Comments on: Hijabs Du Jour

By: Jawaher

Jawaher — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:17:10 +0000

My father is a pretty knowledgable man when it comes to Islam (he has the whole Qur’an memorized mashallah) and he has this to say:
Muslim women are supposed to dress in a way that does not draw incredible attention to them, or in other words they should blend in.

In some places, such as America, where I live, dressing in a long black Abaya is going to make you a complete center of attention. However, wearing clothes that blend in with those of other American women (like these stylish printed hijabs, etc.) makes you less noticeable. In fact, when you appear to dress ‘normal’ but you are still following hijabi rules, I have found that American men actually look AWAY, as if they understand that hey, this girl doesn’t want me staring at her and that is why she has chosen to blend in with the crowd. American women admire it greatly, and I have had many show greater respect and interest in Islam when they realize that in fact, it is not an ‘oppressive religion’.

However, I TOTALLY understand the sister who posted the comment saying that people who dress like ‘this’ are haram…and I can see where she is coming from, BUT, I wish she would have been kinder and perhaps more advising in her comment. She has a point ladies: A complete focus on fashion and looking good does make hijab pointless in essence.

Why can’t we be nice to each other? Ladies, what if a non-muslim stumbled upon this site? What would she say?

By: muslim girl

muslim girl — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:59:53 +0000

sometimes i really wish i wore hijab :( but there is so much pressure from my family and community not to :(

By: Salmah

Salmah — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:45:53 +0000

ooohhh this is getting heated…aaliyah, umm alihan, and khansaa are being rude, judgemental haram police. anonymous, wafa and mrs.kellayy are excercising their right to be annoyed with aaliyah, umm alihan, and khansaa. No wonder people think Muslims are terrorists! People are rude to their own sisters in God, and women are insisting on withdrawing into complete ugliness and using religion as an excuse! Now, if a woman wants to wear ugly, blechh clothes, that’s her prerogative. But she has no right to tell others to do the same!!! Seriously, stop it, ladies!!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:35:32 +0000

khansaa, umm alihan and aaliyah need to shut the eff up. seriously go away you backward freaks!!! if you wanna be the plain and ugly extremists you are, go to some other website, not a website run by a good woman who loves God and likes fashion.

By: Khansaa

Khansaa — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:18:02 +0000

looks like Umm Alihan and Aaliyah-UmmAbdurahman have kicked a nerve with a lot of you.. maybe cause all you women know deep down that these two women are speaking the truth.

and yahto.. what are you talking about.. how by pointing out the correct islamic dress code have they made themselves look more ‘righteous’?

mrs.kellayy .. quit twisting the quran and sunnah to justify your desire to dress like these kafirs.

By: Yahto

Yahto — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:54:04 +0000

I was on this page and loving all these beautiful cloths and scarfs, I must say the blog owner has good taste in Fashion ‘god bless.

But I cannot help but comment Aaliyahs views on this page;

Aaliyah your rude and judgmental comment its not going to make anyone pay attention to what your saying. Before you address anyone with anything you need to take a good look at yourself! You are human just as this sister that created this blog, Is your reality more important then her’s? Doesnt Islam say that you can have a bad “manner” and addressen someone in a bad way without respect? arnt you suppose to be pious and understanding rather than judging and doing something that Allah dislkes attacking people.

Is Islam Judgmental? What gives you the right to judge anyone? Can you guarantee that despite the fact that you follow Quran wa Sunnah that you will enter paradise?
It seems that you have something in common with a lot of so called “righteous” muslims;
always putting themselves in a piedlestall/ making themselves more important and righteous then other muslims and groups and looking down at them as if paradise was in their hands.

God Chooses who to guide, no human does your reality is yours .. other sisters have a diffrent understanding where is the respect?

Also I wish to comment the sisters that attacked Aaliyah:

2 wrong don’t make 1 right, you guys put yourself on the same level as Aaliyah
you threw garbage right back at her.. where is Islam and deen in that? Yeah she was rude and judgemtal but being the same back isnt going to solve anything or is it?

We are human regardless of religion and culture and the fundemental principle in life is atleast respect and humility.. lets remind one another that we are human and nothing more than that.. and that we shall all look at ourselves before addressing anyone at all.

By: Laylah

Laylah — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:33:45 +0000

I agree with Wafa. Aaliyah is being immeasurably rude, embarrasing, and downright pathetic. Umm Alihan, just…stop. You think that women looking good is the work of the shaytan? You two are really giving Islam a bad name. It is people like you who are making people think Muslims are terrorists that oppress women. Stop thinking we must be as ugly as we can, for fear of attracting men. Get the eff over it and shut up. All the outfits on this website show how NOT to reveal your curves, so i have no idea what the hell Aaliyah is even looking at.
As for praying in abayahs, you don’t have to. As long as your prayer clothes are not tight or see through and cover your whole body, you can pray in them. I prefer to pray in a maxi skirt and a baggy top like a sweatshit. I don’t even own any abayahs, but inshallah when I go visit Jordan, I’ll buy one for Jummah.

By: Umm Alihan

Umm Alihan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:17:28 +0000

Assalamu aleykum,
Subhanallah, just can’t believe the comments come from muslim sisters. Just look how offensive and rude you are! answering the comment of sister Aaliyah, who says the truth how bitter wouldn’t it be to your nafs’! What is the purpose of hijab? consealing and covering your beauty from strangers’ eyes, not emphasizing it and showing it every way possible. Wearing a hijab means to be invisible to stranger men, isn’t it? And what does the so called “stylish hijab” suggest us? To beautify yourselves by means of hijab which actually has different aim. This “style” is dictated by western fashion designers-namely kafir fashion. This is the approach of the shaytan from the right side. Just think about how the women of our beloved prophet were dressed? They wore the dresses of taqwa and became those who succeeded. So let’s take them as our models not the kuffar women. Cause hijab is not just about covering our hair. Assalamu aleykum.

By: Wafa

Wafa — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:02:46 +0000

@ Aaliyah-UmmAbdurman:

Just please be quiet and keep ur BS comments to yourself (regarding the crap you wrote about this site). This website has articles that show how NOT TO REVEAL YOUR CURVES!!! What the hell are you reading/looking at?

I suggest you take a look at the website before you insult it. People like YOU are the reason why Islam is considered to be a “terrorist” religion, because you take the LITERAL meaning FOR EVERYTHING when it’s really not meant to be that way.

People in today’s time think we are terrorists and “backward” people because if we present ourselves that way, they will think that about our religion. WE know we are NOT terrorists, WE know we are NOT backwards. WE have to show that we ARE modest, religious, pious and women of a BEAUTIFUL nation–not women from a dark and oppressive religion.

Indeed may ALLAH (swt) help us all in our ways, for we are not perfect.

By: Laylah

Laylah — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:02:02 +0000

@ Zaira: Yes, you can, as long as the skirt is not tight/fitted or see through.