Bedraggled at home, while beauty fashionistas outside! Isn’t that just the common pattern that we women now follow. When I look at the women around, at home the official dress code usually happens to be their oldest maxis whilst their wardrobe narrate tales of exquisite clothes packed up in boxes for ages to lapse.
Yet there is another sect of this interesting community; the orthodox nattering aunties tattling in their rocking chairs, divulging in juicy gossips criticizing earth and its humanity, belittling fashion and makeup, cosmetics galore.
Hélas! Our ummah needs enlightenment, there is nothing wrong in dressing up, nothing appalling in looking attractive, however we need to get our priorities right.
Instead of prioritizing our family we put outsiders up on our list to impress. A Muslim woman’s beauty should be primarily for her husband and not just for her friends and peers.
Females who stay at home don’t forget that when the man goes out for work he is exposed to many other ‘visual treats’. Therefore, discard those frumpy sweatshirts however comfy they may be! Keep clean wear smart and smell good, leave the kitchen stink for the kitchen and the dust stains in your dusting brushes.
Furthermore, keeping clean shouldn’t be limited only for your husbands, as Muslims it is incumbent that we remain tidy at all times. This applies to inside the four walls of the house as well as beyond it, this entails that we wear clean and ironed abayas that don’t reek of fish and betray oil stains.
Remember, dressing smart boosts up our confidence and makes us feel healthy and happy. Also don’t forget to gloss your lip with a smile; a sunnah to follow and a beauty tip in your favour.
Although looking good is recommended, it doesn’t give us the license to vaunt our beauty to non-mahrams etc, nor does it open the door to obsession. Keep in mind that our Shariah advocates moderation and modesty, so make sure you do what you want to do within the parameters of Islam.
Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak
-Rachel Zoe-