Can I Remove My Hijab?

Can I Remove My Hijab?

What you are asking is not such a simple question to be answered with either "Yes" or "No." At a first glance, however, the answer seems to be quite simply that one cannot disobey Allah's orders or overlook them in certain circumstances.

So, let us discuss your question in a reasonable way, but let me ask you some questions first:
1- Why did you wear hijab in the first place?
2- Is it right to think of not wearing hijab?
3- What is your goal when thinking of not wearing hijab?
4- Do you really believe that your life is going to be happy when being unveiled?

First of all, I believe that the verse in the holy Qur'an has made it clear in Surah 24, verse 31:

*{ And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms.}*

This is why should Muslim women wear hijab, thus the question is: Did you wear your hijab because of a religious thinking? If so, why are you thinking of taking it off now? Have you been obliged to wear it from the start? If so, are you now trying to refuse what you have been obliged to do? You need to think, dear Yasmina, that by wearing your hijab you are doing great things that you have to be proud when thinking of them:

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• You are obeying Allah's orders. He has established for the woman what suits her nature, gives her full security, and protects her against disgraceful circumstances in life.
  
  
• You are not like any other girl. You are a Muslim and your status in Islam is something unique, something novel, something that has no similarity in any other system.
  
  
• With your hijab, you are marching in steady steps in the path of da`wa (invitation to Islam) in a non-Muslim community. You are capable of giving people an ideal perspective of the handsome, clean, organized, fashionable, and respectful nature of Islam and Muslims. With the correct intention, every moment of your life could easily be counted as the priceless time "in the path of Allah."

So, is it really right to think of taking off your hijab? Were your reasons above satisfactory?

You still can wear what you like to wear as long as it complies with Allah's orders. Allah simply orders that your clothing be loose, non-flashy, and that it covers the areas of your body that are considered your `awra (nakeness). The rules are simple and give a lot of leeway. Allah wants to facilitate our lives in a way that will cause us no harm.

Finally, I'd like to whisper some simple words in your ears hoping that they'll help. Allah Almighty says in Surah 20, verse 124:

*{And whoever turns away from My reminder, his shall be a straitened life, and We will raise him on the day of resurrection, blind.}*

Thus, my final advice is: Keep walking in Allah's path, because your life, for sure, will be easy and full of happiness.

May Allah bless you.