Was-salam,
Det er en god ting at hjælpe sine veninder på den rigtige vej, men man bør altid huske på, at det er op til dem selv i sidste ende. Vi kan dog huske dem i vores anråbelser (du’a) og selv være et godt eksempel.
Modargumenter for argumentet om, at man ikke føler sig klar:
1) Man vil aldrig føle sig 100 % klar! Nogle har den forestilling om, at når
først man har en islamisk personlighed, kan man se på hijab. Når
først man har færdiggjort sin uddannelse, når
først det ene og det andet. Men hvad er det egentlig man har gang i? Man snyder ikke andre end sig selv, og denne form for tankegang er et tegn på Shaytans hvisken. For hvis det var op til Shaytan, skulle vi udskyde alt, selv bønnen, lydighed over for forældre and you name it.
2) Hijab er ét skridt mod målet om den islamiske personlighed og ønsket om at blive en bedre muslim. Allah Den Ophøjede kræver dog ikke af os, at vi er perfekte førend vi tager hijab på, for det er ingen af os. På samme vis er det os ikke påkrævet, at vi er perfekte før vi påbegynder udførelsen af bønnen, fasten osv. Dette ville betyde, at alle vores handlinger ville blive udskudt. Til hvornår? Tja, til vi ligger i graven, idet vi bruger
hele livet på at opnå en vis grad af perfektionisme i alle vores handlinger. Men vi kan aldrig blive deciderede perfekte eller ”klar nok”. Hijab er hvad man gør det til, selvfølgelig, men har man den rette intention, er det ét middel til at blive stærkere i sin tro og således et middel i sig selv til at udføre andre fortrinlige handlinger, der er elsket i Allah syn.
Du kan hjælpe dem ved selv at være et godt eksempel, tag dem evt. med til gode forsamlinger med andre søstre. Og med den rette intention, er det altid en start at gå med løsere tøj, idet Rom heller ikke blev bygget på en dag. Men der er forskel på sådan en person, og en person, der generelt bare udskyder alt og som desuden ikke gør noget for at nå sit såkaldte ønske om at tage hijab på.
Nedenfor er en tankevækkende diskussion om hijab mellem "to" søstre: (det er tanker)
Conversation:
"I'm so tired."
"Tired of what?"
"Of all these people judging me."
"Who judged you?"
"Like that woman, every time I sit with her, she tells me to wear hijab."
"Oh, hijab and music! The mother of all topics!"
"Yeah! I listen to music without hijab...ha-ha!"
"Maybe she was just giving you advice."
"I don't need her advice. I know my religion. Cant she mind her own
business?"
"Maybe you misunderstood. She was just being nice."
"Keeping out of my business, that would be nice..."
"But it's her duty to encourage you do to good."
"Trust me. That was no encouragement. And what do you mean `good`?"
"Well, wearing hijab, that would be a good thing to do."
"Says who?"
"It's in the Qur'an, isn't it?"
"Yes. She did quote me something."
"She said Surah Nur, and other places of the Qur'an."
"Yes, but it's not a big sin anyway. Helping people and praying is more
important."
"True. But big things start with small things."
"That's a good point, but what you wear is not important. What's important
is to have a good healthy heart."
"What you wear is not important?"
"That's what I said."
"Then why do you spend an hour every morning fixing up?"
"What do you mean?"
"You spend money on cosmetics, not to mention all the time you
spend on fixing your hair and low-carb dieting."
"So?"
"So, your appearance IS important."
"No. I said wearing hijab is not an important thing in religion."
"If it's not an important thing in religion, why is it mentioned in the Holy
Qur'an?"
"You know I can't follow all that's in Qur'an."
"You mean God tells you something to do, you disobey and then it's OK?"
"Yes. God is forgiving."
"God is forgiving to those who repent and do not repeat their mistakes."
"Says who?"
"Says the same book that tells you to cover."
"But I don't like hijab, it limits my freedom."
