As I board the plane, I look out the window, getting ready for the ride of a lifetime. I know there is something different about this time. For some reason everyone is looking at me, thinking I am different, thinking that I am “the weird one”. I have a…

may Allah(Swt) grant all sisters your strength and the trust you have in Allah(swt), and may he continue to increase you in the good.

We live in a society that is sometimes antithetical to the teachings of Islam, and to go against the “norm” is indeed something radical. But as Muslims, our principals dont go up-and down according to what society deems as “normal.” Every one expects you to assimilate, as if we are a herd of sheep. If one goes one way all the others follow. The funny thing is that these days, it’s normal to show your belly button or your lower butt cheeks in public. That’s the norm. No biggy one might think. But if you look back 40/50 years you’d be considered a prostitute! Shaykh Hamza once said in a talk that the prostitutes of today are upset at the every day American woman. Why? Because they have made it much harder to differentiate from the two while walking down the street!

Dear SISTERS. cover up. cover up for your sake. for your akhira. you will not regret it. you are our sisters and mothers, not a piece of commodity, that once it gets old and raggedy, you throw out.

your beauty is a gift from Allah(swt). In my opinion, women are the most beautiful creatures of Alllah(swt). Us men even sometimes get all weird by any piece of exposed skin! No joke, it’s just how Allah(swt) had made us. And if you’re a guy and you dont get like that, it’s because you’ve been de-sensitized to the every day porn on tv, checkout stand, or billboard.

Perhaps it is why The House of Lords in England installed “modesty curtains” of the second floor since men would start gazing at the ankles of the female participants. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/House_of_Lords.jpg

In conclusion dear sister, keep your head up high and humbled at the same time. Know that this nation has lost it’s ways if they claim to be a follower of Mary, for every picture you see of her she is in hijab.