Haifaa Younis – Why do I need to wear Hijab
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Again, can you explain why we are wearing
hijab?
So immediately come to your mind, this is
probably a woman who is not, but she
said, no, when I get asked, I can't
answer.
I am wearing hijab because I'm told by
Allah.
This statement, it needs to be framed.
And then she said, sometimes I feel, yes,
I understand, but why should we wear modest
and why I need to cover the hair,
specifically the hair?
So let's start by the beginning.
We as Muslims, and I really appreciate what
Sheikh Suleiman has been saying and Dr. Hakim
is saying, is basically, we need to go
to literally to the basics.
I always say this to myself before anyone,
why I am here on this earth?
This is the first question.
Why did he put us here?
What does he want from me, where I
am going?
So why I am here, right, as a
human being, worship Allah, loves Allah, knows Allah,
you all know this.
So come to the hijab.
Number one, he told me.
This is the first line.
He said so.
Qalu samina wa ataana.
They said, we hear and we obey.
And all of us, men and women, brothers
and sisters, we need to get to this
point where the first reason is because he
told me.
And who is he?
Who is he needs a whole lecture, a
whole conference.
Is not anybody else, is not my friend,
is not my neighbor.
Allah subhana wa ta'ala, my creator, my
beloved, the one who gave me everything, the
one who sees me, the one who I
beg him when I need something, the one
who I am gonna stand in front of
him, let alone the one who will decide
where I'm going at the end.
So that's number one.
Number two come, you put it in your
question, the modesty.
I call Islam, of course I have to
bring things from my profession, is a religion
of prevention.
Is not a religion of treatment.
Meaning, in medicine, why did we get the
COVID vaccine?
So we can be here today and we
are not wearing masks.
That's prevention.
Otherwise, we're gonna be still, Allah knows for
how long.
Islam looks at society.
Allah subhana wa ta'ala knows us, knows
what we have.
Fa ilhamaha fujuraha wa taqwaha.
Allah, when he created us, gave us the
ability or not, the inclination to do good
and to do bad.
He knows what our inclination will be.
What's a prevention?
We need, Allah want, when he looks at
us, he wants this earth, his creations, to
live in decency.
To live with a moral conduct.
To live in the way to please him.
To live to flourish this earth.
Coming to the hijab.
Look at the opposite.
And I don't have to explain, look at
society around us.
Where the hijab is even not there.
Modesty is not there.
Again, I'm in the professional world and I
see it every day.
Where are we ending?
Where are we ending?
Right?
And look at the time of Rasulullah, peace
be upon him.
Right?
For 10 years, if not 13 years, there's
only two recorded cases, if not three, of,
and again, la haya'a fid-din, of
intimate relationship outside marriage.
Isn't that amazing?
This is human beings.
They are the same.
Because they had the morality in them and
they know Allah said no.
And all the beginnings and at the end,
as Rasulullah, peace be upon him, said, al
-aynu tazni, wal-udhnu tazni.
The eyes commit zina.
And the ear commit prevention.
Part of the prevention is the dress code
of the woman.
The dress code of the woman.
Allah created us in a way that the
woman is beautiful and the men get attracted
to the woman.
That's natural.
That's his creation.
To save the earth so we can have
children and continue.
And at the same time, he said, don't
show it except in the proper channels.
That's basically what it is.
Hijab is to cover the hair because it's
one of the most beautiful parts of the
woman.
Cover.
I always ask, what will you lose when
you cover your hair?
What will you lose?
Wallahi, nothing.
If anything, respect.
Wallahi alladhi allahu.
Respect.
They look at you as a woman.
They look at you as a human being.
They respect you more.
And why not?
Why not?
I think we need to little bit take
time, pull back.
Don't be influenced by what you are seeing,
all the junk that there outside.
And just think of it.
And enough, Allah told me, I'm pleasing him.
It's protecting me.
I am being more respected.
I can tell you stories from now till
tomorrow morning.
Just do it.
Modest protection, save humanity and save morality.