What Does My Hijab Means To Me ?

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...
So, World Hijab Day is just around the corner
And so, the Student Representative council of UiTM Terengganu
Decided to promote this World Hijab Day by organising several events.
One of the event is to take a picture with your own slogan about hijab.
And so yesterday, we went for a walk as far as 500 m to the lake wearing our fancy dresses just for the sake of a photoshoot to enter the contest
Unfortunately, the contest ended yesterday, before we even manage to upload our pictures
So, I think I wanna share my pictures here in my blog

Alhamdulillah, 

Have been wearing hijab since the end of 2006 until now

And I don't have plans of removing it

Never ever had the feeling of removing it anyway

Yes, sometimes it's hot, it makes me feel dizzy &  stuffy and all

But I love it, I love how it makes me feel so protected and secure

To be honest, during my primary schooldays

I don't wear the hijab except after mid sem break of primary 6

And at that time, all the ustazs and ustazahs in my school would aim me

They bombarded me with questions... 

"Why don't I wear the hijab to school?" bla..bla..bla

An Ustazah even thought that I didn't wear the tudung because my mom refrained me from doing so

Which is of course not right,

And the curiosity of these Ustazs & Ustazahs became higher

When everytime they ask me questions, I'd just smile with no answer coming out from my mouth

I just don't know what to answer, that's all...

But after I reached my puberty,

I wore the hijab myself, without anyone asking me to do so,

I can still remember the first day I put on my scarf going to public

My dad looked at me and smiled... "Alhamdulillah", he said

Well, my dad is quite a piousner... and I know having 3 daughters sure made him worry

I know he was worried of me getting older but still never even tested the hijab

After the first day of wearing the hijab, I never removed it until now

And Alhamdulillah, same goes to my sisters

Our stories with hijab is similar

Don't practice wearing the hijab before, but after puberty

We decided to make hijab our permanent 'style'.

It is not 'us' that should be praised to

It's our parents, our mum & dad who fed us with sufficient Islamic values

I know some parents would train their children to wear the hijab at such a young age

But different from our parents, they gave us knowledge

They taught us that having to wear the hijab is compulsory when we reach our puberty

They taught us that hijab we need to cover our aurah properly 

They taught us everything we should know

But never ever ever force or ask us to put on the hijab

With the knowledge of the hijab they've given

Alhamdulillah all three of us wears the hijab ourselves after our puberty

This is awkward, having to type puberty like a thousand times..haha

So, what does my hijab means to me?

It means a lot

It means saving my parents & myself from going astray

It means covering my aurah to show my loyalty and faith to the creator

It means protecting myself from danger 

It means sustaining my the beauty given by Allah

Dear sisters out there that haven't yet wear the hijab, come with me. Let's grab Allah's bless by covering ourselves with modest clothes and scarves to cover the hair. Trust me, it won't degrade your beauty :)

Let's wear the hijab :)