Why Should I Wear the Hijab?

1. Because the Qur'an and Sunnah states so. Allah ordered us to wear the hijab and cover up to protect ourselves so we get the proper respect we deserve and not be treated like we are a piece of meat.


2. You can dye your hair any colour you want and no one can say anything at all, because its all hidden, you can have blue hair, or purple, or bright red, or neon pink or green, long or permed or short, or rainbow colors with sparkles and glitter, jewellery in your ears, and all over.... :D


3. Children think you are a ninja, and you can say you are 'niqabi ninja' They will think of you as this heroine and will admire you.


4. People think it is your costume. Or at least some will think of it as a costume you are wearing for your party, or work, or that you were forced to wear it. LOL and you have to explain to them no it is your CHOICE to wear it though in the Qur'an it says it will Protect you.


5. People think you might be bald, but then you have to tell them no, I have hair...no I don't have cancer. You can show to the little kids, see I have hair....


6. You get a lot of respect in the hijab from all your brothers and sisters and other people, than you did before your hijabi days


7. You can wear whatever you like under the abayah, light and cool dresses are good.


8. Despite that this world has hot weather, HELL IS HOTTER, so you rather suffer a bit on this world than the Hereafter.


9. Have you noticed that some people that are really maybe ignorant about Islam and women and Muslims that they speak extra loudly and clearly to you wherever you go. "Wwwoould yooooou llike ttthat in beeeeeels/noooottes or ch change ma 'am?"
"I speak english clearly, change please."


10. No bad hair days to worry about!.


11. People know that you're a Muslim. You can distinguish yourself in this society.


12. Your hair isn't exposed all kinds of crappy pollution and UV rays.


13. Your hijabs smell nice cause they start smelling like your shampoo.


14. Only the people you want to see your awrah, will see it...not every wierdo walking on the street.


15. your skin is protected under the niqab


16. No bugs in your hair (no having to worry about catching nits from other people!)


17. you won't age prematuredly, since you don't wear makeup


18. you won't have to waste time in the morning deciding on the perfect outfit in the morning, if you wear jilbab.


19. because you know your beautiful and you can keep all that beauty to yourself.


20. No one dares to mess with a hijabi sis while taking a walk. :D


22. you will feel a closeness to every muhajabah you see on the road and to every muslim you ever encounter


23. The inner feeling of peace you get when you wear it


24. little girls or little boys look up to you, and want to be like you.


25. When guys see you, they respect you, they cross the street so they dont pass by you and offend you.


26. They see muslims as trustworthy people and give you discounts at stores, and restaurants, and esp if you are in hijab they give you like 5 or 10 dollars/pounds off what you buy.


27. because most pious brothers WON'T EVEN CONSIDER marriage with a non-hijabi (caution: your intention for wearing hijab should still be to observe the command of Allah)


28. If you ever get in trouble.. you can pretend like you dont know any English and either flip out on them in Arabic/Urdu/any other language or run away crying as if they offended you.


29. Because theres more freedom in deciding who gets to see you rather than having anyone look at you and your beauty.


30. People treat you for your mind not your body. In the sense that you succeed in things (ie. job because of your performance and intelligence and not because how short your mini skirt is.


31. Because Muslims are required to practice Islam in every aspect of ur life including everyone, not just nuns like in Christainity or only on saturday. for Jews, or only Sunday for Catholics all of whom cover on those days, I am told as a respect to God. Muslimahs should respect God at all times.


32. Beauty fades eventually, and with hijab people learn to love your inner beauty without the hindereness of your outer beauty.


33. Your husband and loved ones learn to appreciate your beauty both outside and in more, and these tend to be the most important people in your life of which you grace those special people with your gifts from Allah.


34. You are a shining example how women in Islam are sooooo highly respected and valued and powerful in islam. For example you are no mans torphy to adorn his hand, you are a companion, mother and friend of the insha'Allah religous brother who appreciates you and your beauty. There are other things where this applies as well.


35. Thourghout history those that where scandalessly dressed and showing off there beauty, and those that were coverd tended to be the pious, respected women of history and many times they were the more powerfull then the other. (Sorry if I offeneded anyone with this one just a thought that has been in my head. I am not saying that these days that the people that don't dress correctly do things that I mentioned, I am just saying in history in the past this tened to be the case).


36. Hijab is a source of confidence. Non-Muslims easily recognize you to be different and do not stare when you stand up for you Islamic rights and beliefs which are often considered strange in the western society.


37. It keeps you warm in the winter. You dont have to worry about trying to keep a hat on to stop your ears from freezing up! Plus the head is medically known for the place where a HIGH level of heat is released from the body!


38. Long Lasting. Hijab protects your hair for longer and keeps it shiny, healthy and in good condition.
 

IslamIsLight

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salam
that was funny

just don't agree with this 0ne

""2. You can dye your hair any colour you want and no one can say anything at all, because its all hidden, you can have blue hair, or purple, or bright red, or neon pink or green, long or permed or short, or rainbow colors with sparkles and glitter, jewellery in your ears, and all over....""

