The Bookish Hijabi Writes

YOU ARE LOVED! Yes, you read it right! Believe me! My dear sister, who is reading it at this very moment, consider it for yourself.   ( The first addressee is my nafs) You are loved by a secret lover.  Every day and every night, you do not even realize someone is waiting for your repentance. Someone is taking care of every minute thing of you, whether you are aware or not.  Someone loved you yesterday and loves you still. Always have and always will.  We, humans, spend our whole lives searching for true love. Movies, novels, songs, everything revolves around love. But, guess what? You already got a secret lover.  You desire to be loved. Don't you? Yes. Exactly! Every human being wants to be loved.  And when someone is loving you and caring for you, you don't even acknowledge it? While your secret lover is none other than your creator, your sustainer Allah! The king of kings. The creator of the entire world.  It is impossible to overestimate how mu...

 MY HIJAB STORY " I won't let you come with me if you wear this burqa. Understood?" Mrs. Khan fixed her brown furious gaze at the 12-year-old girl who was insistent on wearing a burqaa and beginning Hijab.   After being unable to convince her father, she was trying to persuade her mother. She was pretty sure that her mother would definitely support her. It was none other than her mother who taught her to wear a head scarf at an early age, even with criticism from people.   But, oh no! Her mother's statement was like an arrow from the heavens that sent the earth trembling in terror and shaking her feet.   With faltering steps and a heavy heart, she decided to try the tool of last resort and stood before her Merciful Lord. She prayed to Allah that if you want me to do hijab, then make me steadfast on it from this very day. Help me now. Please!   When she moved her head to the left reciting "Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah", a strong and confident girl woke up ...