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I still remember the day that I finally decided to [wear\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>]. It was in late September of 2009\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
on a particular Monday afternoon, as I was coming out of our regular\u00a0<\/span>Dars\u00a0<\/i>[Islamic\u00a0group class].\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I always admired women who were able to cover themselves and wear\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>, especially after September 11<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup>, 2001, as it declared you a Muslim woman (though it also\u00a0subjected one to discrimination and violence). But somehow I had kept on delaying it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I asked a\u00a0[specific]\u00a0sister to pray for me \u2013 I was going\u00a0to be going to Hajj that year and wanted to come back and wear\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>full-time. The woman I asked to make the du\u2019a\u00a0for me was someone I knew (who I took a class with)\u00a0and who wore a\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>herself, and I had great admiration for her because of her mannerism.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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To my utter surprise, she asked me,\u00a0\u201cWhat have you\u00a0been waiting for?\u00a0It is Ramadan \u2013 if you want to make that change, just do it now and don\u2019t wait.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I did not expect that response, and I was quite taken [back] by her response…I was not happy to hear her say that. As I was driving back home, I kept on thinking if what she said had made sense.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Two days were left before Eid; my mother-in-law brought this very fashionable outfit, which I was looking forward to wearing. On the last day of Ramadan, the night before Eid, I [spontaneously] decided that I\u00a0<\/span>will<\/i>\u00a0start wearing the\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and so I wore it\u00a0on Eid. Since I was new to it and because I did not plan it in advance, it was not the very best look \u2013 I have the pictures to prove it, haha!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Alhamdulillah, I still was able to wear the\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I thought my whole life would change dramatically. I took exercise classes at a local YMCA but it did not discourage me from wearing\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>. In fact, I even introduced some local ladies in our YMCA to [modest]\u00a0swimwear and made it a point to educate my instructor and fellow classmates of\u00a0the reasons behind modest swimwear.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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In short, I can say wearing\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>gives me the identity of the proud Muslim woman I wanted and was inspired to be. It has made me more morally conscious\u00a0because\u00a0now I feel I am\u00a0representing not only myself but also an\u00a0Ummah.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I would encourage all the ladies who have been thinking about wearing the\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>just do it<\/b>\u00a0and seek Allah SWT to help guide you through it. Any deed done for purely His pleasure is never wasted. May Allah SWT accept it as a good dead and make it as a means of getting the best in Akhirah, Ameen!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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