Spanish style hijab....
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Doesn't this look good? The girl with the brown hijab on brown is my oldest....she's 14 and can really do her scarf beautifully. The other picture of the beige and turquoise scarf is my niece. My 14 yr old also did her scarf for her. She's quite talented and enjoys wearing her scarf in interesting ways. This particular style is called "spanish". My only rules with hijab is that her neck and ears have to be covered. Some of the more provocative spanish styles leave the ears out and neck showing. Sometimes my daughters wear hats on top of their scarves and you know what? I really don't mind. They are at the age when they want to look fashionable and present style. I know she'll slow this down in her own way....but for now....it's just fine...... So if you'd like instructions on how to do this sort of scarf, send me a comment...maybe I could do a step by step instruction post......
posted by Safa at 11:50 AM
35 Comments:
I would love to learn! How creative and beautiful.
1:59 PM
MashaAllah, I think it's great that you are letting them show their sense of style. It's within the brackets of islamic dress and yes, you are being realistic taking into accound their age.
2:24 PM
oh gawd... that scarf is too much work!!! (and too much scarf!) The big fasion everywhere is the wear two or more scarves and that would just drive me insane... I can't stand one.
That being said, it does look cute, if overpinned on.
3:56 PM
Masha'Allah thats really cute!
4:09 PM
(waving hands wildly)Me! Me! I want the recipeee!
So beautiful Safa.......your daughter is very talented, and beautiful too!
4:38 PM
Masha'allaah! Love it.
I love those MBC4 commercials w/the spunky girls in cool modest clothes!
I posted some instructions on my 'dead' blog a while back...
7:12 PM
Magnificent! They are quite lovely styles.
7:15 PM
salaam alaikum
i love love love love love it!
take care of yourself safa. i check up on you morning and night... you and your family are in my du'a...
jilbabbster
7:37 PM
As-salaamu 'alaikum
Oooooh, funky! Very cool!
I wear my hijaab very simply... the Pashmina wrap-around ones... mostly 'cuz I don't like to bother much with my stuff (I like to be able to throw it on and whip it off at a moment's notice), and also 'cuz my parents don't think that hijaab should be 'fashionable'. *Makes a face* Oh well...
But tell your daughter for me - from one teen to another - that she looks very spiffy and I hope she'll become a hijaab-design specialist (or something)! ;)
8:30 PM
Personally, I'm a throw on and go sort of person, and like to keep my hijab simple. Usually just wearing bandana's underneath. My daughter is preparing the step by step instructions and we'll post them soon......
1:32 AM
Personally, I think its just to let them dress up as much as they want inside the house, but is it really sending a great message to say 'yeh dress up your hijab outside the house too'. I mean technically speaking, when yur older, your 'need' to cover is actually less than when yur right in the thick and thin of youth which is when people notice you.
I understand that you don't want to be 'strict' with them given their age, but you also have to teach them in a wise way that hijab is something you cover your beauty WITH, not BEAUTIFY. But I do think that in that case, there has to be viable alternatives for them to express their sense of style: girls parties once a month? etc etc.
By the way..anonymouse..its not your parents who think that the scarf should be simple..its actually Allah swt.
Im sorry I don't mean to be sounding 'strict' but this is quite clear cut in the Quran :0/ and i felt kinda weird about what the other comments said so i felt i should pipe in :-)
4:01 AM
That looks really cool I want to learn...wow.....Mash'Allah it looks nice I like the one on your niece the best!
5:37 AM
assalaamalikum,
This is nice,masha allah!My daughter 11 yrs likes it very much.But I am a "scarf-nerd".So I am waiting for the instructions.
7:29 AM
Salam alaikoum
All i can do are Al Amirahs...if I put a shayla or a one piece i get a migraine. I wore a "real scarf" for my weddings (the fatihah and the mayor's office in France). That is so pretty tho macha Allah, I Like Scarves On Other People.
7:45 AM
Please, please, please - would be nice to be able to 'dress up' - although I must admit - will likely need to have someone actually show me - as I am really dumb when it comes to written instructions.
10:27 AM
Assalamu Aleikum wa Rahmatulahi wa Barakatuhu,
Wow, so young and she wears hijab. That is good, Where I live, it is hard pressed to get the adults to cover. Not the reverts mind you, the Arab sisters and the Pakistanis sisters don't cover.
Since I reverted as an adult, I didn't cover as a young kid.
