A day in the life of a niqabi in France

[aseel]

assalamu alaykum, hope you are all well!

I just wanted to share something i went trough the other day!

I was in the south of France for exams and the exams being over it was time to go back up north to my family.

I had to take the bus to go to the train station: in the bus there were 2 maroccan women sitting infront of me and they kept on turning to look at me. After about 10 min on the bus one finaly turned and sait here is a present and gave me a set of old prayer beads she got out of her bag. She then carryed on to say :"you are a very brave girl to were niqab here, you are a better muslim than we are because we do not cover our heads".
I said to her Allah alone knows what is in our hearts, and then their stop came and they had to get off.

On the train it was the usual stares and people saying "oh my god" and talking about me thinking i can not hear!


When i got to paris i had to take the metro rail from one station to the next .
I had a very heavy bad and was having a bad time with the stairs ! 5and my big flowing abaya hehe ) people just push and say get out of the way!!!

I got to one flight of stairs and was prefaring myself to try to get down without falling, a young white french boy said give me your bag with a big smile and took it down the stairs . Teir you go , he said with a warming smile and then carryed on where he was going ( i felt so happy that some people can be nice)

Not even 5 min after an middle aged man in a suit walked past and shouted to me : "WE ARE IN FRANCE HERE YOU KNOW" (i het that one trown at me at least 5 times a day when i have to go out)

After that I had to wait for my train and same old stares and comments over and over again!

Igot on my train and settled down waiting to go.
Then an anoucement on the high speaker: will the owner of a blue bag by the name of ******, repport amediatly to bla bla bla .....

IT WAS ME!!!! "we got a call saying this bag was suspisious" they said !

just a normal travel bag !

so they opened my bag and went trough all of my things!!
of course was not the bag that was suspisious!was me!!!

after that everybody was looking and whispering about theterroriste on the train !


I got home totaly wacked and confused about the whole day!

 

[Libinette]

Wa salaam aleikum

What is there to say?
I'm reallllly happy that you are sticking to your niqaab, don't mind the people...
Hope your eams went well inshallah
Lots of love

 

[hussain.mahammed]

Masha Allah sister, May Allah Subhanahu wa Taala bless and guide you throughout your life.

Just yesterday I had problem with a hindu classmate in our university. He called me a terrorist just because I have beard, and I could not resist myself. I just blasted on him. Although I was fasting, I asked forgiveness from Allah SUbhanahu wa Taala.

He apologised to me later, but he learnt a well deserved lesson because he used to trouble other people as well. Moreover this was not the first time he did like this. He has hatred for Islam and Muslims and keeps on passing comments. I ignore them and hate to talk to fools.

May Allah give us sabr, hidayah (guidance), hikmah (wisdom) and make us better Muslims so that we can work, live and die for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa Taala alone.

wa/salam

 

[the only truth]

salam sister...

subhanallah may allah give u more patience and reward you abundantly...i thought the usual stares i get from wearing a jilbab is bad but im totally wrong...subhanallah...keep up the good work...may allah reward u with jannatul firdaws....wassalam

 

[junaid hasan]

Every peoples wish is also to do something which is beloved by others.

FOr example i want to cut my beard and want to look like any actors or somethings else.

But i have heard from a great scholar that if i put my left feet on wishes(which is against shariah and islam) then with my right feet i will enter in paradies.

So my dear brother and sister put your feet on your wishes then you will enter in paradies with your right feet.

Thats nothing new brother hussain. my class mates always make jokes with me with such things because i try also to follow the islamic dress codes ( kufi, payjama etc).

i had my birthday at 12th september then they told : your birthday is 12th septembar then how you did that tragedy at 11th septembar?

i told them that see it was not by me. THen they just smile

 

[BrotherZak]

You should see my beard brother, people always complain i look like a black malcolm who deosnt know how to shave

 

[zaid6236]

managed

:salam2: dear brothers and sisters, facing the real life is all about islam. people dont understand islam, they are just like getting back to jahilliyah side of the world. Thats why we have to make Islam managed the world. so that we can live happily is islam laws. Just like what our Prophet Muhammad did. People those days lived under islam rules but they can have their own religious. so Islam is not just religious it is something about managing people in this world. when Islam ruled this is where peace are created because we are using the Allah laws..till then take care and think..

