The
Top Ten Excuses of Muslim Women Who Don't Wear Hijaab
and Their
Obvious Weakness
by Dr. Huwayda
Ismaeel
Get on the train of
repentance my sister, before it passes by your
station. Deeply consider
my sister, what is happening today before
tomorrow comes. Think, my
sister - starting now.
All praise is due to
Allah ta'aala as is deserved by His Majesty and
Great Power. I send
prayers and ask for blessings upon His Noble
Messenger who drew the
path for us to the pleasure of Allah and His
Jannah. This path is a
straight one that is surrounded by virtue from
all sides and attends to
the best moral characteristics which are
increased by the clothing
of purity, concealment, and chastity. It is
the path trod by the two
halves of human society, namely the man and
the woman, toward
harmonious contentment and happiness in this life
and the Hereafter.
This is precisely why the
Protector, the blessed and above all
imperfection, has made
wearing hijaab (see this month's As-Sunnah
Article) an obligation
upon the woman as a safeguard of her chastity
and protection of her
honor and sign of her faith (Eemaan). It is on
account of this that
societies (both Muslim and non-Muslim) that have
distanced themselves from
the way of Allah and deviated from His
straight path, are ill
societies in need of treatment that will lead
them to recovery and
happiness.
Among the pictures that
point to the distance of society from that
path and that make clear
the level of its deviation and separation
from it is the open
spread of women not just uncovering their faces
but enhancing and making
a display of their beauty. We find that this
is manifested
regretfully, in Islamic (Muslim) society despite that
Islamic clothing is also
widespread. So then, what are the reasons
that have led to this
digression?
We put this question to a
varied group of women from whom we derived
ten major excuses and
upon examination and scrutiny, the frailty of
the excuses became
evident to us.
Stay with us dear Muslim
sister in these few lines so that we can know
through them the reasons
for turning away from the hijaab and then
discuss each.
Excuse One: I'm not yet
convinced (of the necessity) of hijaab.
We then ask this sister
two questions.
One: Is she truly
convinced of the correctness of the religion of
Islam? The natural answer
is: Yes she is convinced for she responds
"Laa
ilaaha illallah!"
(There is no god but Allah), meaning she is
convinced of the aqeedah,
and then she says: "Muhammadun rasoolullah!"
(Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah), meaning by that that she is
convinced of its
legislation or law (sharee'ah). Therefore, she is
convinced of Islam as a
belief system and a law by which one governs
and rules their life.
Two: Is the hijaab
then a part of Islamic Law (sharee'ah) and an
obligation? If this
sister is honest and sincere in her intention and
has looked into the issue
as one who truly wants to know the truth her
answer could only be:
Yes. For Allah ta'aala, Whose
deity (Uloohiyyah)
she believes in has
commanded wearing hijaab in His Book (Al-Qur'aan)
and the noble Prophet ('alaihi
salaat wa salaam) whose
message she
believes in has commanded
wearing the hijaab in his sunnah.
What do we call a person
who says they believe in and are content with
the correctness of Islam
but who nonetheless does not do what Allah or
His Messenger have
ordered? Certainly they can in no way be described
as those whom Allah
speaks of in this aayah:
The only saying of the faithful believers when they are called to
Allah and His Messenger
to judge between them is that they say 'we
hear and obey' and such
are the successful. [Soorah An-Noor
24:51]
In summary: If this
sister is convinced of Islam, how then can she not
be convinced of its
orders?
Excuse Two: I am
convinced of Islamic dress but my mother prevents me
from wearing it and if I
disobey her I will go to the Fire.
The one who has answered
this excuse is the most noble of Allah's
creation, the Messenger
of Allah (sallallahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) in
concise and comprehensive
words of wisdom:
There is no obedience to the created in the disobedience of Allah.
[Ahmed]
The status of parents in
Islam, especially the mother, is a high and
elevated one. Indeed
Allah ta'aala has combined it with the greatest
of matters, worshipping
Him and His tawheed, in many aayaat.
He
stated: Worship Allah and
join none with Him and do good to parents.
[Soorah
An-Nisaa 4:36] Obedience to parents is not limited
except in
one aspect, and that is
if they order to disobedience of Allah. Allah
said: But if they strive
with you to make you join in worship with Me
others that of which you
have no knowledge, then obey them not.
