Reflections- Hijab

What is the first thing that comes to your mind about hijab and the person who wears it?

An extremist?
A religious symbol?
A bit to hard on yourself?
A religion being hard on girls depriving them of their right of freedom?

Some people just wonder what exactly it is.So let me explain my personal view about hijab.

Hijab for me is a sign of purity and the way to preserve our beauty and purity for only one man. We wait all our lives till we find that one guy which Allah the Almighty has chosen for us. What a beautiful and refreshing feeling! Allah has made things easy for us by blessing us with the gift of hijab and by helping us follow the steps of how we can secure our inner and outer beauty which prevents us from being harassed and manipulated by society.

Wearing hijab enables one to do anything one likes as it is a medium to move about in a respected circle. Allah has made things easier for us and that is why  women are given a high rank due to the desires they control for the sake of Allah.

Allah says: “He has not laid upon you in religion any hardship.” (Al-Hajj: 78)

“Allah wishes to lighten the burden for you; for certainly man has been created weak!” (An-Nisa’: 28)

Muslim women observe hijab (covering the head and the body) because Allah has told them to do so.

“Prophet, tell your wives and daughters and the believing women to draw their outer garments around them (when they go out or are among men). That is better in order that they may be known (to be Muslims) and not annoyed.” (Al-Ahzab:59)

This clearly shows us that by wearing hijab we are given an identity. Just ask those who do not have an identity - they are like a soul without a shadow.

Hijab is not merely a dress that covers but more importantly, it is behavior, manners, speech and appearance in public. Dress is only one aspect of the total being and it also includes the hijab of the heart and the tongue which make you praise Allah, hands which make you give charity, feet which make you walk
to the mosque, and above all intentions on which all your deeds depend.

If you wear hijab and do things which are prohibited then you will surely be deprived of your reward in the Hereafter. Let us just think on the bases that this world in temporary and the permanent world is yet to come, so why should we waste our time contemplating issues that Allah has made so clear and simple for us to follow?

May Allah make us understand the role we are to play in this world, the transient nature of life, and the blessings of Divine guidance.