Assalammualaikum dear readers,
before you start reading, if in the middle of reading my thoughts and it's starting to get bored, please at least read the last 2 parts :)
lately I've been reading, seeing, listening and watching about muslims who did not cover their aurat, specifically, not wearing hijab and dresses sexily as if they don't have any guilt. We know that the aurat for muslimah are not just their hair but their entire body except their face and their palm. But to me, the starting point of covering our aurat properly is by wearing hijab. I'm not sure if you get what I am trying to say but to think logically, when someone wears hijab, she would automatically dresses properly like wearing long pants or skirts instead of shorts and mini skirts. Some of you might disagree but this is my opinion because to me if you are already covering your hair and wrapping your head with shawls and pashmina or whatever which might be uncomfortable for someone who are not used to it, you are definitely ready to cover other parts of your body. Every muslims know that to cover your aurat is an obligatory.
I know I was once a free-haired muslimah. What I meant by that was before this I did not wear hijab and did not cover my aurat. But today I wanna share on how I decided to change and cover my aurat. I frequently read and saw a lot of muslims gave excuses for not covering their aurat by saying "it's not the time yet. when the hidayah come to me, I will change. bla bla bla" THAT EXCUSE IS TOTALLY WRONG FOR ME!
My dear sisters and brothers, to cover your aurat, you MUST FORCE YOURSELF TO DO SO. The hidayah will not come to you if you show no will to change. Some people say, "there's no use forcing ourselves to cover if we are not sincere" idk why but this statement really pisses me off because it's NOT TRUE. From my experience, sincerity comes from forcing myself. I forced my self to cover my aurat. There's just one day when I was like,"that's it. If I keep on waiting. it won't happen. I have to make it happen by myself. it doesn't matter how annoying it's gonna be. Whenever I step out from this house, I must make sure I wear my hijab." and that's how it started, I eventually became sincere, by that I mean, I no longer feel annoyed to cover my aurat and it became a habit which I would automatically do everyday. It turns out that I'm starting to feel very guilty if I did not cover my aurat.
My lovely sisters, me, myself is still not perfect in covering my aurat properly such as wearing socks and handsocks. But what matters the most is covering the big part of it. If YOU, have not yet cover your big part of aurat that is wearing hijab and proper dresses, please do so starting from now on. FORCE YOURSELF TO DO SO. Right now, go and search any hijab you have and any proper clothes you have in your place and try it on! If you are planning to go out after this, wear it STRAIGHTAWAY. If it's hot and uncomfortable, bear with it because any desire to open it and exposing your aurat, it comes from the syaitan. If you follow that desire, you know who you are obeying to instead of Allah who created you. Eventually you will be comfortable with it one fine day. What matters is that you must start it by yourself. two words, FORCE YOURSELF! The sincerity will eventually come.and if YOU, are already wearing hijab. let's together re-evaluate ourselves whether we have properly cover our aurat. Ask ousrselves,"do I still wear tight attire? have I covered my aurat properly? Am I wearing the hijab in a right way? is it okay to wear hijab with big humps on the back of my head? is it okay to pretend I'm a camel? (okay that was a bit exaggerating :p)"
My brothers, you too must cover your aurat especially those who loves to wear shorts. But that's not what I'm actually going to say. Main point is, if you have a mother, sisters, wife, friends, relatives who did not cover their aurat, force them to. Especially your mother, sister and wife. You are a man, you should be a leader. If they are not listening to you, annoy them every freaking day by telling them to cover their aurat. Force them in anyway you are able to. Trust me, they might be annoyed but when they are alone, they will start to think and might eventually change. Some might change just because they are too annoyed and might wear it only if it's in front of you, but to think again, that is actually a good start because a start is the most important step in anything. All it need is a very great push and a great will.
I guess that's all I have to say for now. If you have any opinion, please feel free to leave a comment okay. Thank you for your time.
Assalammualaikum :)