Niqab Tutorial

This niqab style will look elegant and at the same time, stay on for almost hours without moving (with normal activity), in shaa Allah! <3

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:

1. Rectangular hijab/dupatta/head-scarf
I use a regular chiffon dupatta (2.75 yards) by folding its breadth in half to make it less see-through.
2. Three safety pins
I use regular steel ones but you can use hijab-friendly ones.
3. Two dress pins
Also known as straight hijab pins.
4. Under-cap

STEP 1:
After tying your hair and wearing your hijab cap, put your head-scarf over your head (already folded if using you're using a chiffon dupatta), keeping one side shorter than the other. The shorter side will be used to make niqab.



STEP 2:
Throw both sides behind you and tie them with a safety pin at the point where the hijab cap ends.

STEP 3:
Bring both sides to the front again. Now make niqab with the short side. Holding the rectangular cloth in front of you, take one side of it and tie it behind your ear, with a saftey pin, securing it through your hijab and hijab cap. Do the same with the other end. By the end of this step, you should have a niqab on your face and the long side should be hanging loose.
(Don't worry about the ugly saftey pins, we'll cover them up with the longer side)

STEP 4:
Bring the long side around your head to the opposite side.

STEP 5:
Pin the long side on top of your head with two dress pins, one on each side of your head, so the hijab stays in place.

TADA! YOU'RE DONE.

This tutorial can be found on my Instagram profile @sarahmnm, this web version is for the convenience of those who don't have Instagram accounts.
All doodles are my own.
Made with Samsung Galaxy Sketchbook.

#Day1: 30 Happy Days

Day 1
Al-Baqara : 45

وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلٰوةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخٰشِعِينَ

And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah]

We didn't choose our gender, our parents or our appearance. Allah created us the way He wanted. This points to the fact that we are ever enslaved toour Rabb. We are ever in need of our Master. We, as slaves, are not independent of Allah and we, thereby, need help.
A slave's got two tools to help him out:
1. Patience
2. Prayer

The two are mutually inexclusive. One cannot pray without sabr and one cannot have sabr without praying for it. And salah and sabr are the essence of 'ibadah.
Salah and sabr are ONLY difficult for the ones who are not humbly submissive, khashi'een.

May Allah grant us khushoo' during salah and outside salah. May He make us from those who observe sabr in all aspects of life. May He make us from the observers and preservers of salah. Ameen.

Note: 

This series was discontinued due to personal reasons.

Time

I begin by praising and glorifying Allah subhana wa ta'ala, The Rahman, The Raheem and by sending salawat on His Messenger, peace be upon him and his family.

This surah, subhanAllah, is of the most beautiful words of Allah. Only three verses long, it is one of the three shortest surahs of the Quran. The following words said by Imam Shafi'i rahimahUllah summarize my sentiments for the surah:

“لو تدبر الناس هذه السورة لوسعتهم”

“If people were to ponder on this chapter, it would amaze them.”

“لو لم ينزل إلى الناس إلا هي لكفتهم”

“If this was the only chapter sent to humanity, it would suffice them.”

“الناس في غفلة من هذه السورة”

“People are negligent of this chapter.”

-Imam Shafi'i

It is the summary of the purpose of our life, it is the essence of the message of the Messenger, it is the soul of Allah's commands. The passing by of time is the description of this life, it is the description of our very existence. Time is an endowment. It is fixed by its very nature. We cannot change the amount of time we have to live on this Earth, we cannot change the time of our death just like we didn't choose the time of our birth. It is the very constitution of our slavery to Allah, al Awal, al Akhir, as Samad. "Verily, we are from Allah, and to Him is our return." [2:156]
Our purpose in life is to be achieved through making the best use of this time. Three actions are prescribed in this Surah: 

1. Doing righteous deeds

2. Advising to truth

3. Advising to patience

Each of these are to be done in accordance with the beautiful sunnah of our beloved Rasul ul Allah peace be upon him. 

If we fail to do the three golden acts prescribed in this chapter, we will indeed be in loss. All mankind is in loss, except those who adhere firmly to the three golden acts. 

The third is a need for the first two to be implemented. It is not just a consequence but also a pre-requisite. Sabr is of the qualities of the believers. Through sabr, one is able to attain the love of the Beloved and al Wadud, the Loving. "O you who are patient! Bear a little more, just a little more remains." -Ibn al Qayyim

"Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined, and that the mouth does not complain." Ibn al Qayyim 

*This is not a tafseer of the surah, it is just a piece of my reflections on the surah.

*My words don't do justice to how beautiful the surah really is, one could write a book on the wonders of these verses. Click here for a tafseer.