How did you friends take it when you started practazing islam? And what did your mom and friends say when you put your hijab on? Do you still hang out with friends that are not muslim? I've recently converted to islam and i'm dealing with all of this right know.. i don't have a hijab yet but i just started with salat... Salam aleykoum sister, i love your blog mashalla, barakallahu feek
@annasvansalam beautiful :)
well my friends all reacted in a different way. I think it was ‘hardest’ for my friends I’ve known all my life. I think they didn’t really understand that, mainly cause I too felt awkward talking about it. When I did talk to them I sort of broke the ice with ‘joking’ about it, then just telling them about Islam in non-lecturing tone. I think lot of them this blog too which made them understand that I hadn’t changed that much :) They all seemed to accept it really wonderfully though! It was superawkward when I first started wearing the hijab because I was a bit insecure with it too so I didn’t use to see them that much. But I prayed and stuff before the hijab and they were fine by it, I mean they thought it was a bit strange but I told them that it’s like a meditation for muslims !
My mother on the other hand was a bit harder to deal with. She’d get so upset when she’d see me praying and stuff. I think it was mainly because she didn’t understand Islam and she had really narrow minded image of the religion. I talked to her about the hijab a bit before I started wearing it but those conversations didn’t lead anywhere. I just became angry and defensive (which btw is a totally wrong way to react to things) and we both ended up being upset. It took time, a lot of time. I think the day she really accepted this all was the day I decided to wear the headscarf. I was scared of how she’d react, cause I wore it first when I went to London then decided to continue wearing it back home. When she saw me at the airport she hugged me and cried. She told me everything is okay and after that hamdoullah, subhanAllah, we haven’t had problems like that :)
Now I’m more confortable with all this. I’ve been practicing for over a year now and see how long it took me. Only now I’m confortable to normally be with my friends again. I’ve also realised who truly are my friends and love me for who I am not for what I do, cause those precious people stayed in my life.
So with this I’d like to welcome you to our Ummah girl mashAllah <3 This must all be very new to you. I just like to say that don’t let people to tell you what to do (wether they’re muslim or not) and do what YOU feel is right in your heart. may Allah reward you :))
BarakAllahu feeki and always remember that;
“Verily, with hardship there is relief” (Qur’an 94:6)
wasalaam <3