 

[justmuslim]

Asalamu alaykum

mansha allah ladies keep the hijab and niqab ( those of u wear it) and guys keep the beard long and clean. keep the sunnah it make me really happy and smile when i see bro with bead adn sis with niqab all of u may Allah reward your patients. i want to wear niqab one day and walk your shoes sis insha allah. even though, i'm not in france i know it will be tough here too.

 

[Jannah03]

Asalaamu alakum warahmatullah, ramadan mubarak uhkti. im a niqabi myself, and alhamduillah i have empathy but i havent gone through that myself. alhamduillah you are a niqabi and you know what youre doing is right. I know youve heard, "Dont worry about those people." before, but at the end of the day they dont matter. you got home safe, thats all that matters.

 

[IslamIsLight]

salam aleikum
This is just simply crazy
I got insulted the other day too
lol by russians ,they didnt know i understand
They were passing by and telling to each other to be careful coz i can explose myself and were loughing at me .What an ignorant people .I couldnt say anything coz of fast ....and coz its first time i was insulted like this...I was totally in shock....
U are very brave sister

waaleikum salam

 

[IslamIsLight]

Masha Allah sister, May Allah Subhanahu wa Taala bless and guide you throughout your life.

Just yesterday I had problem with a hindu classmate in our university. He called me a terrorist just because I have beard, and I could not resist myself. I just blasted on him. Although I was fasting, I asked forgiveness from Allah SUbhanahu wa Taala.

He apologised to me later, but he learnt a well deserved lesson because he used to trouble other people as well. Moreover this was not the first time he did like this. He has hatred for Islam and Muslims and keeps on passing comments. I ignore them and hate to talk to fools.

May Allah give us sabr, hidayah (guidance), hikmah (wisdom) and make us better Muslims so that we can work, live and die for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa Taala alone.

wa/salam

salam aleikum
Don't the hindu wear beard too .Why he doesnt call himself terrorist ,tell him to go look in the mirror ...
waaleikum salam

 

[alkathiri]

salam aleikum
Don't the hindu wear beard too .Why he doesnt call himself terrorist ,tell him to go look in the mirror ...
waaleikum salam

Salam sister,

Wow , didnt expect that from you....:mashallah:

Some sikhs do keep beard .

 

[muharram23]

assalamu alaykum, hope you are all well!

I just wanted to share something i went trough the other day!

I was in the south of France for exams and the exams being over it was time to go back up north to my family.

I had to take the bus to go to the train station: in the bus there were 2 maroccan women sitting infront of me and they kept on turning to look at me. After about 10 min on the bus one finaly turned and sait here is a present and gave me a set of old prayer beads she got out of her bag. She then carryed on to say :"you are a very brave girl to were niqab here, you are a better muslim than we are because we do not cover our heads".
I said to her Allah alone knows what is in our hearts, and then their stop came and they had to get off.



On the train it was the usual stares and people saying "oh my god" and talking about me thinking i can not hear!


When i got to paris i had to take the metro rail from one station to the next .
I had a very heavy bad and was having a bad time with the stairs ! 5and my big flowing abaya hehe ) people just push and say get out of the way!!!

I got to one flight of stairs and was prefaring myself to try to get down without falling, a young white french boy said give me your bag with a big smile and took it down the stairs . Teir you go , he said with a warming smile and then carryed on where he was going ( i felt so happy that some people can be nice)

Not even 5 min after an middle aged man in a suit walked past and shouted to me : "WE ARE IN FRANCE HERE YOU KNOW" (i het that one trown at me at least 5 times a day when i have to go out)

After that I had to wait for my train and same old stares and comments over and over again!

Igot on my train and settled down waiting to go.
Then an anoucement on the high speaker: will the owner of a blue bag by the name of ******, repport amediatly to bla bla bla .....

IT WAS ME!!!! "we got a call saying this bag was suspisious" they said !

just a normal travel bag !

so they opened my bag and went trough all of my things!!
of course was not the bag that was suspisious!was me!!!

after that everybody was looking and whispering about theterroriste on the train !


I got home totaly wacked and confused about the whole day!

mashAllah, and we guys think we tough. I am about 5 foot 10 about 180 cm and after reading this, i felt i was 3 foot tall, that i melted. I dont think i could handle this. MashAllah may Allah make u stronger and keep u safe and all the sister ameen.

