Your post was hilarious, i simply can’t stop laughing hahaha, your reply to those two people painted the funniest picture in my head, (some people really don’t get it). GREAT ARTICLE mashAllah.

Aalamualaykum

jezakiAllahu khayran

Yes i totally see what you are saying–i did NOT say “Being American Is Being You”. In America you CAN do as you wish, it wont take you to Jannah if you pick haraam over Halal. I was simply saying that the excuse that we should be more “American” and not wear hijab/br. no beards/no niqab is FLAWED because if that is who you are then that is BEING American.

Another thing I get a lot is people here in America automatically assuming you are from another country if you are covered, although most of them have actually been funny like a lady walking up to me in the laundry matt and asked extremely slowly “Do you speak english?” not in the mood for this I responded “No” and turned around, another was a man practically jumped out in front of me in WalMart and said “Welcome to America!” I responded “Gee thanks I don’t think I’ve been told that since I was born here!”

I’m sure also that I’m not the only American hijabi that has an immigrant husband and has gone to INS and instead of asking my husband for his papers they ask me instead, “Why do you want my birth certificate?”

People sometimes just do not think before speak and tend to show a lack of knowledge. Hopefully they will learn from their mistakes *sigh* we will see.

Being American, is being YOU.

Depends. This statement could be very halal and also very haram. Instead of being a good Muslim one could “be themselves” and just hit up a club, because they are “being YOU”.

I’d rather say, Being American, is being completely free to submit to God and if you don’t want to Submit to God, then may God guide you, but it doesn’t make you less American than me nor does it make you more American than me. We’re all Americans but I choose to put my religion first then my citizenship second.

I agree about not indicting or judging. My wife only recently decided to wear the hijab. It came from her own heart, but she herself had the desire to do what Allah wanted. So she researched the matter instead of relying on misinformation or a lack of information or her own logic (minus all of the facts needed to make an informed decision). For the longest time we both believed it was optional, but after my wife researched it, she realized that it was mandatory. No culture and anything else created that. That came from Allah and all of the facts from the Quran and Sunna. If you choose not to wear, that is your choice, but that does not mean it is not obligatory.

As for whether or not hijab is mandatory or not, that’s a different discussion. According to the overwhelming majority of the Muslims scholars, from the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him) until now, hijab is considered obligatory. However, whether someone wears the hijab or not, what binds us together is believing in Allah and the Prophet (peace be upon him), and that bond is greater than any differences that we may have.

“Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from Error; whoever rejects Evil and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah hears and knows all things.” (al-Qur’an 2:256)