face covers

ummsaleh wrote: Salam Sisters, It's been a long time ( almost a year) since I posted. Someone donated face covers to me to send to the States for muslim sisters. I would like to send them to a muslim center. Can anyone help?

Bismillah,

Initially, I thought I would connect her with some sisters in a mosque I am familiar with, but then I changed my mind.  We had pmd each other.  I was responding to this and saying why I decided not to help.  I do not want to contribute to the promotion of wearing face veils. 

This is part of a movement to get woment to wear face veils, obviously.  Come on guys!  You can see conspiracy in everything political and don't realize that someone (the veil contributor, not you Sister) figured that if they give away free face veils that more women might wear them?  So I don't want to see that happen and I have every right to state that I feel this way.

Previously on IC I stated my opinion for the sisters in, where was that, Holland? that if they want to wear it, they can.  But I absolutely agree with Jenni that many women wear it that don't want to, and I again refuse to support that.

Peace

Bismillah irrahman irrahim

Assalamu alaikum

i am sure sister you would remember the kalimah of bilal (ra) when he was dragged on the hot sand yeah 'ahad ahad' same bilal about whom Sayyidina Muhammad (saw) said he (saw) heard footsteps of in the jannah (im writting it in reference to hijab not niqaab because the first is fard while niqaab is not) and even though it is allowed to hide your faith if you fear prosecution bilal (ra) didn't but i guess thats why he was chosen to be a companion, but at same time i recently read a hadith which states that a believer should not humiliate himself and sahabah (ra) asked Sayyidina Muhammad (saw) and how do we humiliate ourselves and Sayyidina Muhammad (saw) said, by takin on more than you can bear.  so sis your situation is between you and your Lord, saying that best is still best even if it is not reachable for you

wassalam

Bismillah irrahman irrahim

Assalamu alaikum

sis i know, its mojority of muslims' life story, we have to take it in because we say 'la ilaha illallah', but no one is saying that we should be the ones in the front taking all, sis Allah swt says that every soul shall bear its own burden. covering ourselves up is our duty, its fard on us now even if our husband says that u cant do hijab, we can plainly say sorry but there is no obedience to creation in contrast with what the Creator has ordered, now alhamdulillah Allah swt has made us a nation which enjoins good and forbids evil, sis niqaab is not a fard but it is a husanah for whoever can find it in herself to do it, so if some1 is encouraging others then what is better than inviting some1 to best, if we don't think that its good for our particular situation than thats fine because only Allah swt has made this religion easy for individuals by giving options but we should not discourage other people because we don't know bout other people's situations. 

i hope sis ummsaleh and moderators don't mind me going off the topic for a bit, sis i have a feeling that people specially men who make rules which in their totality are not what Allah swt has ordered, have pushed you slightly away, i know there are some tough rulings for women, a hadith proves it in which Sayyidina Muhammad (saw) has said to men to treat their women nicely because some times they feel like enslaved.  there are quite few things i cant understand but you know what i do, i remember times when Allah swt has bestowed a favour on me when i least deserved it, i know few years back i was sining, was like any other teenager in the west and alhamdulillahe a'dada kule khalqehi that i came out of it, i know i never done anything to deserve the hidaya but its a blessing, and the way Allah swt blessed me with the knowledge of His deen in small amounts, only what i can take, little duas here n there, a blissfull life, a knowing heart, sis just think of the things, the blessings in your life, know that when He is so Merciful in these things how could have He made rules which were not good for you, and if you think that men have somehow changed their shape then how going away from Allah swt's laws help the matter, you angry with people, Allah swt gets angry with people who change His laws and then claim it to be God's. So go towards him for help.

now about brothers making their wife wear a niqaab, sis u must have read the hadith in which Sayyidina Muhammad (saw) said that if sajood were allowed for anyone besides Allah swt it would have been for husbands from their wives for amount of rights they got over them.  now it is not bad to want your partner to perform the best deeds, im sure many sisters like me would want their husbands to have a beard even if it is a sunnah, i know my sister does every thing to make her husband go to mosque five times and also other things. im sure mostly brothers do care about their awrah covered properly, but even if they don't, we cant stop performing our faraid because they don't cos at end of day we are only accountable for our own act.

wassalam

fatima wrote: Bismillah irrahman irrahim Assalamu alaikum just a little story from the life of Sayyidina Muhammad (saw). [P�I want to leave you with�a beautifull hadith in�which Sayyidina Muhammad (saw) said that this religion started with strangers and at the end of times it will be again for strangers. wassalam

i thougt being strange is not the important aim of muslims.
i think if smb is keen to be strange, be strange by making good for people expecting from them nothing. thus you be a muslim, and good. or there are so many strangers who knows why they are starnge, because of some deseases or fanaticism?
oh ya, everything our predecessors did or said in times of our Prophet are surely good for muslims, but i think, to explain smb islam first the appearance should be acceptable by those who are going to listen to you. we muslims know that predecessors weren't extremists, but do nonmuslims of our time know it?

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