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Wednesday 9 January 2013

fashion-how much is too much?

Assalamualaikum and a very good day dear readers. *it's raining here in Kelantan, but i still wish you a good day ahead* this time, i would like to discuss something that has been on my mind for some time now. as a Muslim, we are taught by the Holy Quran and the Prophet to be very modest in everything we do. this modesty includes dressing up, which is part of fashion. *and, i personally love fashion*

whoever we are, we sure put on some clothes when you step outside our house. and as we step into the world, people starts to look at us. right? we see what others wear on the streets and so do they. they look at us and what we wear, and they think about the outfit we put on. as a girl, i can't help but to see what my friends wear for the class that day. and f it's something really nice and i like, i'd compliment her or him. 
and others would do the same to me.
it all seem like a happy world up there right? the thing is, as a good Muslim, you practice the teachings of Islam in your daily life. and as i state earlier, Islam taught us in being modest in dressing up. according to the teachings of Islam, a girl especially should not wear clothes that can attract boys to look at them. now, here's the problem.
how do we know what kind of clothes boys get attracted to?
in my opinion, the one thing that makes a boy turn around of stare longer at a girl is if she wears clothes that reveals the aurah. *according to the teachings of Islam, a girl's aurah is her whole body, except her face and palms of her hands* let's say a girl like the picture on  the left walks in your class, you are likely to look at her. for whatever reason, i don't know. maybe i would look at her as well, because i like fashion. hehee...how great is Islam? Islam protects the girl from the eyes of a man, by asking us to cover our aurah. so, when a girl covers her aurah, the likeliness of a man looking at her is very unlikely. 

next question, how do we ensure a guy won't look at us even though we've covered our aurah? 
some of the ulama' tells us to not wear colours that may attract men. how do we, girls know what colours do guys get attracted to? and how do we judge ourselves if we're dressing a little too over the top?
about the colours, i agree on very bright colours like hot red, bright orange or yellow dress, you may attract not only guys, but the girls too to look at you. do we all agree on that? *it's okay if you think these colours look great, maybe you should wear these colours at home or anywhere that only involves your mahraam, which include your birth parents, blood siblings, grandparents, uncles on your dad's side and father-in-law. also, you can wear these colours when you're with your husband, and him alone and away from the eyes of the world. btw, your husband is not your mahraam k?*
next question is, would you still get attracted if i wear a not-so-bright-coloured clothes?
truth is, you can never tell if you'd not look at a girl if she wears a black or white plain clothes. men are naturally attracted to women. *i would like to confess that i kindda got distracted by a guy in my class who wore a black shirt with black pants. and he's not wearing any bright* 
i mean, even though Emma Stone wore a white dress as shown on the right, she still looks outstanding. her dress is rather plain, but she looks beautiful and flawless. don't you agree?
attraction to a person from the opposite gender will always be there. you can try your very hardest to resist, but you can't deny the fact that the feeling was there. of course, as a good Muslim who practices Islam, you'd obey Islam. nobody said that the battle with your own feelings would be easy. going against what your inner feelings is the hardest job in the world. it's a forever ongoing battle. 
so, my advice to all is be yourself, wear the clothes you like but please follow the guidance in Islam. i've outlined some of my ideas in how to be fashionable yet following the guidance of Islam *somewhere in the blog sometime ago*
don't go with some weird styles and look 'messy'. Islam is all about being neat, simple, and presentable. *that's practically what i believe and hold on to* 
again, fashion is subjective. something that may look nice and attractive to one person may look ugly and 'funny' to the other. we can't satisfy everybody. 
us, girls, can't go on and ask all the boys in our class and wear something that nobody is attracted to. ain't that a little too extreme and a little impractical? 
be comfortable in whatever you wear, but again, make sure you follow the guidance of Islam. *maybe i should highlight more on this yeah? how to be fashionable and still folow the path of Islam?* 

that's all for now. i need to attend my lab class. tell me what you think. do you agree or disagree? please, i'm only a normal human being and i may have said something wrong up there. feel free to correct me.
thank you so much. Wassalam...
P/S: have a nice day

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