I Want To Take Off My Hijab…

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Praise be to Allah. May the peace and blessings of Allah shower upon our Beloved Messenger, his family, companions, and those who follow them.

Dear sister,

Hijab should be worn solely for the sake of Allah. It is good to want to please your family. And it is obligatory to obey your parents in everything halal, including in fulfilling obligations like wearing hijab. But the first and foremost reason you wear hijab is because Allah has commanded it. By wearing hijab, we are not seeking to please our parents, our husbands, or society at large. We are seeking to fulfill the instruction of Allah to believing women that they cover themselves when in public or around non-mahram males.

There is profound wisdom underlying the hijab. There are spiritual, psychological, social, and emotional benefits that come when a woman chooses to put on her hijab out of love for Allah. By removing your hijab, you would be stripping yourself of the immense benefits of wearing it, both tangible and intangible. One of my teachers told me that when a woman wears hijab, it is as if she is wearing a divine shield of protection and mercy. And when she removes that hijab, it is as if she is removing this blessed shield.

You mentioned that you don't feel like you did before. What does this mean? Has something happened in your life that has caused you not to want to wear hijab? I may be wrong, but I feel like you may be experiencing a decrease in your iman, and this has affected how you feel about hijab. Hijab and iman are inextricably linked. I'm not saying that if a sister doesn't wear hijab, she has no iman. What I am saying is that I have seen that when a sister's iman is under attack or under a strain, sometimes the first thing that is affected is her hijab.

Please turn to Allah sincerely in prayer to find out what is most pleasing to Him. Pray Istikhara and ask Allah for guidance in this matter. Look at your life and try to see what may be causing your disinterest in hijab. How is your worship? What is the source of your livelihood? Who are you keeping company with? These are things you may want to consider.

And, last but certainly not least, please seek the counsel of a pious scholar, male or female, who may be able to help you understand what is happening and give you suggestions for strengthening your iman.

Finally, here are some links on SunniPath that may be of benefit to you.

Increasing your iman:

How to Increase Iman

Remaining steadfast in Prayer and strengthening of Iman

Strengthening of faith: when slipping into spiritual sickness…

And Allah knows best. And Allah alone gives success.

Umm Salah