Mufti Menk – The Pressure of Society

			If you take a look at a lot
		

			of what's happening on the globe, like I
		

			said, life is reduced to entertainment.
		

			The clothing,
		

			we are affected by the advertising, the aggressive
		

			media,
		

			and the social networking,
		

			and the norms of society have put so
		

			much pressure on us, that we will not
		

			come out of the home with hijab.
		

			Why? Because society will frown upon us. Who
		

			is being forced?
		

			Who is being forced? And how are they
		

			being forced? Who is the good Muslim here?
		

			May Allah
		

			make us vehicles of promoting goodness.
		

			My sisters,
		

			you know, one of the sisters in the
		

			United States introduced something known as World Hijab
		

			Day. And to be honest with you, the
		

			success of it has been such,
		

			that people who have not worn hijab, and
		

			even the non muslims.
		

			They have a day in February sometime when
		

			they donned the hijab. SubhanAllah. I'm not sure
		

			of the exact month, but I think it
		

			was February.
		

			And they put on something in solidarity
		

			with those who are in hijab.
		

			They tell you that the comfort we feel,
		

			the goodness, the respect we get is amazing.
		

			We are not judged by
		

			the hair we have. Perhaps,
		

			you know, the type of shape we have,
		

			and so on. Because
		

			believe me my mothers and sisters, you know,
		

			when a person is in love with your
		

			heart, and your character and conduct, and your
		

			closeness to the Almighty,
		

			their love will only increase as the days
		

			pass. Because that,
		

			everyone of us, as we become older, we
		

			start scratching our heads and thinking about the
		

			meeting with
		

			Allah So it makes us a little bit
		

			better in terms of people.
		

			But,
		

			the shape that we have, the complexion we
		

			have, the wrinkle less face that we have,
		

			every one of those things
		

			begins to disappear as time passes. Have you
		

			noticed that?
		

			As
		

			smart as you looked when you were young,
		

			now that you are 75 years old, masha
		

			Allah. You might people might say, in her
		

			days, she must have been a looker.
		

			Have you heard that? In her days, she
		

			must have been a looker. And sometimes you
		

			get 75 year old people coming about with
		

			all these photographs telling you, look what I
		

			look like when I was 20. And the
		

			smile is so broad, my sister, you are
		

			no longer 20.
		

			You cannot tell a man, marry my photo.
		

			No.
		

			May Allah
		

			grant us goodness.