[Soorah
Luqmaan 31:15] The lack of obedience to them in
sinfulness
does not prevent being
good to them and kind treatment of them. Allah
said afterward in the
same aayah: But behave with them in the world
kindly.
In summary: How can you
obey your mother and disobey Allah, Who
created you and your
mother?
Excuse Three: My position
does not allow me to substitute my dress for
Islamic dress.
This sister is either one
or the other of two types: She is sincere
and honest, or she is a
slippery liar who desires to make a showy
display of her "hijaab"
clamoring with colors to be "in line with the
times" and
expensive.
We will begin with an
answer to the honest and sincere sister. Are you
unaware my dear sister,
that it is not permissible for the Muslim
woman to leave her home
in any instance unless her clothing meets the
conditions of Islamic hijaab
(Hijaab shar'ee) and it
is a duty of
every Muslim woman to
know what they are? If you have taken the time
and effort to learn so
many matters of this world how then can you be
neglectful of learning
those matters which will save you from the
punishment of Allah and
His anger after death!!? Does Allah not say:
Ask the people of remembrance (i.e. knowledgeable scholars) if you do
not know. [Soorah
An-Nahl 16:43].
Learn therefore, the
requirements of proper hijaab.
If you must go out, then
do not do so without the correct hijaab,
seeking the pleasure of
Allah and the degradation of Shaitaan. That is
because the corruption
brought about by your going out adorned and
"beautified"
is far greater than the matter which you deem necessary
to go out for.
My dear sister if you are
really truthful in your intention and
correctly determined you
will find a thousands hands of good assisting
you and Allah will make
the matter easy for you! Is He not the One Who
says:
And whoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way
for him to get out (from
every difficulty) and He will provide him
from sources he never
could imagine [Soorah At-Talaaq
65:2-3]?
With regards to the
'slippery' one we say: Honor and position is
something determined by
Allah ta'aala and it is not due to
embellishment of clothing
and show of colors and keeping up with the
trendsetters. It is
rather due to obedience to Allah and His Messenger
(sallallahu
'alaihi wa sallam)
and holding to the pure law of Allah
and correct Islamic hijaab.
Listen to the words of Allah:
Indeed, the most honorable amongst you are those who are the most
pious. [Soorah
Al-Hujuraat 49:35]
In summary: Do things in
the way of seeking Allah's pleasure and
entering His Jannah
and give less value to the high priced and costly
objects and wealth of
this world.
Excuse Four: It is so
very hot in my country and I can't stand it. How
could I take it if I wore
the hijaab?
Allah gives an example by
saying: Say:
The Fire of Hell is more intense in heat if they only understand.
[Soorah
At-Taubah 9:81]
How can you compare the
heat of your land to the heat of the Hellfire?
Know, my sister, that Shaitaan
has trapped you in one of his feeble
ropes to drag you from
the heat of this world to the heat of the
Hellfire. Free yourself
from his net and view the heat of the sun as a
favor and not an
affliction especially in that it reminds you of the
intensity of the
punishment of Allah which is many times greater than
the heat you now feel.
Return to the order of Allah and sacrifice this
worldly comfort in the
way of following the path of salvation from the
Hellfire about which
Allah says:
They will neither feel coolness nor have any drink except that of
boiling water and the
discharge of dirty wounds. [Soorah An-Naba'
78:24-25]
In summary: The Jannah
is surrounded by hardships and toil, while
Hellfire is surrounded by
temptations, lusts and desires.
Excuse Five: I'm afraid
that if I wear the hijaab I will put it off at
another time because I
have seen so many others do so!!
To her I say: If everyone
was to apply your logic then they would have
left the Deen
in its entirety! They would have left off salaat
because
some would be afraid of
leaving it later. They would have left fasting
in Ramadhan
because so many are afraid of not doing it later, etc.
Haven't you seen how Shaitaan
has trapped you in his snare again and
blocked you from
guidance?
Allah ta'aala
loves continuous obedience even if it be small or
recommended. How about
something that is an absolute obligation like
wearing hijaab?!
The prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said: The
most beloved deed with
Allah is the consistent one though it be
little.Why haven't you
sought out the causes leading those people to
leave off the hijaab
so that you can avoid them and work to keep away
from them? Why haven't
you sought out reasons and causes to affirm
truth and guidance until
you can hold firm to them?
