Top Ten Excuses for not Wearing Hijab

1. I'm not yet convinced of the necessity of the Hij?b...




We then ask this sister two questions.
  1. Is she truly convinced of the correctness of the religion of Isl?m?
    The natural answer is: Yes, she is convinced for she responds "L? il?ha illall?h!" (There is no god but All?h), meaning she is convinced of the aq?dah, and then she says: "Muhammadur ras?lull?h!" (Muhammad [SAW] is the Messenger of All?h), meaning by that that she is convinced of its legislation or law (shar?'ah). Therefore, she is convinced of Isl?m as a belief system and a law by which one governs and rules their life.
  2. Is the hij?b then a part of Isl?mic Law (shar?'ah) and an obligation?
    If this sister is honest and sincere in her intention and has looked into the issue as one who truly wants to know the truth her answer could only be: Yes. For All?h ta'?la, Whose deity (Ul?hiyyah) she believes in has commanded wearing hij?b in His Book (Al-Qur'?n) and the Noble Prophet ('alaihi sal?t wa sal?m) whose message she believes in has commanded wearing the hij?b in his sunnah.

What do we call a person who says they believe in and are content with the correctness of Isl?m but who nonetheless does not do what All?h or His Messenger have ordered? Certainly they can in no way be described as those whom All?h speaks of in this ?yah:
The only saying of the faithful believers when they are called to All?h and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say 'we hear and obey' and such are the successful. [Soorah An-Noor 24:51]
In summary: If this sister is convinced of Isl?m, how then can she not be convinced of its orders?


2. I am convinced of the Isl?mic dress but my mother prevents me from wearing it and if I disobey her I will go to Hell...

The one who has answered this excuse is the most noble of All?h's creation, the Messenger of All?h (sallall?hu 'alaihi wa sallam) in concise and comprehensive words of wisdom: There is no obedience to the created in the disobedience of All?h.[Ahmed]
The status of parents in Isl?m, especially the mother, is a high and elevated one. Indeed All?h ta'?la has combined it with the greatest of matters, worshipping Him and His tawheed, in many ?y?t. He stated: Worship All?h and join none with Him and do good to parents.[Soorah An-Nis? 4:36] Obedience to parents is not limited except in one aspect, and that is if they order to disobedience of All?h. All?h said: But if they strive with you to make you join in worship with Me others that of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not.[Soorah Luqm?n 31:15] The lack of obedience to them in sinfulness does not prevent being good to them and kind treatment of them. All?h said afterward in the same ?yah: But behave with them in the world kindly.
In summary: How can you obey your mother and disobey All?h Who created you and your mother?


3. My position does not allow me to substitute my dress for the Isl?mic dress...

This sister is either one or the other of two types: She is sincere and honest, or she is a slippery liar who desires to make a showy display of her "hij?b" clamouring with colours to be "in line with the times" and expensive.
We will begin with an answer to the honest and sincere sister. Are you unaware my dear sister, that it is not permissible for the Muslim woman to leave her home in any instance unless her clothing meets the conditions of Isl?mic hij?b (Hij?b shar'ee) and it is a duty of every Muslim woman to know what they are? If you have taken the time and effort to learn so many matters of this world how then can you be neglectful of learning those matters which will save you from the punishment of All?h and His anger after death!!! Does All?h not say:
Ask the people of remembrance (i.e. knowledgeable scholars) if you do not know. [Soorah An-Nahl 16:43].
Learn, therefore, the requirements of proper hij?b.
If you must go out, then do not do so without the correct hij?b, seeking the pleasure of All?h and the degradation of Shait?n. That is because the corruption brought about by your going out adorned and "beautified" is far greater than the matter which you deem necessary to go out for.
My dear sister if you are really truthful in your intention and correctly determined you will find a thousands hands of good assisting you and All?h will make the matter easy for you! Is He not the One Who says:And whoever fears All?h and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty) and He will provide him from sources he never could imagine[Soorah At-Tal?q 65:2-3]?
With regards to the 'slippery' one we say: Honor and position is something determined by All?h ta'?la and it is not due to embellishment of clothing and show of colors and keeping up with the trendsetters. It is rather due to obedience to All?h and His Messenger (sallall?hu 'alaihi wa sallam) and holding to the pure law of All?h and correct Isl?mic hij?b. Listen to the words of All?h: Indeed, the most honourable amongst you are those who are the most pious. [Soorah Al-Hujur?t 49:35]
In summary: Do things in the way of seeking All?h's pleasure and entering His Jannah and give less value to the high priced and costly objects and wealth of this world.