Assalamu alaykum

 

[Mohsin]

MashaAllah

:salam2:

Sister you are brave, mashaAllah. May Allah give you even more courage and reward you with what is best.

 

[alkathiri]

:salam2: sister

How long did they detain you?

 

[Nur Solehah]

shopping mall

:salam2:

you are so brave sister :ma: i'm niqabi too and here's my story. one day, my family and i went to shopping mall. i was walking with my sis and little boy cousin . there's a guard (nonmuslim) keep following us and he talked with his walkie talkie. n my cousin said hes talking about my sis and i. he mentioned about girls wearing black(me) and red(my sis. she didnt wear niqab) hijab to the other security guard. that time, i was so afraid if they will accuse me for shoplifting or terrorism or something. only Allah know how is my feeling at that time. when we went to the counter the guard said to the other guard "here they come" and when he realized we heard him, he smiled to us. then, i imagined a lot of things like they caught me and i shouted to them to protect my self just my imagination. i leave it to Allah and i know Allah will protect me. then, we pay for the things and the guards were there close to us. my heart was beating fast and we went out of there but nothing happened. Allhamdulillah. but at the end the guard smiled to us. i was like confuse. and we went home with unanswered questions. i didnt know what had happened but i'm not afraid to go there again. its the only shopping mall which is closest to my home. :muslim_child:

 

[oumyaquine]

Macha'Allah ma soeur ,puisse Allah te recompenser pour ta pacience

 

[halah]

Asslamu alaikum dear sister,

I do proud of you may Allah protect you so
I cann't prevent myself from replying on your post.We all at the same boat and here is my story, one day Iwas going into a supermarket and aboy of about 3 years appointed at me and said ''What is this Dad?''the father answerd This is the evil ghoast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!that is because I wear black color and once again I was prevented from going into a hospital to visit a sick girl because of wearing niqab.............all these and more while I'm living in a muslim countery not in France so be patient my sister.May Allah make it easy for you and reward you the best reward insha'allah.

 

[Amirah84]

assalamu alaykum, hope you are all well!

I just wanted to share something i went trough the other day!

I was in the south of France for exams and the exams being over it was time to go back up north to my family.

I had to take the bus to go to the train station: in the bus there were 2 maroccan women sitting infront of me and they kept on turning to look at me. After about 10 min on the bus one finaly turned and sait here is a present and gave me a set of old prayer beads she got out of her bag. She then carryed on to say :"you are a very brave girl to were niqab here, you are a better muslim than we are because we do not cover our heads".
I said to her Allah alone knows what is in our hearts, and then their stop came and they had to get off.

On the train it was the usual stares and people saying "oh my god" and talking about me thinking i can not hear!


When i got to paris i had to take the metro rail from one station to the next .
I had a very heavy bad and was having a bad time with the stairs ! 5and my big flowing abaya hehe ) people just push and say get out of the way!!!

I got to one flight of stairs and was prefaring myself to try to get down without falling, a young white french boy said give me your bag with a big smile and took it down the stairs . Teir you go , he said with a warming smile and then carryed on where he was going ( i felt so happy that some people can be nice)

Not even 5 min after an middle aged man in a suit walked past and shouted to me : "WE ARE IN FRANCE HERE YOU KNOW" (i het that one trown at me at least 5 times a day when i have to go out)

After that I had to wait for my train and same old stares and comments over and over again!

Igot on my train and settled down waiting to go.
Then an anoucement on the high speaker: will the owner of a blue bag by the name of ******, repport amediatly to bla bla bla .....

IT WAS ME!!!! "we got a call saying this bag was suspisious" they said !

just a normal travel bag !

so they opened my bag and went trough all of my things!!
of course was not the bag that was suspisious!was me!!!

after that everybody was looking and whispering about theterroriste on the train !


I got home totaly wacked and confused about the whole day!

:salam2:

You're a true inspiration to me and other sisters around the world. you have such courage and strength and may Allah reward you again and again for your faith in Him.

You've made my day today.

with much love to you my sisters,


Amirah

 

[hussain.mahammed]

salam aleikum
Don't the hindu wear beard too .Why he doesnt call himself terrorist ,tell him to go look in the mirror ...
waaleikum salam

As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wabrakatuhu
Well most hindus do not have beard. But this guy in particular has been very aggressive towards Islam and Muslims, so I decided to put an end to him...lol. Sikhs have beard.

wa/salam