Among these causes is
much supplication to Allah (du'aa) to make the
heart firm upon the Deen
as did the prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi
wa
sallam). Also is making salaat
and having mindfulness of it as Allah
stated:
And seek help in patience and the prayer and truly it is extremely
heavy except for the true
believers in Allah who obey Allah with full
submission and believe in
His promise of Jannah and in His warnings
(Al-Khaashi'oon).
[Soorah Al-Baqarah 2:45]
Other causes to put one
upon guidance and truth is adherence to the
laws of Islam and one of
them is indeed wearing the hijaab. Allah
said:
If they had done what they were told, it would have been better for
them and would have
strengthened their faith. [Soorah Al-Baqarah
2:66]
In summary: If you hold
tight to the causes of guidance and taste the
sweetness of faith you
will not neglect the orders of Allah after
having held to them.
Excuse Six: If I wear the
hijaab then nobody will marry me, so I'm
going to leave it off
until then.
Any husband who desires
that you be uncovered and adorned in public in
defiance of and in
disobedience to Allah, is not a worthy husband in
the first place. He is a
husband who has no feeling to protect what
Allah has made
inviolable, most notably yourself, and he will not help
you in any way to enter
Al-Jannah or escape from the Hellfire. A home
which is founded upon
disobedience to Allah and provocation of His
anger is fitting that He
decree misery and hardship for it in this
life and in the
Hereafter. As Allah stated:
But whosoever turns away from My reminder (i.e.
neither believes in
the Qur'aan
nor acts upon its teachings) verily for him is a life of
hardship and We shall
raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.
[Soorah
Ta Ha 20:124]
Marriage is a favor and
blessing from Allah to whom He give whom He
wills. How many women who
wear hijaab (mutahajibah)
are in fact
married while many who
don't aren't? If you were to say that '..my
being made-up and
uncovered is a means to reach a pure end, namely
marriage', a pure goal or
end is not attained through impure and
corrupt means in Islam.
If the goal is honorable then it must
necessarily be achieved
by pure and clean method. We say the rule in
Islam is: The means are
according to the rules of the intended goals.
In summary: There is no
blessing in a marriage established upon
sinfulness and
corruption.
Excuse Seven: I don't
wear hijaab based on what Allah says: And
proclaim the grace of
your Rabb [Soorah Ad-Dhuhaa
93:11] How can I
cover what Allah has
blessed me with of silky soft hair and
captivating beauty?
So this sister of ours
adheres to the Book of Allah and its commands
as long as they coincide
with her personal desires and understanding!
She leaves behind those
matters when they don't please her. If this
was not the case, then
why doesn't she follow the aayah: And do not
show off their adornment
except only that which is apparent [Soorah
An-Noor
24:31] and the statement of Allah subhaanah:
Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to
draw their cloaks all
over their bodies [Soorah Al-Ahzaab
33:59]?
With this statement my
sister you have now made a shari'ah (law) for
yourself of what Allah ta'aala
has strictly forbidden, namely
beautification (at-tabarruj)
and uncovering (as-sufoor), and the
reason: Your lack of
wanting to adhere to the order. The greatest
blessing or favor that
Allah has bestowed upon us is that of Eemaan
(faith)
and hidaayah (guidance) and among them is the
Islamic hijaab.
Why then do you not
manifest and talk about this greatest of blessings
given to you?
In summary:Is
there a greater blessing and favor upon the woman than
guidance and hijaab?
Excuse Eight: I know that
hijaab is obligatory (waajib),
but I will
wear it when Allah guides
me to do so.
We ask this sister on
what plans or steps she will undertake until she
accepts this divine
guidance? We know that Allah has in His wisdom
made a cause or means for
everything. That is why the sick take
medicine to regain
health, and the traveler rides a vehicle or an
animal to reach his
destination, and other limitless examples.
Has this sister of ours
seriously endeavored to seek true guidance and
exerted the proper means
to get it such as: Supplicating Allah
sincerely as He stated:
Guide us to the Straight Path. [Soorah
Al-Faatihah
1:6]; Keeping company with the righteous good sisters- for
they are among the best
to assist her to guidance and to continue to
point her to it until
Allah guides her and increases her guidance and
inspires her to further
guidance and taqwaa. She would then adhere to
the orders of Allah and
wear the hijaab that the believing women are
commanded to wear.