4. It is so hot in my country and I can't stand it. How will it be if I wore Hij?b...

All?h gives an example by saying:
Say: The Fire of Hell is more intense in heat if they only understand. [Soorah At-Taubah 9:81]
How can you compare the heat of your land to the heat of the Hellfire?
Know, my sister, that Shait?n has trapped you in one of his feeble ropes to drag you from the heat of this world to the heat of the Hellfire. Free yourself from his net and view the heat of the sun as a favor and not an affliction especially in that it reminds you of the intensity of the punishment of All?h which is many times greater than the heat you now feel. Return to the order of All?h and sacrifice this worldly comfort in the way of following the path of salvation from the Hellfire about which All?h says:
They will neither feel coolness nor have any drink except that of boiling water and the discharge of dirty wounds.[Soorah An-Naba' 78:24-25]
In summary: The Jannah is surrounded by hardships and toil, while Hellfire is surrounded by temptations, lusts and desires.

5. I'm afraid that if I wear the Hij?b,I will put it off at a later time because I have seen so many others do so...

To her I say: If everyone was to apply your logic then they would have left the Deen in its entirety! They would have left off sal?t because some would be afraid of leaving it later. They would have left fasting in Ramadhan because so many are afraid of not doing it later. etc. Haven't you seen how Shait?n has trapped you in his snare again and blocked you from guidance?
All?h ta'?la loves continuous obedience even if it be small or recommended. How about something that is an absolute obligation like wearing hij?b?! The prophet (sallall?hu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: The most beloved deed with All?h is the consistent one though it be little. Why haven't you sought out the causes leading those people to leave off the hij?b so that you can avoid them and work to keep away from them? Why haven't you sought out reasons and causes to affirm truth and guidance until you can hold firm to them?
Among these causes is much supplication to All?h (du'?) to make the heart firm upon the Deen as did the prophet (sallall?hu 'alaihi wa sallam). Also is making sal?t and having mindfulness of it as All?h stated:And seek helpin patience and the prayer and truly it is extremely heavy except for the true believers in All?h who obey All?h with full submission and believe in His promise of Jannah and in His warnings (Al-Kh?shi'oon).[Soorah Al-Baqarah 2:45] Other causes to put one upon guidance and truth is adherence to the laws of Isl?m and one of them is indeed wearing the hij?b. All?h said:
If they had done what they were told, it would have been better for them and would have strengthened their faith. [Soorah Al-Baqarah 2:66]
In summary: If you hold tight to the causes of guidance and taste the sweetness of faith you will not neglect the orders of All?h after having held to them.

6. If I wear the Hij?b, then no one will marry me. So, I'm going to put it off till then...

Any husband, who desires that you be uncovered and adorned in public in defiance of and in disobedience to All?h, is not a worthy husband in the first place. He is a husband who has no feeling to protect what All?h has made inviolable, most notably yourself, and he will not help you in any way to enter Al-Jannah or escape from the Hellfire. A home which is founded upon disobedience to All?h and provocation of His anger is fitting that He decree misery and hardship for it in this life and in the Hereafter. As All?h stated:
But whosoever turns away from My reminder (i.e. neither believes in the Qur'?n nor acts upon its teachings) verily for him is a life of hardship and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection. [Soorah T? H? 20:124]
Marriage is a favour and blessing from All?h to whom He give whom He wills. How many women who wear hij?b (mutahajibah) are in fact married while many who don't aren't? If you were to say that '..my being made-up and uncovered is a means to reach a pure end, namely marriage', a pure goal or end is not attained through impure and corrupt means in Isl?m. If the goal is honourable then it must necessarily be achieved by pure and clean method. We say the rule in Isl?m is: The means are according to the rules of the intended goals.
In summary: There is no blessing in a marriage established upon sinfulness and corruption.

7. I don't wear hij?b based on what All?h says: And proclaim the grace of your Rabb [Soorah Ad-Dhuh? 93:11] How can I cover what All?h has blessed me with of silky soft hair and captivating beauty?

So, this sister of ours adheres to the Book of All?h and its commands as long as they coincide with her personal desires and understanding! She leaves behind those matters when they don't please her. If this was not the case, then why doesn't she follow the ?yah:
And do not show off their adornment except only that which is apparent
[Soorah An-Noor 24:31]
and the statement of All?h Subh?nahu wa Ta'?l?:
Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks all over their bodies [Soorah Al-Ahz?b 33:59]?
With this statement my sister you have now made a shar?'ah (law) for yourself of what All?h ta'?la has strictly forbidden, namely beautification (at-tabarruj) and uncovering (as-suf?r), and the reason: Your lack of wanting to adhere to the order. The greatest blessing or favor that All?h has bestowed upon us is that of Im?n (faith) and hid?yah (guidance) and among them is the Isl?mic hij?b. Why then do you not manifest and talk about this greatest of blessings given to you?
In summary: Is there a greater blessing and favor upon the woman than guidance and hij?b?

