#neqab

[bedwihy]

Almost all super heroes cover their heads and their faces.. why not muslim women?

[zipniqab]

Modesty is beautiful, don't let anyone or anything try to convince you otherwise.

[nadiamounier]

[sayed-tumbles]

Be the example of the Mother of the Believers: Khadijah (as)

Be the example of the Mother of her father: Sayeda Zahra (as)

Be the example of the jewel of her fathers head: Sayeda Zaynab (as)

[sayed-tumbles]

And it keeps getting weirder ...

Just now 2 more girls (both wearing full niqab [face veil]) walk in and say hello to the other 2 that walked in earlier. Kissed and said hello, you know the typical Arab greeting. They sit down, remove their face veils and pop out boxes of cigarettes and start smoking. WTH is going on?!?! I'm so confused

[nonchalante]

Perhaps our attire brings us more attention, puts us in harms way, allows them to think we are oppressed and victims of abuse. Perhaps our attire makes them think that we are raising terrorists, that we are concealing weapons of mass destruction beneath our black Jilbaabs and our covered faces. Perhaps.

Haha, what idiocy. 

& to conform to what will make you feel safer, was never my plan. To conform to what you think will normalize me and make less of a threat in your eyes, was never my intent. For me to care about how you feel and what you want, is sheer madness. & for me to even turn around and entertain your responses of mockery, brings shame to myself first and foremost.

I'm not causing you any harm by concealing myself and covering my face. I'm not putting you in a place of danger. You don't even cross my mind. The thoughts I have of you, are non existent. All I am aware of when I don my garments is pleasing Allaah.  Please explain this to me: how exactly is my attire is making you unsafe. Perhaps it's making you uncomfortable. It's probably making you very uncomfortable. But is it my confidence? Is it my composure? Is it my lack of caring? Is it the fact that I pay no attention to what you think of me? Is it a breath of fresh air to be surrounded by strength for the sake of my Lord when all that surrounds you has made the men into low self esteem misogynists and your women into self loathing robots? 

Please get it together. I have the right to wear what I wear just as you have the right to wear leggings, Ugg boots, and a Northface. & if anyone has the right to feel uncomfortable about an outfit, I do about yours. 

[nonchalante]

The pure concept of Neqab and its purpose has slowly become a twisted form of fetish in the minds of many Muslims [both men & women] to the point that Neqab has become sexualized, misconstrued, and worn to beautify rather than conceal the beauty and be a form of servitude to Allaah. Aoothubillaah. To all the sisters who are donning the Neqab for the correct reasons, may Allaah reward you and for all the ones wearing it for the wrong reasons, may Allaah guide you. Ameen.

[nonchalante]

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakaatuh, Allaa' <3. *points to your recent niqab post* Ma shaa' Allah. I am really impressed by all the munaqabahs. May Allah grant you jannah for being so firm in what you believe. I'm very determined to wear niqab,in shaa' Allah. (Financial & society issues atm so I try to stay home as much as I can) However, I fear that my intention might not be sincere, because where I live, only few in my countries put on the niqab. I fear that I'd be showing off. -Meme-

Wa alykum asalaam wa rahmatu'Allaahe wa barakaatu. Oh wow this question was from june and I apologize for just getting back to it. I pray you are in the best of health & eeman, ukhtee!

Ameen to your duaas. I know exactly what you mean and I ask Allaah to ease it for you and for all of us. Ameen. You see, when the Slave of Allaah seeks to Obey His Lord, the shaytaan will seek any way possible to deter him from that. Don't think the Shaytaan just leads you to bad, he also leads you away from the good. This is done by placing doubt in your heart, in your mind, in everything. He wants you to think you're not sincere to postpone you doing the act and subhan'Allaah this is one of the most successful of his tricks because we all want to do something with pure intentions.

However, in the case of Ibaadah, pure intentions don't just come. You make them happen & if you ARE struggling with them, I suggest you still go on with doing the act of obedience and then continue to work on your intentions. This, rather than waiting because what exactly are you waiting for? & how much time are we guaranteed? So ukhtee, I would suggest you wear it soon and don't let the issue with your intentions come in the middle. Seek refuge in Allaah from the Shaytaan and be firm in your decisions. It's not going to be easy, but what really is in life :) .

I also get what you mean by not wanting to show off but I think you're giving people too much power. They'll think what they think. Even if you were the worst of sinners but donned the Neqab, they'd think you were a show off and a goody two shoes. Even if you were the best of people, they will think you are the worst. There is absolutely no way to please people, EVEN IF you bake them a batch of cookies. So what you do is you please Allaah and you do what you do for the sake of Allaah. These people are not there with you when you fall asleep or wake up or pray to Allaah or make duaa to Him . So don't give them that much time and that much power over you.

Read and immerse yourself about the evidence indicating the requirement of neqab (or the stronger opinion, what have you) and constantly evaluate your intentions. Study the concept of tawheed thoroughly because this will continue giving you insight about your Lord and why you should do what you do and how irrelevant other people and their opinions are when you are doing acts to please your Lord. 

Note that it's absolutely natural for you to feel this way. I struggle with the Neqab for reasons other than my own but when I first began wearing it, I was thinking of ALL those things. I was so nervous and I was sweating profusely from in between my toes and that's just like so gross (not really okay?). I was so nervous that I cried because this was the biggest decision in the world but then I took a moment and realized who I was doing this for and why, I said Bismillaah and the rest is history! So it's okay that you feel this way, but focus on your Lord and why you want to do this and you'll feel better & at ease insha'Allaah.

I ask Allaah to ease this transition for all of us and to strengthen our eeman and make us sincere in what we do. Allaahumma ameen.