"But the lotions, lipsticks, mascara and other cosmetics set you free?!
Whats your definition of freedom anyway?"
"Freedom is in doing whatever you like to do."
"No. Freedom is in doing the
right thing, not in doing whatever we wish to do."
"Look! I've seen so many people who don't wear hijab and are nice people,
and so many who wear hijab and are bad people."
"So what? There are people who are nice to you but are alcoholic. Should we
all be alcoholics? You made a stupid point."
"I don't want to be an extremist or a fanatic. I'm OK the way I am without
hijab."
"Then you are a secular fanatic. An extremist in disobeying God."
"You don't get it, if I wear hijab, who would marry me?!"
"So all these people with hijab never get married?!"
"Okay! What if I get married and my husband doesn't like it? And wants me to
remove it?"
"What if your husband wants you to go out with him on a bank robbery?!"
"That's irrelevant, bank robbery is a crime."
"Disobeying your Creator is not a crime?"
"But then who would hire me?"
"A company that respects people for who they are."
"Not after 9-11"
"Yes. After 9-11. Don't you know about Hanan who just got into med school?
And the other one, what was her name, the girl who always wore a white
hijabummm"
"Yasmeen?"
"Yes. Yasmeen. She just finished her MBA and is now interning for GE."
"Why do you reduce religion to a piece of cloth anyway?"
"Why do you reduce womanhood to high heals and lipstick colours?"
"You didn't answer my question."
"In fact, I did. Hijab is not just a piece of cloth. It is obeying God in a
difficult environment. It is courage, faith in action, and
true womanhood. But your short sleeves, tight pants..."
"That's called `fashion`, you live in a cave or something? First of all,
hijab was founded by men who wanted to control women."
"Really? I did not know men could control women by hijab."
"Yes. That's what it is."
"What about the women who fight their husbands to wear hijab?
And women in France who are forced to remove their hijab by men? What do you
say about that?"
"Well, that's different."
"What difference? The woman who asked you to wear hijab...she was a woman,
right?"
"Right, but..."
"But fashions that are designed and promoted by male-dominated corporations,
Set you free? Men have no control on exposing women and using them as a
commodity?! Give me a break!"
"Wait, let me finish, I was saying..."
"Saying what? You think that men control women by hijab?"
"Yes."
"Specifically how?"
"By telling women how and what to wear, dummy!"
"Doesn't TV, magazines and movies tell you what to wear, and how to be
`attractive'?"
"Of course, it's fashion."
"Isn't that control? Pressuring you to wear what they want you to wear?"
{Silence}
"Not just controlling you, but also controlling the market."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you are told to look skinny and anorexic like that woman on the
cover of the magazine, by men who design those magazines and sell those
products."
"I don't get it. What does hijab have to do with products?"
"It has everything to do with that. Don't you see? Hijab is a threat to
consumerism, women who spend billions of dollars to look skinny and live by
standards of fashion designed by men...and then here is Islam, saying trash
all that nonsense and focus on your soul, not on your looks, and do not
worry what men think of your looks."
"Like I don't have to buy hijab? Isn't hijab a product?"
"Yes, it is. It is a product that sets you free from male-dominated
consumerism."
"Stop lecturing me! I WILL NOT WEAR HIJAB! It is awkward,
outdated, and totally not suitable for this society ... Moreover; I am only
20 and too young to wear hijab!"
"Fine. Say that to your Lord, when you face Him on Judgment Day."
"Fine."
"Fine."
{Silence}
"Shut up and I don't want to hear more about hijab
niqab
schmijab
Punjab!"
{Silence}
She stared at the mirror, tired of arguing with herself all this time.
Successful enough, she managed to shut the voices in her head, with her own
opinions triumphant in victory on the matter, and a final modern decision
accepted by the society - but rejected by the Faith:
"Yes!" - To curls on the hair - "No!" - To hijab!
"Nay! You prefer the life of this world; while the hereafter is better and
more lasting."
[Holy Quran: 87:16-17]