GUEST POST: MY TOUGH YET FRUITFUL JOURNEY WITH HIJAB

I'm Raudhah and I have been a Hijabi for 5 months. Before I wore the Hijab, I was contemplating on whether I should wear the Hijab because of a few factors.

1. How society would look at me.
2. How I wouldn't be able to wear headbands or braid my hair or show the world that I just did my hair.
3. How I would have to wear modest clothes and take care of my behaviour.

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ADVICE FOR SISTERS WHO ARE THINKING OF WEARING THE NIQAB

MashaAllah, there are so many sisters out there who genuinely love to wear the Niqab but are afraid of wearing it for fear of what people might say. To these sisters, here are a few words of advice:

If you have made the intention of wearing the Niqab, Allah will help you- despite your family's or societies disapproval. What is our purpose in life? To worship none but Allah and this also means to be obedient first and foremost to Allah. The moment you start considering the Niqab, ask yourself just one question: Who should I please- Allah or people?

Once you make that decision, you can follow whether you ought to wear the Niqab or not.

I know sisters, saying it is easy enough. But you know what? Allah can make the difficult easy and the easy difficult. Everything is in His Hands and so long as we place our trust in Him, He and He alone will suffice for us.

 “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” [Sura At-Talaaq 65:2-3]

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MUSLIM WOMEN ARE OPPRESSED? READ THIS AND THINK FOR YOURSELF!

Islam has honoured women, given them the purest of rights, granted them the best of privileges, adorned them with modesty and blessed them in so many ways! So, why is that so many non Muslims looks down on Muslim women with the infamous label: oppressed?

I am a Muslim woman and let me tell you what true liberation is.

Liberated are not the women who shamelessly strip themselves and pose for magazines and cars to make sales. Liberated are not those women who feel insecure with themselves so much so to the extent that they spend billions of dollars on cosmetic makeovers just so look more presentable to the world. Liberated are not those women who dress provocatively so they a man would flash them a 'You're so hot' comment.

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Who has more right to be the imam for the prayer? Young Boy who memorized more Qur’an or the Adult? – Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzan

Question:

Who has more right to be the imam for the prayer? Is it the young boy who has not reached puberty but he has (memorized) half of the Quran or is it the adult who has (memorize) five juz (of Quran) but he also has (knowledge) from the sunnah just as Aqeedah (belief), hadeeth and fiqh? May Allaah keep you firm.

Answer:

The oldest is more preferable as long as he has from the Quran what suffices for the prayer. He is preferred over the young. Only if the young is the most proficient in Quran amongst the others present then he is put forth.

Al-Binaa Publishing | Durham NC
Translated: Abu Anas Atif Hasan
http://alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/14838

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A LOVELY INTERVIEW WITH A LOVELY MUSLIMAH

 In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful!

I follow a lot of Islamic blogs, and MashaAllah, there are a lot of good ones out there. But one of my favourite blogs is One Chinese Muslimah and anyone who hasn't yet checked out her amazing blog, do read it. Trust me when I say that she's one of the most influential Islamic bloggers and her posts really keep you thinking. MashaAllah! May Allah reward her for her efforts. (Please check out here blog One Chinese Muslimah)

With her wonderful writing and inspirational Dawah, I thought of interviewing her on Islam, how she accepted Islam, about the Hijab, Niqab, Muslimahs and a whole lot more.. Do make sure you read all the way down because it's really, really GREAT, MashaAllah!
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO ACCEPT ISLAM?

One Chinese Muslimah: Well, I can't say that there was anything in particular that inspired me to accept Islam. In fact, I was anti-religious and religion was not even in my vocabulary! I never thought about Allah at all and there were points in my life I doubting His existence (astughfurAllah). Truly, guidance is from Him and Him alone and I would have to say that it was a bunch of bad things that happened to me in my past life that accumulated into one big thing and it just made me fed-up with my lifestyle, who I was, and where I was headed in life. So... I guess I would have to say that my past life experiences are what led me to accept Islam (and of course Allah being the first and foremost reason I became Muslim). 

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INTERVIEW: HOW ISLAM HAS CHANGED ME

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu! 

It's been a while since I interviewed a Muslimah for the blog, so Alhamdulillah, here's one. The sister decided to go anonymous for the interview, but do make sure you read it right up to the end, In Sha Allah. It is wonderfully insightful, MashaAllah. May Allah make everyone reading this benefit.

Tell us your story to Islam and what inspired you to accept it

As Salam 'Alaikoum Wa Rahmatoullah Wa Barakatouh,

All praise is due to Allah, and Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon His Final Messenger, his pure family, his noble Companions, and all those who follow them with righteousness until the Day of Judgment

I was born into a Muslim family but who was not practicing Islam.  The only pillar we used to practice for so many years was Ramadan out of habit. I used to fast from the age of 12. I was very serious about it but never did make up for the days I did not fast (did not know the rules).

My only friends were French from an early age. We are living in the middle of nowhere in France in the countryside. In the schools I went, the Muslims by name were very few. So I don't speak Arabic and my culture is French (though we had this double culture at home (Arabic by my parents). Really we considered ourselves French (I am speaking of the children in the family). All our friends have always been French.

Here is the context to understand better:

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You Will Be Raised Upon What You Die Upon – A warning from Shaykh Sulayman Ar Ruhaylee

Shaykh Sulayman Ar Ruhaylee:

The believer who sins hoping for forgiveness, is like the person who drinks poison hoping for the antidote after drinking the poison. You will not find a sane person getting some poison, drinking it, and then swallowing it. Then after he swallows it he says: ‘here is the antidote; I’m going to drink it.’ Because he could die before the antidote takes effect.

And you—O slave of Allah—do not know when you are going to die. You could die while you are sinning. And the people will be raised on the Day of Judgment according to what they died upon. Whoever dies reciting the Talbiyah (the call made by the pilgrims on Hajj) will be raised to life reciting the Talbiyah. Whoever dies praying will be raised to life praying. Whoever dies giving Dawah will be raised to life giving Dawah.

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The Ruling on Yoga – Shaykh Aboo ‘Umar Usaamah Al-‘Utaybee

Question:

The questioner asks what is the ruling on the one who does Yoga exercises?

Answer:

If he is ignorant then he is to be taught. If he is upon their belief system then he is a pagan. This is because yoga exercises are nothing more than the worship of the sun. Therefore, this is from the polytheistic acts of worship. So they do it in the form of exercise but it is from those things which are, in reality, worship with the pagans. So YOGA IS HARAAM! And it is from polytheism. However, he who is ignorant and blindly following then he is to be taught and it is to be clarified to him. After being taught, if he does it believing in it then he has disbelieved. If he does it just for exercise then this person is a Faasiq (evil-doer) who is near to becoming a disbeliever. So take heed to this, may Allaah safeguard you. And Allaah knows best.

Translated by Raha ibn Donald Batts
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taken from : salaf-us-saalih.com

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