Emails and circulations… rights and wrongs. OMG!
Have you ever received any that condemns one adorning hijab? Strange people. Well, I am strange too then… because, in religion I choose to seek answers from the Quran. In fact, it’s a life manual from our Creator.
This one says, to avoid wearing hijab by pinning the neck and look like a priestess.
OK… 
actually, I don’t adorn it that way either. I look awful because I have short and wide neck. Plus I find it troublesome to pin-up, unpin for wudhu then pin-up again. Sheesh!
However, it does look pretty neat to some, a little over to others. Like the one in the first image where they pull it real tight. Not choking.. choked? I wonder!
I am new to adorning hijab myself but did lots of research before I decided to wear it for sure. I needed to understand it, so I have no qualms later as I did before.
A study on this quotes Surah An-Nur (24:31):
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَىٰ عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ ۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
And say to the faithful women to lower their gazes, and to guard their private parts, and not to display their adornment except what is apparent of it, and to extend their head-coverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms (jaybs), and not to display their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk, or what their right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel sexual desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, and not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they hide of their adornments. And turn in repentance to Allah together, O you the faithful, in order that you are successful.
Clear… ?? no indication on fashion but what hijab should cover for sure. Well, read somemore! So I did. What about the hadith then… “Mantasyabbaha biqoumin Fahuwa Minhum” - Whoever resembles a people is one of them.
The scholars explain: the purpose of imitation to the heathen or the Gentiles is specifically prohibited for a pagan or a transgressor of that reflects their identity, such as at the cross (which represents the Christian religion), sickle and hammer (communist symbol), Nazi symbols, the garments of a transgressor (such as the dress/hair styles of Western artists). As for the clothing worn by people regardless of religion and race, such as pants, shirts, coats etc., or of an equality/ similarity by chance as the sight of the robes worn by the scholars and also worn by Christian priests or ‘kupiah’ worn by Muslims and Jews, a head scarf/hijab (which is also worn by Christian women priests), and so on, general similarity or coincidence is not prohibited by the hadith because it is not specific for a particular nature or from those who represent their religious identity. (translated from Uztaz Adnan’s blog)
I believe the hadith applies better to this;
Imam al-Qurthubi said: "If a garment has a specific identity that indicates one as kufr and faasiq, others are forbidden to wear" (Faidhul-Qadier, 6/104).
Once again, we should be clear, specific identity referred to in this Hadith is in matters that are specific to a tribe or religion. If that is not specific to them, then the hadith is not applicable.
In a globalized world, many cultures and customs shared by various parties such as clothing, food, construction and other similarity are non-specific to a particular religion.Thus, we must be-careful in assessing what is special and what is general. Clothing worn by the non-Muslims do not necessarily represent their religion. Similarly with food, architecture and customs; i.e. eating with fork n spoon, chop-sticks or bare hands, wearing jackets, coats or robes. Living according to western or eastern customs is certainly not related to religion. (translated from Uztaz Azri’s blog)
I do agree with this; “whosoever came on this earth since Hazrat Adam up till now, spent his life in accordance with the instructions of Allah, was a Muslim. In other words, in the Ummat gone by, those people who stood by the Ultimate Truth and traversed the righteous path were definitely Muslims, inspite of being Christians, Jews or followers of any other religion. However, as per the terminology of Quran, Islam is the name of the final religion preached by Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) in the sixth century A.D. It was the message of Allah for the entire mankind. (Islam an Introduction)
History supports; The earliest evidence for veiling is an Assyrian legal text dating from the thirteenth century bce, requiring women of clearly defined social status to wear veils, and prohibiting prostitutes and slaves from doing so. The veil thus distinguished respectable women from women who were publicly available, protecting the former from the gaze of men and from their advances. The apostle Paul called upon Christian women to cover their heads, and in the third century, Tertulian recommended that the Christian women of Carthage veil themselves outdoors. Jewish women had covered their hair in public, as an act of modesty, since biblical times. The veiling of women became a feature of Islamic society some time after the Islamic conquests of the eastern Byzantine lands and the domains of the Sassanian empire in the early seventh century. (extracts from Answers.com)
My only hope for putting up this write-up is to open us to another perspective in dealing with the same topic. Please read up from as many source as you can before becoming one of them who seems to enjoy ‘copy paste’ then to spread before checking it out. We are, after all accountable and answerable in the Hereafter before God Almighty for our actions in this world. Please don’t get me wrong… let’s open our minds and ponder.
Reference and excerpts for this write-up: The Hijab as Da’waa, Digital Islamic Library, IslamHouse.com, IslamicAwakening, Minda Tajdid Prof. Dr. Asri, Laman Soal Jawab Uzt. Adnan, DocStoc, Islam an Introduction, Hijab n women of today, Answers.com.
Images from the web. TQ.
This is another that I began experimenting with. Editing. With this digital era, one cannot say ‘No’ to editing images. Especially so if one wants their art work to be ‘seen’. 
Technology, you grow with it or fall into oblivion!
I tried out Photo Pos Pro with this image. What was initially under exposed, I made clear! Wasn’t a waste was it. My first introduction to photo editing was by using Picasa, then Picnik before I dared moved on to this. later I will also try out Photoshop and ACDSee. I know there’s many more out there.. slowly eh!
SOOC!! Editing can take ages, I’ll grow old in no time… 
actually, I don’t adorn it that way either. I look awful because I have short and wide neck. Plus I find it troublesome to pin-up, unpin for wudhu then pin-up again. Sheesh! 
Reference and excerpts for this write-up: 
Images from the web. TQ.
