For Muslim Women only...about hijab?

Question

Hijab is mandatory for Muslim women. Its a fact.

Anyway I want to know somethings about the hijab of the hair (scarf).

For sisters that wear scarves:
1. When and why did you start wearing scarves?
2. What is your opinion on Muslim women that do not wear scarves?

For sisters that do not wear scarves:
1. Why don't you wear a scarf?
2. What is your opinion of Muslim women that wear scarves?

“O you Children of Adam! We have bestowed on you raiment to cover your shame as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness, that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition.” (Quran 7:26)

“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 therof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons, or their women,....etc " (Qur'an 24:31)

“O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (Quran 33:59)

Answer 1

I am a woman who wears the scarf and I love it.I decided to wear it at 16 and my family did not approve.I wore it because I believe in Allah and his Messenger and I believe that the quran is the word of God.
They(my family) were worried about how I would be treated out in the world.I also think my father and brothers did not want me to wear it because they did not want to be branded as men who oppressed me and who forced me to wear it.They did not want to be stereotyped.But I did not want to be controlled by the ignorance of others so I wore it regardless .

As for the women who do not wear scarves they are free to do as they please God gave us free will and God says there is no compulsion in religion.But if they are not wearing a hijab because they are worried about what others think of them; then I want to tell them to do what is good for them and not to care about what others think .There will always be ignorance out there ,dont let them controll you because you will only oppressing yourself.

Answer 2

I'm Catholic, and I remember my mom wearing a scarf in church, and I remember the Spanish ladies having very lacy and beautiful scarves. My dad wore a hat to church, but took it off, and on the pew in front of us, there were little hat holders for the men.

However, only my grandmother wore a head-scarf everyday, and it was to keep off the sun, since she worked outside. I never equated it with a religious thing. Then Vatican II came up, and ladies didn't have to do that anymore.

Women cut their hair as if they were in mourning. No one wore their hair long anymore. That is just as well. Whether a woman wears it or not, I think there are more ugly/plain women in the world than there are stunningly gorgeous ones.

Answer 3

I wear a headscarf because I have submitted myself to God.
The more I obey The Creator, the more peace and provisions I receive. I am happy I'm Muslim, and when I reached a higher level of Islam, I decided to began to cover my hair, because I was no longer ashamed to reveal in the open who I was and what I believed. It shows my convictions and that I only care what God thinks and not people (at times, still working on it.) It shows to me, that I'm willing to obey God and be different after his command. It was my test, and I passed. I started wearing a scarf in high school.

1)First I wore a handkerchief, which hardly even covered my whole head 2)then a thin see-through black scarf, 3)then I brought a longer black scarf and allowed it to hang loose on my back, 4)and last I drew the scarf over my chest and around my neck. 5)Now, I am wearing different colors.

That is the chronicles of my headscarf evolution!

Answer 4

I don't wear a scarf, because I believe in the freedom to express myself and also because I believe that wearing one is an Arabian tradition and not a muslim one. It is a sign of modesty, so I still wear the Burqaa when praying. I feel that as long as I dress decently, I am doing no harm, and this can be done without a scarf! For women who wear scarves, I have no problem with it. It's how they express themselves, so it would be hypocritical for me to do so! They are decent women just as I am...

Aren't those quotes referring to wearing clothes that does not reveal (too obviously) the shape of a women's body?

Answer 5

I like the way mine looks. I wear a two piece hijab and an abaya (look it up, a lot of them are really beautiful). A covered woman looks mysterious, beautiful, and respectful. I think that muslim women who do not wear scarves should not be calling themselves muslim because they are ignoring an islamic command. They should take more pride in who they are, not what they look like. Allah commanded the hijab for our protection, not for oppression. I have actually had unveiled women come up to me and tell me how proud they are of my courage to wear full hijab. They tell me they are afraid of the people. I'm the type of person that says "Screw the people, I will wear what I want to wear and believe what I want to believe. If there is a problem it's only your's and I couldn't care less"

Answer 6

a million. I positioned on the hijab first and maximum popular in view it somewhat is commanded by way of Allah swt in the Quran. yet i admire donning it, it identifies me as a Muslim, it keeps me from being ogled and it jogs my memory of my duties. 2. i do no longer shelter the braided hijab form, yet it somewhat is own flavor. as long as a sort covers what it somewhat is meant to cover, i could a minimum of evaluate it, yet my tastes tend to be a sprint tame (i'm 30+) 3. interior the domicile the place no you may actually see you yet people who've a particular relatives relationship, or women, or youthful toddlers, you do no longer ought to positioned on it, except you're praying. yet once you're exterior the place you're able to be seen (as a results of fact the female on your occasion develop into) then you definately do ought to positioned on it. Your questions weren't in the slightest degree impolite and that i thank you on your interest in Islam. Please be at liberty to place in writing me in case you have any further questions.

Answer 7

i do wear a Hijab --
1.) i started when i was 13 to be specific in my 7th grade. i did ask my parents (actually made them get me one) to get me a Hijab. my parents were initially shocked because i am a fashion freak. but then i learnt it that it was for me. well people do not mistake me for opressed -- i am very much independant with my Hijab. no one forced me to wear it -- esp my hubby did not approve of it initially, but i insisted on being original about me.

2.) as for those who do not wear it -- well its their Freedom of Expression and its their choice to do what they wish to do so. afterall, we all are entitled to our choices.

Answer 8

I do not want to criticize your religion. But I hope you do not choose to wear the hijab. I do not see it as a religious issue so much as a women's issue. I see it as a symbol of female subjugation that is practiced too much by too many followers of Islam.

It is my hope that my Muslim sisters will lead the way in the reform of Islam--and make it a truly great religion again--this is not the way.

Please see "Burqa Girls" from today's blog: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-GgIFACYzfqWx8YwvtspSWVmWzA--?cq=1&p=3463


Please also take a look at this and the other article that is hyperlinked in the body of it on this subject: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-GgIFACYzfqWx8YwvtspSWVmWzA--?cq=1&p=2707

Answer 9

Please read Woman and Islam by Fatima Mernissi, she discusses the Hijab in chapter 5.

Hijab is not mandatory for Muslim women, you should read her arguments, it'll give you something to think about.