I know it was just example ;) :)
wasalam
 

Musulmanin

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No Speak English !!!

"If you ever get in trouble.. you can pretend like you dont know any English and either flip out on them in Arabic/Urdu/any other language or run away crying as if they offended you."


Good one!
 
salam
that was funny

just don't agree with this 0ne

""2. You can dye your hair any colour you want and no one can say anything at all, because its all hidden, you can have blue hair, or purple, or bright red, or neon pink or green, long or permed or short, or rainbow colors with sparkles and glitter, jewellery in your ears, and all over....""

I know it was just example ;) :)
wasalam


Asalaamalikum,

This ruling implies to men and women dyeing their hair.....

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

It is permissible to dye the hair any colour apart from black, and there is no differentiation in this regard between old men and young men. There is nothing wrong with dyeing the hair before grey hairs appear. It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (5/168):

Question: I saw some people using something to change the colour of their hair, making it black or red, and I saw them using something else to make curly hair straight. Is it permissible to do any of these things? Is the ruling the same for young men and old men?

Answer: Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be upon His Messenger and his family and companions. There is nothing wrong with changing the hair colour to anything except black, or using something to straighten curly hair, and the ruling is the same for old men and young men, so long as harmful substances are avoided and the material used is pure and permissible. But changing the hair to pure black is not permitted, for men or for women, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Change this grey hair, but avoid black.”

And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. End quote.

The hadeeth quoted was narrated by Muslim, 2102.

Another thing which indicates that it is not allowed to dye the hair black is the hadeeth narrated by Abu Dawood (4212) from Ibn ‘Abbaas who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There will be people at the end of time who will dye their hair black like the crops of birds; they will never smell the fragrance of Paradise.” This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

The fact that it is permissible to dye the hair red and yellow was narrated by Abu Dawood (4211) from Ibn ‘Abbaas who said: A man who had dyed his hair with henna passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he said: “How handsome this is.” Then another who had dyed his hair with henna and katam passed by and he said, “This is more handsome.” Then another who had dyed his hair yellow passed by and he said: “This one is more handsome than all the others.” The comments in this hadeeth had to do with changing grey hairs to another colour, not to dyeing the hair in all cases even if it is not grey.

Al-Albaani said concerning this hadeeth in Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh: it is jayyid (good).

Secondly:

We should also note the general principle with regard to matters of adornment and beautification, which is that it is not allowed to do anything that involves forbidden kinds of imitation, such as imitation of the kuffaar or of immoral people, which is haraam because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4031; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.

Hence before ruling that a particular kind of dye that is asked about is permissible, we must make sure that it is not an imitation of the kuffaar or immoral people, or one of the singers or actors whom young people regard as examples to be followed.

It is also not allowed to dye the hair in a manner that is regarded as effeminate or an imitation of women, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade such imitation and cursed those who do it. (Al-Bukhaari, 5435).

Thirdly:

With regard to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) dyeing his hair, there is some difference of opinion as to whether he dyed his hair or not. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The Sahaabah differed as to whether he dyed his hair. Anas said: He did not dye his hair. Abu Hurayrah said: he did dye his hair. Hammaad ibn Salamah narrated from Humayd that Anas said: I saw the hair of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) dyed. Hammaad said: And ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Aqeel told me: I saw a few hairs of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the possession of Anas ibn Maalik that were dyed.

A group (of scholars) said that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to use a great deal of perfume, and his hair had become red from that, so people though that he had dyed it but he had not. Abu Rithmah said: I came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) with a son of mine, and he said: “Is this your son?” I said, “Yes, I bear witness to that.” He said: “He is not responsible for your sins and you are not responsible for his sins.” He said: And I saw grey hair that had been dyed red. Al-Tirmidhi said: This is the best and clearest report that has been narrated concerning this, because the saheeh reports state that the Prophet did not turn grey. Hammaad ibn Salamah narrated from Sammaak ibn Harb that it was said to Jaabir ibn Samurah: “Was there any grey hair on the head of the Prophet?” He said: “There was no grey hair on his head except a few hairs at the parting, and when he put on perfume, its colour covered them.”

From Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/169

Fourthly:

With regard to thinking of following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in dyeing the hair when there is no grey hair, I know that there is a strong difference of opinion as to whether the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did in fact dye his hair or not.

Moreover, dyeing the hair as enjoined in the Sunnah is not something that is done for its own sake, rather it is done to change grey hair, and to be different from the Jews and Christians, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Change grey hairs and do not be like the Jews.” Narrated by al-Nasaa’i, 4986; al-Tirmidhi, 1674.

It was narrated by Muslim (3924) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw grey hair on the head of Abu Bakr’s father, he said: “Change this with something.” According to al-Bukhaari (5448) he said: “The Jews do not dye their hair, so be different from them.”

Based on this, dyeing the hair when there is no grey hair is not Sunnah and is not regarded as following the Prophet’s example, because there is no reason to do that, and it does not serve the same shar’i interests as are achieved by dyeing grey hair.

The most that we can say is that it is permissible so long as it does not involve imitating the kuffaar or cause any harm to one's health, in which case it is haraam. And Allaah knows best

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