My daughter loves to wear the hijab and she's only 6 years old but she takes it off as well.
I once was told that when my daughter was two years old that I had to cover her legs! I was shocked, upset, and horrified. Needless to say, that same sister apologized to me later on.
12:54 PM
Salaam;
The scarves are beautiful, masha'Allah. I don't have the patience or the time for that sort of thing, but please do put up the instructions...maybe one day, insha'Allah! :)
Does Anonymous remember being a teenager? I don't know if Anon is a man or a woman, but surely if Anon is a woman, Anon remembers that being a teenaged girl isn't the easiest thing in the world to live through. It isn't just a want-to-be-trendy, it can actually be more of a need-to-be-trendy. I think, Safa, that you have struck a very fair compromise with your daughter on this matter. And isn't this sort of thing *very* popular right now? I'd think she'd stick out more if she wasn't wearing her hijab fashionably. It's just a thought.
4:47 PM
Oh, don't get me wrong.....I agree with anonymous. She's gently reminding us that the ultimate purpose of hijab is to cover our beauty and she's absolutely right. Here in Egypt you can see outrageous styles for hijab!!
I suppose that since living in Egypt, I've become more leniant on hijab rules for my girls.....where I don't mind them wearing them in interesting manners, as long as it covers the basics of my rules. They do realize that my own style of simple hijab is a better example. And yet, I don't enforce that. Possibly because that in Egypt, their own style is quite common....another reason is that my younger daughter is only 12, and islamically, doesn't have to be wearing it, the 14 yr old has been wearing it for a couple of years, but only HAD to since Sept.
May Allah forgive me if I'm allowing them to do something not totally within the confines of islam. Ameen.
1:58 AM
Does it really say that the hijab is to cover female beauty? Which hadith is that?
8:33 AM
I was just wondering, if one of your girls didn`t want to wear the hijab, how would you respond to that?
9:07 AM
Asalmalaykom,
LOL at the outrageous styles of hejabs from Egypt! I'll never get over the belly-dancer look the baby's daddy's ex was able to acheive. She probably caught more looks for it than if she was uncovered.
Your daughter's style is in keeping with modesty, in my opinion. It is, of course, what she does with her actions that is as important. Hejab is not just a covering with fabric, but with attitude. :)
Love to her!
9:17 AM
Salaam;
I really don't think it's an issue of being wrong or right about this -- I think the main thing here is remember that we are dealing with a teenaged girl. That's a really difficult time of life.
She should wear hijab and alhumdillah she does. But she's still just a girl, and being trendy is really attractive to her. I think that to push her to be simple and plain could push her away from hijab -- so that it is better to be trendy with the pretty scarf designs than to rebel against the scarf altogether. I really think the compromise you have with her is the best solution, masha'Allah. She is blessed to have a mother who understands her need to be an individual while helping her keep within the limits of Islam. Alhumdillah. :)
11:43 AM
Quran
and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husband's sons, their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex
3:41 PM
I just loved it.. Specialy the one on your duaghter.. Cantw ait for the instructions..
& interesting debate on the Hijab here.. Its hard to know for SURE what is right or wrong on this matter, but we can always pray for Allah to guide us to the right way and forgive us.
11:45 PM
Assalamu Aleikum wa rahmatulahi wa Barakatuhu,
I think "adornment" here means physical beauty, which is why we cover up.
What about the dress of the dress of the Pakistani and Indian Muslims? The Shalwar kameez is definately colorful and bright. Is this not allowed? Some would say no, except even the most pious sister's in the Muslim world wear wear this sort of clothing.
Sisters in some African countries wear colorful fabrics as well.
My point is, is the "deabte" about color in our outfits, or the fact that tehre was a bun in back?
I am confused.
12:10 PM
Kafira.......the chances of that happening are SUPER SLIM. I'm raising my girls in a muslim country where most of the young girls wear hijab, including most of their own cousins.
But besides that.....honestly? As long as she wasn't menstruating, I'd let her wait. But as soon as she became a "woman" and accountable for her own acts, I'd encourage....dare I say.....force her to follow the rules.
I realize that I've left myself open here where I say that she's accountable, and then I take responsibility for it....where in fact, if she's accountable, then she should take her own responsibility.
But all that aside........I don't have this problem and neither do I have to consider it.....alhamdulillah. Dissect my comment....go ahead......it's a good issue for others to consider....
