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| Feeling alone |
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| Fatimah |
| 09/07/03 at 18:34:21 |
| Salam alaikum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatu, Im staying with my non muslim family right now and I feel sooooooo alone. Even when I do get to see the Muslims in my community, I still feel isolated from Muslims. I dont know if its because the big difference between here in the US and Egypt.. or if its just because Im staying in a Christian environment.. but im sad. I miss having my own computer so I can keep in touch with my sisters and brothers all over the world. Yah Allah. I miss hearing the athan. I miss having things around me that remind me of Islam. I hate being stared at because of my hijab. In Egypt I felt so beautiful with my hijab on, but here I see all the kafir women who are dressed up and I feel ugly. Autho bilah. Ive been reading a lot of Quran and trying to keep my eman strong, but I just feel so alone.. InshaAllah when I get my own place in a couple months things will be better, I hope. Yah Allah. Any advice? How do you deal with living with non muslims? How do you take the little comments made against your faith? How do you react when your mother tries to make dawah to you and you hate it..? Yah Allah |
| Re: Feeling alone |
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| Fozia |
| 09/09/03 at 06:35:36 |
| [slm] When we come back here from visiting in-laws (they're mostly in Dubai), the thing I miss most is hearing the Adhan, I'd give everything to live somewhere I could hear the Adhan...*insert nostalgic sighing icon* I've never felt ugly for wearing a hijab though that's a new one to me, I personally think a girl in Hijab is very beautiful, but hey I'm biased. The girls where I live are done up to the nines as well, I find it amusing that some women must get up sooo early just to iron their hair flat for the school run gimme an extra hours sleep any day of the month. I shouldn't think people are staring because you're ugly at all, more because of the novelty factor. Sounds to me like their aren't many hijabi's around so they look at you out of curiousity, could be a good Dawah opp. When I was very little I think about 10 or 11, I used to notice people stared at me too, so being your typical 10 year old I'd ummm pull hideous faces at them :-[ I wouldn't reccomend it past the age of 10 though.... Wasalaam |
| Re: Feeling alone |
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| Luminous |
| 09/09/03 at 13:50:16 |
| Salaam, This may not sound like the greatest advice and I know it is hard, but be patient with your mom when she tries to make Dawah to you. Just remeber Allah (swt). By you being with them you are giving them a great deal of Dawah. As far as the Kafir staring at you in the hijab. I've been through it too, but I look at it this way they are not staring think ing how ugly we are but looking at how beautiful we are. Did you ever notice that every sister in a hijab looks mashallah so beautiful. Here they have to spend hours getting themselves ready with make up and hair product before they leave their houses. And them here we come along dressed modestly, our hair covered. It makes them wonder. Be proud of who you are sister, hold your head high. Don't let them make you think otherwise. I hope that inshallah everything works out for you. Wasalaam :-) |
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