{"id":1782,"date":"2023-03-20T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainings.icnarelief.org\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2025-02-05T23:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T04:49:07","slug":"my-hijab-story-by-fatima-khan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icnarelief.org\/blog\/my-hijab-story-by-fatima-khan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hijab Story by Fatima Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https:\/\/trainings.icnarelief.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB-Cover-2-680×315-1.png” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”FB-Cover-2-680×315″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” width=”35%” module_alignment=”center”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” admin_label=”About Section” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ background_enable_color=”off” module_alignment=”right” custom_padding=”34px||34px||true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||120px|” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-ce8524f9-91fd-4cce-9ac7-12a8721f2f0e%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.2″ custom_margin=”||50px|” custom_padding=”60px|0px|60px|0px|true|false” border_color_all=”rgba(0,0,0,0.12)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”My Hijab Story by Fatima Khan” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” content_max_width=”1100px” header_level=”h1″ header_font=”||||||||” body_font_size=”18px” header_font_size=”34px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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I did not expect that response, and I was quite taken [back] by her response\u2026I 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

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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

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Alhamdulillah, I still was able to wear the\u00a0<\/span>hijab<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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

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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

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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>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Footer” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-ce8524f9-91fd-4cce-9ac7-12a8721f2f0e%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/trainings.icnarelief.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logo-1.png” title_text=”logo (1)” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ custom_margin=”||15px|” always_center_on_mobile=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ specialty=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”||||||||” header_4_font=”Raleway|700|||||||” header_4_font_size=”22px” header_4_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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