Who is wearing HIJAB?

Basically, people who wear hijab is a woman and wear it as a symbol of obligation to their religion. For examples, Hindus, Sikh and Orthodox.

Here, we are focusing more on celebrities who are now wearing hijab. Some of them are:

• Wardina Saffiyah
• Yuna
• Yat Hamzah
• Abby Abadi
• Memey Suhaiza
• Farah (from Akademi Fantasia program)
• Raja Farah
• Natasha Hudson
• Diana Amir
• Shiela Hamzah
• Dato' Siti Nurhaliza
• Irma Hasmie
• Datin Norjuma Habib

However, we are currently shock with the news that Felixia Yeap, a Chinese model who love to wear hijab because of its comfortableness. Below are her story.

Felixia Yeap is a Chinese, and she wore the hijab for the first time is upon advertisement audition local telecommunication company. It is because of the audition require the model to wear hijab. Along with other models like Amber Chia and Jacinta Lee, she always meet men's magazines, particularly 'Playboy' Philippines that showed she was capable of half naked. Her world was filled by a variety of luxury and attention because of her sexiness.

Now, Felixia feel that her pride is significantly higher than during the time she revealed part of her body in a crowd. Felixia then began flocking with her image wearing hijab and finally decided to stay wear it until now. She has made a great decision to become a Muslimah in the month of Ramadhan soon.

 

A bonus for you guys! Here we want to share a tip on what style of hijab would be best for your face. 

Happy trying!

History of HIJAB

The history of hijab begins when Assyrian kings in Near East introduced both seclusion of women in the royal harem and the veil. Prostitutes and slaves, however, were told not to veil and were slashed if they disobeyed the law.

In other part of the world, classical Greece, Byzantine Christian, Persia, upper Caste Rajput in India thought that hijab is by hiding one's face and largely living in seclusion. 

In Muslim perspective, the hijab history begin in 1st Islamic century when Aisha Abu Bakar's niece, Aisha Talha was asked to veil her face by her husband, Musab. In the 2nd century, the veil become common. It is first used among powerful and rich as status symbol while the rural and nomadic women were not. In Quran prescription, the Holy book of Islam, "to draw their veils over their bosoms" become interpreted by same as an injunction to veil one's hair, neck and ears.

In the 10th century, veil become a common rule. In the Middle Ages numerous laws were developed which most often placed women at a greater disadvantage than in earlier times. In some periods, such as under the Mamluks in Egypt, repeated decrees were issued, urging strictness in veiling and arguing against the right of women to take part in activities outside their home. Ibn al-Hajj in Cairo cautioned the shopkeepers to be careful if women come to buy. If she's in delicate clothes and exposing her wrists, he should turns his back until the women leave peacefully

Intellectuals, reformers and liberals in the 19th century began to denounce women's protective clothing. they felt that Western nation want to push their country toward more western-style society and change women status and abandon the traditional customs. 

What is HIJAB?

Hijab

Hijab in English means veil which commonly known as head scarf that covers the head and chest. Hijab is an

Arabic term meaning barrier or partition. However, in Islam it has a broader meaning. Nowadays, hijab is known as the traditional head, face or body covering that usually wore by the women of Middle East and Islamic world. The four major Sunni schools of thought as Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali hold that the entire body of the woman, except her face and hands.

Hijab is derives from the Arabic root حجب which give the means ‘to veil, to seclude, to conceal, to form separation or to mask’. Hijab also be used to refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public areas.

Most often, hijab is worn by Muslim women as a symbol of modesty, privacy and morality. Some women wear full-body garments which only expose their eyes. 

Muslim women are required to wear the hijab in front of any men which they are theoretically can be married as the hijab is not obligatory in front of father, brother, grandfathers or uncles. Besides that, Hijab in the sense of veiling is by hanging a curtain or screen between women and men to allow them to speak to each other without changing dress.

This is Us!

Assalamualaikum and hye!

As we mentioned in 'About Us' box (on upper left), we're Medical Laboratory Technology's student of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Puncak Alam campus, Selangor, Malaysia. This blog is established to fulfill our assignment on Health Information System (HPY555) subject taught by our beloved lecturer, En Zed Zakari Abd Hamid.

So, here is some of our trivia!

From left, Nordiana Nordin. Come from Kelantan, she will in charge in definition of hijab and business related to it. (ID no. : 2011880772)

Next to Diana is Nuursolihah Zainal Abidin in charge of hijab issues and the videos related to hijab. This little girl come from Shah Alam, Selangor (ID no. : 2011450128)

The girl in the center named Farah Aqilah Roslan talked about types of hijab and who will wear it, also the current trend of hijab, particularly in Malaysia. Farah is Solihah's childhood friend! (ID no. : 2011247428)

Beside Farah is Nurul Izni Rosman. Come from Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, this tall girl will talk about history of hijab, hijab jokes and also as the auditor of this blog. (ID no. : 2011612622)

Last but not least, Nur Syazwani Ahmad Fadzil. She will also talk on the issues of hijab and in charge in beautifying the blog. She is the native of Klang, Selangor. (ID no. : 2011416836).

That's all for our intro! Enjoy our blog. :)