بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم
In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, the Merciful.
اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَللهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ.
Peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you.
I want to talk about another specific and spiritual violation. Obsession, or namely obsession dressed as piety. Erasure under the false pretense of modesty, if you will.
No longer could I have kept quiet and go on when I saw this slide on how to strategically outsmart your own chest, not complete without the circled mannequin bosoms, of course. I won't get into how the circles almost seem comical in the way that they seem to be quite literally showing nothing, in fashion with the circling on old school paranormal activity content. Like are you really pointing me to a ghost here, or is it simply a random patch of black nothingness that you're trying so hard to deceive us into thinking "oh yeah, I see it, there's something"?
In all seriousness, it’s actually cruel how discussions around modesty get hyperfixated on the female body in such immodest detail. I choose to not partake in modest olympics, not because there exists a favor I would deny my Lord, but because He never asks you to do this to begin with.
Allah doesn't ask you to erase or suffocate yourself, He asks you to drape your covering over the chest.
And obey Him, we must; strive to keep modesty at bay, but where does it end? Where should it end? Surely not till we are told "Sorry sisters, but your silhouette might give someone a thought, that you, a modest woman, exist here, so better shapeshift."
He does not burden a soul more than it can bear, but it seems online spaces have almost no problem taking upon the task and then expect you to respond with gratitude. And as if it couldn't get worse, calling this what it is, which is extreme, brings backlash too.
"To all who say 'this is too much', you will meet your Creator; so fear Him." said one soul, so I ask you, is any of us exempt from meeting the One? So, in response, I need to say this, to get it out here.
Make sure you aren't breaking your sisters under the name of modesty, while ignoring your own eyes, thoughts, or lack of mercy, for you will be accounted for all of it. And do not distort the obligations of our deen, unless you have no problem lying about Allah.
A revolution against the performance of religiosity is a must, because the Ummah is clapping harder for the outfit than the internal war, and yet modesty is far from the entire journey. Because there’s no outfit that guarantees you’re on the Haqq. We aren't righteous because we are modest, we are modest because we’re trying to be righteous. Brothers and sisters both focus so much on the look of modesty, more than its purpose, that they sometimes miss the entire point of it.
I choose to not fall into the disproportionate analysis of our bodies; given to us by Allah and that we cover according to Him, and I hope every sister sees past it too. So this is my message to you, dearest sister; if there's anything I can convey from this long rant, that would be asking for you to please cover for Allah. Only Allah. Not to fit anyone's distorted lens of piety at will, that they automatically associate with modesty, meanwhile we are all still sinners, no matter the cloth we are in.
I ask you to not crumble under malicious scrutiny, to not be a victim to performance policing, because existence cannot be flattened, especially when you are already visibly striving, because the heart that sees your efforts to do right by Allah should melt with submission, surrender and awe to its Creator; not morph into a microscope that looks for mistakes, when even for our shortcomings, our Prophet ﷺ told us to make excuses for one another until we aren't able to.
Let it be known that covered sisters like you and I are not anyone's sin-absorbing mental punching bags to make themselves feel better about their own state and closeness with Allah.
Do not be quiet about how our properly covered bodies should not be treated as the fitnah for anyone who feels entitled to point or go digging for flaws.
Remember that one's inability to lower their gaze isn’t anyone's spiritual shortcoming except theirs, and keep your intentions in check. "For indeed, it is by intentions, actions are judged by and each person will have what they intended."
May we all be honorable enough to carry ourselves not with shame but with hayaa under His light.
اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَللهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ.
Peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you.
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