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Dress to Impress..

Sunday, January 27, 2013 • 9:12 PM • 0 comments

Assalamualaikum! :)

Here's a question for all

Who here worries about what they look like?

I bet most of us do

Every time we want to go out somewhere

whether it's a grand dinner or simply going shopping

we dig out our entire wardrobe

to search for that perfect clothes

to impress people

It has to be of the right colour,

It has to be of the right pattern,

It has to be of the latest fashion.

It has to be of the right cutting,

If it's something that'll make us look fat,

If it's something that'll make us look short

we would never want to wear it..

Why?

Because it'll make us look bad

people would look at think

"Omg, why is she dressed like that? So ugly!"

and we don't want this thoughts of us

going through other people's head

The type of thought that we want is

"Look at that girl, she looks stunning!"

Normally, people would choose to wear something

that compliments their body shape

skin colour

height

and other criteria that I myself no nothing of..

We would spend hours on hair and make up

to those in Hijab

They would spent hours on Hijab and make up

We want to look good

We want to be seen

We want to be complimented

We want to impress people with our style of clothing

The question is

who is it that we dress to impress?

Our family?

Our friends?

Boys?

Girls?

The whole community?

If these people are our target

then we have strayed far

from the true path....

There's no problem in wanting to look good

But who are we looking good for?

The correct answer is

Allah..

We dress to impress Him

To look good for Him

To look beautiful in His eyes

So that He will love us

for dressing appropriately

for dressing the way that He wants us to dress..

He doesn't care if we look fat

He doesn't care if we look short

He doesn't care if our clothes doesn't match

He doesn't care if we dress not following the latest trend

He just doesn't care of all those stuff..

Rather, He looks at our heart

Our deeds,

Our thoughts,

Our problems,

The only thing that He cares about our

sense of clothing is that

we cover our Aurah..

We wear loose clothes that doesn't show off our body shape

We wear long Hijab to cover our bosom

We wear clothes which doesn't catch the attention of Mahrams..

Why does He forbade us from showing off our body?

because He wants to protect us

and He wants us to be respected

for who we are

rather then what we look like..

It's not as easy as it sounds

some people thinks it's easy to change drastically

from wearing ordinary clothes

to wearing the perfect aurah-covering clothes

Because we, women especially,

are easily attracted to pretty clothes

that at one point they won't even care

if it's proper or not..

Even I, just started noticing how tight my clothes are

and how my Hijab is too transparent and short..

But I can't just throw away everything I own

to buy a whole new set of proper clothing

So. right now I'm improvising

I still wear my usual clothes but with different type of Hijab

because Hijabs are cheaper to but buy compared to clothes..

and I started making me Hijab long and loose,

covering up most part of my body

so that the clothes I wear underneath

doesn't seem as tight as it should be..

I told my sister about this and later she said

"betul la mu kato, paka baju tok senonoh pun nampok senonoh bilo pakai tdung labuh"

>.< hehe

Why did I tell her this?

Because she has been fussing about

how all her clothes are not proper

and that she wants new clothes..

As an alternative to buying new clothes all at once

try wearing long Hijabs

It doesn't perfectly cover our Aurah but it's better..

I'm not consistent, but I'm improving :)

If you want to impress Allah,

Just cover you Aurah,

and you'll be beautiful

in His eyes~

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