🐈⬛✨ سمية 🥀📚☕️ :
We all know women who were wearing full abaya when they were sexually harassed by a man, we know LITTLE GIRLS who were harmed as well, so clearly there are more important conversations that our community needs to be outraged about. But okay, let’s entertain the topic of appearances—I would argue that Muslim men could pay more attention to how they present themselves and not treat it like it’s optional. But sadly men don’t seem to grasp femininity as a natural expression and way of being, and manipulate/misrepresent our intentions almost as if to control how we express ourselves and feel good about ourselves. God forbid we become confident. Muslim women wanting to look presentable and look good is a way to honor the beauty and health Allah Subhana Wata’ala blessed us with. That’s simply it. In fact, Islam encourages us to beautify ourselves and take care of ourselves. It doesn’t automatically mean we want to change ourselves. We are told that Allah Subhana Wata’ala is beautiful and loves beauty. Just because a woman is beautiful doesn’t mean she’s existing for a man’s gaze. Why not lower the gaze and focus on the aforementioned important things like abuse? Instead, men create an environment where girls and women are made to feel insecure about their looks, threatened that he’ll want a divorce, or worse a second wife, if you’re not a perfect wife to him. In the halal arranged marriage process the standards are impossible for any average Muslim woman (she has to be a really really young and fertile, fair skinned with no acne or body hair, slim, long hair, coloured eyes, nice hands and feet, cute nose, perfect lips, blah blah). It’s almost like women can do nothing right in the eyes of Muslim men. So THANK GOD we worship and serve only Allah Subhana Wata’ala, not men.
2026-06-08 17:19:34