Alhamdulillah, it has been nearly 5 months since I’ve put on the hijab. Many people thought that it was rather a sudden change that I’ve made because the day before I put on the hijab, I was wearing a knee-length sleeveless dress. Some felt that I was too young to put on the hijab and I still should be enjoying my teenage life. Some even said, “It’s such a waste that she has put on the hijab”. And the sad part is, the one who said that is a Muslim himself. But they totally forget that nobody can guarantee them the next second,minute,hour or day to see the world.
I’ve never expected myself to put on the hijab in college. All I remembered were to go out and have fun with my friends, going for parties, dressing up to the latest fashion, fulfilling my dream of becoming a model, starving myself so that I could look like all the stick-thin models out there, being too materialistic… Ahh you just name it.
Alhamdulillah, Allah loves me more that anyone does. He gave me the light and lead me to the right path. Till today, this very second, I can’t stop thanking him for that. Masha’Allah. He sure knows what’s best for us for He is the best of planners.
This 5 months journey has sure been difficult. I nearly gave up because too many people were talking about it. The past kept haunting me. Looking at girls’ pictures showing their long wavy hair and pretty make-up made me felt even more insecure. Then came a sentence knocking some sense into my head; It’s okay not to look good in society’s eyes, as long as you look good in Allah’s eyes.
Verily, with hardship comes ease.
Dad has been always reminding me, “If you’re doing this for the sake of Allah, trust me, He will reward you for it. When you are on His path, you’ll meet really nice and amazing people along the way. So it’s okay for you to feel lonely now and it’s okay if some people have left you. But Allah will never leave you all alone.”
Indeed, dad is right. I’ve met such wonderful people along the way. Definitely some of the wonderful people that I’ve met are from tumblr. Though we are only cyber friends, some people on tumblr really makes me fall in love with Islam every second of my life. The messages that some conveyed through tumblr are just amazing. Masha’Allah. May Allah reward you with goodness, ya ikhwan wa akhwat.
Last but not least, if someone were to ask me what’s the best thing that has happened so far in 2012, I’d reply, making the decision to put on the hijab.
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