In summary: If this
sister was really serious about seeking guidance
she would have exerted
herself by the proper means to get it.
Excuse Nine: It's not
time for that yet. I'm still too young for
wearing hijaab.
I'll do it when I get older and after I make Hajj!
The Angel of Death my
sister, is visiting and waiting at your door for
the order of Allah ta'aala
to open it on you at any moment in your
life. Allah said:
When their term comes, neither can they delay it nor
can they advance
it and hour (or a
moment). [Soorah Al-An'aam
7:34].
Death my sister doesn't
discriminate between the young or the old and
it may come while you are
in this state of great sinfulness
disobedience, fighting
against the Lord of Honor with your uncovering
and shameless adornment.
My sister, you should race to obedience along
with those others who
race to answer the call of Allah tabaaraka wa
ta'aala:
Race with one another in hastening towards forgiveness from your Lord
and
earth. [Soorah
Al-Hadeed 57:21]
Sister, don't forget
Allah or He will forget you by turning His mercy
away from you in this
life and the next. You are forgetting your own
soul by not fulfilling
the right of your soul to obey Allah and proper
worship of Him. Allah
stated about the hypocrites (Al-Munaafiqoon):
And be not like those who forgot Allah and He caused them to forget
their own selves. [Soorah
Al-Hashr 59:19]
My sister wear the hijaab
in your young age in opposition to the
sinful deed because Allah
is intense in punishment and will ask you on
the Day of Resurrection
about your youth and every moment of your
life.
In summary: Stop
presuming some future expectation in your life will
indeed occur!! How can
you guarantee your own life until tomorrow?
Excuse Ten: I'm afraid
that if I wear Islamic clothing that I'll be
labeled as belonging to
some group or another and I hate partisanship.
My sister
in Islam, there are only two parties in Islam, and they are
both mentioned by Allah
Almighty in His Noble Book. The first party is
the party of Allah (hizbullah)
that He gives victory to because of
their obedience to His
commands and staying away from what He has
forbidden. The second
party is the party of the accursed Shaitaan
(hizbush-Shaitaan)
which disobeys the Most Merciful and increase
corruption in the earth.
When you hold tight to and adhere to the
commands of Allah, and
among them is wearing the hijaab - you then
become a part of the
successful party of Allah. When you beautify and
display your charms you
are riding in the boat of Shaitaan and his
friends and partners from
among the hypocrites and the disbelievers
and none worse could
there be as friends.
Don't you see how you are
running from Allah and to the Shaitaan,
trading filth for good?
Run instead my sister to Allah and follow His
way:
So flee to Allah (from His Torment to His mercy). Verily I (Muhammad)
am a plain warner
to you from Him. [Soorah Adh-Dhaariyaat
51:50]
The hijaab
is a high form of worship that is not subject to the
opinions of people and
their orientations and choices because the one
who legislated it is the
Most Wise Creator.
In summary: In the way of
seeking the pleasure of Allah and in hope of
His Mercy and success in
His Jannah and throw the statements of the
devils among people and
jinn against the wall! Hold tight to the
legislation of Allah by
your molars and follow the example of the
striving and
knowledgeable Mothers of the Believers and the female
companions (radiallahu
'anhum ajma'een)
In Conclusion
Your body is on display
in the market of Shaitaan seducing the hearts
of men. The hairstyles,
the tight clothing showing every detail of
your figure, the short
dresses showing off your legs and feet, the
showy, decorative and
fragrant clothing all angers the Merciful and
pleases the Shaitaan.
Every day that passes while you are in this
condition, distances you
further from Allah and brings you closer to
Shaitaan. Each day curses
and anger are directed toward you from the
heavens until you repent.
Every day brings you closer to the grave and
the Angel of Death is
ready to capture your soul.
Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall
you be paid your wages in
full. And whoever is removed away from the
Hellfire and admitted to
Al-Jannah, is indeed successful. The life of
this world is only the
enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing).
[Soorah
Aale 'Imraan 3:185]
Get on the train of
repentance my sister, before it passes by your
station. Deeply consider
my sister, what is happening today before
tomorrow comes. Think
about it, my sister - Now, before it is too
late!