim country? :P

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