~ NORUYO: Hijab & Me
Here’s another post of story to share. Everyone comes from different backgrounds, and you will eventually be who you wanna be based on your drives and motivation. What motivates me is my passion, what what makes me strong is my connection with Allah. Insya-Allah, I will continue to be strong (yet not weak in Iman), and faithful (yet not heartless in Faith).
In support of World Hijab Day.
I find her entry beautiful and full of honesty. I did not go through the challenges she faced because coming from a Madrasah, wearing the Hijab everyday became a norm for me, and yup, do not judge. For you never know, if one day the person may become someone who is a million times better than you :)
Peace Be Upon All Of Us.
Inspired by sghijabgirls, I am here writing my own version of how donning the hijab has changed me.
Hijab is a challenge. Sometimes, you just want to look good and you can’t help feeling that hijab is a challenge (or hindrance); but sisters, think again.
Before I…
~ NORUYO: Hijab & Me
2 years a go, I wrote a post on Hijab & Me. As I look back to find materials for World Hijab Day, I saw how amazing their stories were. So, this is a post dedicated to you who have reblogged with a story to tell. I’ll reblog my next few posts dedicated to World Hijab Day. Read on, and reblog again, sharing your stories.
Peace Be Upon All Of Us.
Inspired by sghijabgirls, I am here writing my own version of how donning the hijab has changed me.
Hijab is a challenge. Sometimes, you just want to look good and you can’t help feeling that hijab is a challenge (or hindrance); but sisters, think again.
Before I…
Bismillah.
Wow. Honestly, from the bottom of my heart, up till last June I was in almost the exact same place as she was. I mean, bfr that I was already donning the hijab every now and then when my Imaan was high (like on random days when I’d go out alone), or when I went out with my family. Don’t call me a hypocrite now, the family one is not for pretense purposes and getting undeserved credit, but because I didn’t want to shame my family just for the sake of my own selfish vanity. I mean, my mum is pretty religious so how cld I do such a thing to her, giving ppl a reason to think “Oh how come she doesn’t teach her daughter/what kind of mother is that/etc” y’know? So yes. And btw, my mum subtly reminds me to wear hijab, not for her, but for Allah. She doesn’t force me, because she knows it has to be from the heart. “Let there be no compulsion in religion…” - Qur’an 2:256 (:
So what were my excuses bfr? To get it over with, my first most obvious reason is of cos fashion. I love fashion. I still do haha, just that my pretty clothes I save for my future husband Insya Allah ^^ My second and more impt reason is cos I knew the heavy responsibility I’d have to take on when I wear it. I become a mascot for Islam instantly, and therefore I must be rly careful abt how I carry myself. And that was the hardest part for me - I’m kinda outgoing so I like to talk to anyone who seemed lonely or bored even if they were guys, I tend to shriek and hyperventilate when I’m excited (irritating I know -.-), I am playful and at times scatterbrained. Long story short - I can be quite the b*mbo hahahaha noooo :( No wonder ppl rarely took me seriously :\
What more, I loved the outdoors. I can say that I think I love it more than like half of my country’s population seriously. I love adventures, camps and the like. So yes. My high-spirited nature is basically the reason. But not cos I didn’t wna give it up, but cos I’m afraid that when I am identifiable as a Muslimah I might give Islam a bad name through my careless behaviour. Why I say this is cos ppl tell me I kinda look Chinese and I hang a lot with my Chinese friends so ppl kinda thought I was Non-Muslim. And although that hurts me, I felt it was still better than to be a reason why ppl wld dislike Islam or misunderstand it.
But over time, my heart started to change. Idk, I think Allah made my environment as such that it made me feel miserable to be away from my Deen. Subhan Allah (; My friends started distancing themselves from me, and the times when they did wna hang out with me it suddenly felt all empty and pointless. I also cldn’t catch up on my schwork cos I had slacked too much. I started feeling stupid, guilty and useless. Being a sister to a then to-be medical doctor/surgeon only made it even worse. I’ve always hated being compared to, but I guess it’s all for my own betterment.
It also hpned that whenever my mum played the Quran on the comp or her phone, I’d keep hearing my name in it “Huda”. And “Nur” too. Just so you know, they mean Guidance and Light respectively. I read things on the internet and watched things on YouTube, and I’d also come across lines that said things like “The Quran, a Light & Guidance for mankind” / “Those who receive Guidance” / “From darkness into Light” and those type of stuff. I mean they’ve always appeared, but somehow at that time the frequency was just more. I started thinking abt how far away from that I was, I am doing absolutely no justice to the names I share with the Word of Allah. All I amounted to was a dead end or a bad example. Then I came across the website http://blog.iloveAllaah.com and I read their articles. One particular line struck me. “Note that losing hope is one of the major sins punishable by Allah.”
The rest was history. All I can say, is that life has been waay better than ever since I became a full-time Muslim and Hijabi. Alhamdulillah (: The first part was a bit tough, but it quickly became a smooth ride~ “With every hardship, comes ease. Verily, with hardship comes ease.” - Qur’an 94:5-6 (:
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever gives up something for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better than it.” - Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani
“And whoever has Taqwa of Allaah, He will make a way out for him [from hardship], and He will provide for him from places he never imagined.” - Quran 65:2-3
