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My Hijab Story
salaam,
my story is simple but i thought i'll share it ne wayz.
I am a 13 year old Muslim girl from Pakistan. unfortunately i knew very little abt my deen. my 7th grade teacher sorta forced me to attend this brief Tafseer class in Ramadan over 2 yrs ago. i couldnt refuse so i went. there wz something abt the Quran that made me go again and again. Alhamdullilah. so Ramadan ended and i continued to go to weekly classes. my mom started hijab after that Ramadan. i admired her but didnt want to do it myself. next Ramadan came. i had heard more of the Quran and was beginning to change a bit. i thought id do hijab after school ended cuz i didnt have the guts. then late one night sometime in may 2001 i was talking to a friend and the hijab topic came up. my friend mentioned how it would be great and all. i thought abt it ALL nite and ALL day. finally i decided, no more waiting, this has to happen now....so i thought abt it and decided to do it in the summer. every day i wanted to do it more and more. i remember long duas where i would be close to crying, begging like someone who had nothing, praying for strength. and Allah did help. one day in July i did it. i went downstairs and then saw my family on the dining table and chickened out. next morning i decided NO MORE WAITING. went down n forced myself to keep it on. my dad freaked out. brother bugged me. but i wz Alhamdullilah strong. every comment n stare made me stronger. so since july 19, 2001 every day i have become stronger n inshallah i will always be.