12:49 PM
When I go to Egypt YOUR daughter will ahev to teach mine how to do this. SHE saw it and LOVED IT!!!!
4:45 AM
Nah, I am not getting you into an argument Safa, was just curious. Am again. Did your parents force you to adhere to any religious afflictions of theirs when you were underage?
2:22 PM
Hmmmmm........sometimes I feel like I should handle you carefully.....cuz if you didn't pick the last comment to rag on me....then maybe you still are looking? LOLOL!!!
Okay...did my parents force me to adhere to any religious afflictions......I didn't come from a "religious" family. My father was a Roman Catholic, who never attended church. My mother was a native indian spiritualist, banned from Native ceremonies for marrying a white man.
My mom practiced things on her own, and often imposed her religious beliefs upon me.....certain things, certain times. But she broke her own rules more often than not.
But I can't compare my children, being raised among muslims, to myself, being raised in a soup pot of religions......it just doesn't add up.
I escaped pretty freely where religious beliefs were concerned. I started going to church when I was 8 yrs old.....I attended alone. I washed the church on Weds, scrubbing floors and tidying things.....why? Because I wanted to...I thought it would bring me closer to God. I called the synagogue, wanting to be a jew....I needed religious direction and actively looked for it. Until I found Islam.
You know what my mom says? She says that by moving to Egypt, I've taken the "choices" away from my girls. Specifically mentioning the "choice" of religion. I was surprised by this comment, but I can see where she's coming from.
Did your parents force you with religion, Kafira? You've mentioned before that Islam was yours for a time......was it ur own choice?
3:39 PM
No no again Safa, at ease, not stacking you up for a lengthy debate on hijab, I promise, just picking your brain on something that interest me. Just simply curioius and pondering this issue of women who chose a religion so far from most of their parents, how they themselves impose on their children their adopted religion. As HA can tell, on her first encounter with egyptian women, they had no knowledge of tying a hidjab. Egyptian women were the first ones to throw the hidjab as well. I forgot the occation, it was in the aftermath of some huge conference I think. So the fact that you raise them in Egypt does not make you immune to youth and feminist-rebellion of your girls at one point, from one or several. Just curious how you would handle that, mentally and on hand. I can`t ask on islamway, it will blow my cover..;-)
Since you chose something so far from your parents, and the going ons in your family, there is quite the slight chance of biological/social rebellion.
I was never a muslim and never stated so, you must confuse me with someone else. Islam turned me off from the minute I started to read about it. I was positive on the outset, completely disgusted once I had grabbed the consept. I quickly grasped I was a Kafira and went on to reject the proposal of a very dear muslim man on this ground. Took me two years to knock it into his head that he could not marry a kafira. He apostizised later.
I myself was sent to sundayschool so my mum and dad could sleep in every secound sunday. Thats it. I collected sticker-stars and glossy angels, just hanging in there so I could put on my knife and lie in ambush of the local cowboys after, I was a self-proclaimed indian, my villages only, but I could hold my own tipi...;-) I later went to the catholic church, as all the adults assured me there was a god, and catholic church is pretty, but the padre could after a good 6 months inform me that I was an atheist. Headed over to the library, and he was right, gosh darn it. Wish I could be a jew though, but aint got the nose nor the faith.
How would you react if your daughters chose to be of another path then you? Given it any though, totally understand if you have other things on your mind, but since you have moved on from MM to Mercedes, and with this post, I found it an interesting ponder and opportunity to ask you. Sure everyone else is further up on the page or tremblingly waiting HA`s next chapter...
5:32 PM
Assalamualaikkum SAFA,
It is interesting to read your blog. I reached here while searching for Egyptian or Arab way of wearing scarf. Am an Indian living in Dubai.
1:59 AM
Assalamu alaikkum Safa,
I had posted my comment earlier but couldn't see. I reached her while searching for the instructions for wearing hijab. You are a very good mother.
9:17 AM
hi
its so noce readin ur profile i was just wondering if you could show more styles of the hijab new deigns of how to wear it
tank you if you could do that that will be great
bi
5:34 PM
how did your cousin did the first style? i mean i really don't understand how that work!! I wish i could learn from ur cousin! :(
9:16 PM
Salaam,
I am hoping and praying that Insha Allah yer daughter will hwlpinh us muslim sisters out by sharing her talent for wearing the hijab so beautifully
:)
3:07 AM
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