Hijab

Bismillah

Nowadays, we are seeing more and more muslimahs embracing the way of life with hijab. It's really good to see that they have been blessed with the hidayah from Allah s.w.t to cover up their aurah.

I have mixed reactions regarding this. Maybe because the concept of proper hijab wearing is already distorted. Or maybe it isn't just that. Maybe it is the concept of covering up one's aurah is distorted.

Muslim women are obligated to cover up themselves except the face and palms. But now we see people only cover up their hair...that is a distorted image. The holy Quran verse clearly says that muslim women should cover themselves up to their chest level, not up to one's neck only.

So who's to blame? The media? Designers? The individual herself?

I, for one, feels that it is up to the individual for the most part. No one can say that hijab wearing is not made known. Hijab is widely publicised, so if one says she is oblivious to the obligation, then that's not entirely plausible. But media also plays a part. The media nowadays just doesn't show the conservative way of wearing your hijab. It shows the 'millennium' way, which personally i feel, just don't cover the aurah the way it is permitted by Islam.

I'm not intending to point fingers at anyone with this post, but i wish to highlight the correct way of hijab wearing. Being fashionable is not wrong, as long as one knows the limits one has to abide.

Wallahu a'lam