Lauren Booth – You Have Been Lied To – Hijab Truth Will Shock You

			Dear sister, you know, you should wear the hijab, but you think you have strong reasons not to
write. Okay, let's clear away the noise. top searches in Google are loaded with content which exist
solely to create confusion about the beautiful obligation for believing women to cover ourselves in
a specific way. Who is making all this noise? And how do we Muslim women cope with something that
will affect all our time outside the home? A little bit of digging shows that a network of academics
and organizations committed to secular democracy are pushing an agenda of confusion relating to
hijab, and other elements of our faith. I know it's hard to navigate this online attack, it really
		

			is a minefield out there. And this makes it easy to be put off wearing the scarf and difficult to
know who to ask. But taking time to understand this way of life, and its expectations and parameters
is absolutely essential, and you should not be put off why? For the benefit of your own soul. So
where do we find sound guidance of the kind which will ultimately lead us to our desired
destination? Allah's pleasure? Well, let me ask you this, would you go to a motor salesman to buy a
bicycle, or a butchers for vegan ingredients? Western academia, or social media for that matter, are
not the spaces to begin your voyage. The navigators to the great truths of Islam must be those who
		

			have previously or are currently traveling the route of belief. Here's an easy exercise to give us
some clarity. Go to Google Now if you like and type in female scholar of Islam, not female lecturers
or influencers please, scholars now take a look at the photos. Here are some of the names that came
up on my search from the list offering real advice on all aspects of life as a Muslim woman,
including what ally expects of us in terms of modesty. The esteemed learned women on the list
include or stanza, Mary and the mere answer Tamra gray will stanza Yasmin Majapahit Shekar Fatima
Baca Tula Dr. Ingrid Mattson shaker Aisha prime. So how many of these respected female scholars do
		

			not wear hijab? The Hanser unsurprisingly is zero. And who do I learn it sisters take their teaching
from who are their examples? Are they guided by Harvard professors or Instagram influencers? Their
leaders, our leaders as Muslim women are Fatima, daughter of the Prophet peace be upon him. Aisha
may Allah be pleased with her his beloved wife called Mother of the Believers and the righteous
women who down the generations of 1400 years since then have all guess what covered themselves for
one reason alone, the pleasure of Allah to Allah. Be careful when asking information on the Holy
Quran and our Prophet Muhammad peace upon him from those who are not there to guide you to success
		

			in faith. Islam is in the doing the actions not merely the thinking, but you know what? I hear you,
hijab is a big commitment. It's a huge external signpost of what we believe and it's there for
everyone to see and judge but no, this being beautiful in the eyes of others will never feel as good
as being special in the eyes of our Lord. Allah to Allah says, Oh Prophet, tell your wives and your
daughters and the women of the believers to lower over themselves a portion of their jewel Babs that
is more suitable that they will be known and not be harmed, and ever is Allah forgiving and
merciful. Focus on learning from authentic sources and scholars of the past and from today, and my
		

			sister on this new path know this, because shaytan will never whisper this to you. It is so
thrilling to give something up or to take something on for Allah to Allah how empowering it is to
subdue the cause of our lower self because we seek His pleasure alone. Looking around for excuses
not to wear hijab is tempting. Shaytan wants us to go fatwah shopping. As Muslims. Our faith affects
our lives far beyond the walls of the mosque or the corners of the prayer mat. Islam is our daily
routine from when we wake up and pray Fajr to the final prayer before sleep, it's endorsements
affect our interactions choice of food past times, social venues, friendship groups. Modesty is an
		

			important part of this beautiful and complex layering of ethics which applies to a way of being very
different. Yes different from social media culture with its Twitter trolls and tick tock addictions.
Studies show that the less Western women wear if the flesh they show is considered appealing to men
in power of course
		

			us the more they can get paid Allah to Allah spares us that humiliation I want to read you now
something by answer Tamra great from her article lien in our feminist manifesto and I linked to it
below. She says like a sports team, we recognize each other. Like an ethnic background we feel
comfortable with each other, like a flag held high in the field of battle. We bravely go out every
day in every country of the world, and represent our Prophet peace upon him. Our religion, we
represent our men who too often blend into the background. And we represent our hurting women who
need our activism we represent any woman of faith, unsure how to outwardly express her conviction, a
		

			job like all acts of duty comes down to putting the good opinion of Allah to Allah, above human
beings, seeking His love asking for His Mercy thriving because of his pleasure with us. My message
to you, my dear sister is wear the scarf that you may know