8. I know that hij?b is obligatory (w?jib), but I will wear it when All?h guides me to do so...

We ask this sister on what plans or steps she will undertake until she accepts this divine guidance? We know that All?h has in His wisdom made a cause or means for everything. That is why the sick take medicine to regain health, and the traveler rides a vehicle or an animal to reach his destination, and other limitless examples.
Has this sister of ours seriously endeavoured to seek true guidance and exerted the proper means to get it such as: Supplicating All?h sincerely as He stated: Guide us to the Straight Path. [Soorah Al-F?tihah 1:6]; Keeping company with the righteous good sisters - for they are among the best to assist her to guidance and to continue to point her to it until All?h guides her and increases her guidance and inspires her to further guidance and taqw?. She would then adhere to the orders of All?h and wear the hij?b that the believing women are commanded to wear.
In summary: If this sister was really serious about seeking guidance she would have exerted herself by the proper means to get it.

9. It's not time for that yet. I'm still too young for wearing hij?b. I'll do it when I get older and after I make Hajj!

The Angel of Death, my sister, is visiting and waiting at your door for the order of All?h Ta'?la to open it on you at any moment in your life. All?h said: When their term comes, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it and hour (or a moment). [Soorah Al-An'?m 7:34]. Death my sister doesn't discriminate between the young or the old and it may come while you are in this state of great sinfulness disobedience, fighting against the Lord of Honor with your uncovering and shameless adornment. My sister, you should race to obedience along with those others who race to answer the call of All?h tab?raka wa ta'?la:
Race with one another in hastening towards forgiveness from your Lord and Paradise the width whereof is as the width of the heavens and the earth. [Soorah Al-Hadeed 57:21]
Sister, don't forget All?h or He will forget you by turning His mercy away from you in this life and the next. You are forgetting your own soul by not fulfilling the right of your soul to obey All?h and proper worship of Him. All?h stated about the hypocrites (Al-Mun?fiqoon): And be not like those who forgot All?h and He caused them to forget their own selves.[Soorah Al-Hashr 59:19] My sister wear the hij?b in your young age in opposition to the sinful deed because All?h is intense in punishment and will ask you on the Day of Resurrection about your youth and every moment of your life.
In summary: Stop presuming some future expectation in your life will indeed occur!! How can you guarantee your own life until tomorrow?

10. I'm afraid that if I wear Isl?mic clothing that I'll be labelled as belonging to some group or another and I hate partisanship...

My sisters in Isl?m, there are only two parties in Isl?m, and they are both mentioned by All?h Almighty in His Noble Book. The first party is the party of All?h (hizbull?h) that He gives victory to because of their obedience to His commands and staying away from what He has forbidden. The second party is the party of the accursed Shait?n (hizbush-Shait?n) which disobeys the Most Merciful and increase corruption in the earth. When you hold tight to and adhere to the commands of All?h, and among them is wearing the hij?b - you then become a part of the successful party of All?h. When you beautify and display your charms you are riding in the boat of Shait?n and his friends and partners from among the hypocrites and the disbelievers and none worse could there be as friends.
Don't you see how you are running from All?h and to the Shait?n, trading filth for good? Run instead my sister to All?h and follow His way: So flee to All?h (from His Torment to His mercy). Verily I (Muhammad) am a plain Warner to you from Him.[Soorah Adh-Dh?riy?t 51:50] The hij?b is a high form of worship that is not subject to the opinions of people and their orientations and choices because the one who legislated it is the Most Wise Creator.

In summary: In the way of seeking the pleasure of All?h and in hope of His Mercy and success in His Jannah and throw the statements of the devils among people and jinn against the wall! Hold tight to the legislation of All?h by your molars and follow the example of the striving and knowledgeable Mothers of the Believers and the female companions (radiall?hu 'anhum ajma'een).

Conclusion !
Your body is on display in the market of Shait?n seducing the hearts of men. The hairstyles, the tight clothing showing every detail of your figure, the short dresses showing off your legs and feet, the showy, decorative and fragrant clothing all angers the Merciful and pleases the Shait?n. Every day that passes while you are in this condition, distances you further from All?h and brings you closer to Shait?n. Each day curses and anger are directed toward you from the heavens until you repent. Every day brings you closer to the grave and the Angel of Death is ready to capture your soul.
Every soul shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Hellfire and admitted to Al-Jannah, is indeed successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing) [Soorah Ale 'Imr?n 3:185]
Get on the train of repentance my sister, before it passes by your station. Deeply consider my sister, what is happening today before tomorrow comes. Think about it, my sister - now, before it is too late!