In All-Truthfulness/Honesty, because I don’t know the Author of This-Tweet personally: it’s literally impossible for me to assess whether they’re being satirical or serious. At the Same-Time though, the Message behind the Tweet is what I wish to focus on. And, the Reason how/why is simply because the Message is 💯%-Deplorable. It sends a very Disturbing-Message to Countless Muslim-Women whom don’t have any sort of Religio-Spiritual Self-Esteem, whom may very well take something like this to Heart. Also, assuming the Author of This-Post was Dead-Ass Serious: there’s an Islāmic-Principle regarding the Farīdhah/Islāmic-Mandate of keeping one’s Negative-Actions to themselves. Moreover, as a Muslim: why would you even imply that one’s Followers are somehow “more-important” than attempting to obey Allah?!!! Like…literally: it’s just as though the Post-Author is insenuating an-Nadm/Regret for donning Feminine-Hijāb at the Expense of “losing Followers”.
This is literally a Tell-Tale Sifah/Manifestation of Appeasement&Popularity-Addiction. The Yearning to appease Others, to be popular, etc. are Staple-Sifāt/Manifestations of al-Bashriyyah (Human-Nature/Behavior). It’s something which is Inherently-Mubāh/Neutral. However, once we begin seeking Appeasement & Popularity at the Expense of disobeying Allah…that’s an Ultimate Red-Flag on the Play. This literally violate the following Islāmic-Principle: “There’s no Appeasement to al-Makhlūq/the Creation, at the Expense of Disobedience to al-Khāliq/The Creator.
Now, before anyone pontificates/claims that Muslim-Men “can’t speak about Hijāb be cause they’re Women”-Calm the Fuck down & shut the Fuck up:
a. al-Hijāb/Islāmic-Dresscode is an Islāmic-Concept. And realistically: any Muslim can freely address any Islāmic-Issue, so long as they actually know what they’re talking about. No Muslim has any Religio-Monopolies over any Islāmic-Issues. And, attempting to prevent any Muslim from addressing any Islāmic-Issue is Deflection/Gaslighting.
b. (By default) al-Hijāb equally applies to Muslim-Men&Muslim-Women. Both Muslim-Men & Muslim-Women must don al-Hijāb, because both Muslim-Men & Muslim-Women have al-`Awrah (Anatomical Private-Area). It’s simply that Masculine-`Awrah & Feminine-`Awrah are different, likewise Masculine-Hijāb & Feminine-Hijāb are different.
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/theoriginofthehijab/
Back to the Twitter-Post
I, of course, responded to this Tweet via Typical Gareth Bryant Fashion:
More than likely, I’m unsure how anyone would receive my Responses. It equally doesn’t matter either, because Muhammad (Peace be upon them) stated: “Always speak Truth, even if it’s bitter (even if it rubs People the Wrong-Way).”.
(ibn-Hibbān, al-Bayhaqī)
We’ll all be Islāmically-Responsible, in front of Allah, as per what we: say, do, project, pontificate, promote, author, post, etc. So, with that being said: we would think that us as Muslims would be more conscious/cautious pertaining to what we disclose to the World. Even if something is deemed as a “Joke”: every “Joke” isn’t “Funny”. We must/should be more considerate/empathetic, of the Power of the Words which we choose to use. Honestly, we’ve 0-Idea how influential our Kalām/Rhetoric actually is and/or how far-reaching our Character/Behavior will touch Certain-Persons. It’s precisely how/why `Abdullah ibn-`Uthmān ibn`Āmir/Abū-Bakr (May Allah be pleased with them) stated: “Those whose Evil outlives them are cursed.”.
For anyone to even post something like this during Ramadhān no less…it’s a Serious-Problem. It’s already so many Muslim-Women whom think/feel they must choose between appeasing their Social-Media Followers vs. obeying Allah & view Feminine-Hijāb a Serious-Jihād/Struggle for them. Especially during Ramadhān, when Certain Muslim-Women actually muster enough Basālah/Courage to actually don Feminine-Hijāb during Ramadhān: Posts like the one’s I’ve commented on can/will definitely possess the Potential to influence any Muslim-Woman with Weakened-Īmān/Faith to not even attempt to commit themselves to donning Feminine-Hijāb…all because their Personal-Insecurities will lead them to think/feel they’ll “lose Followers”, if they proceed with attempting to don Feminine-Hijāb.
The Author of This-Post…whomever they are, assuming that they’re even a Real-Person as opposed to a Bot-Page, etc.-May Allah That-Person & rescue them from their Idiocy…as I always tell People: Apathy is worse than Ignorance. Equally, let us take a Lesson from this: we’re never to allow “Social-Media Influencers” have this much “Influence” over our Lives.
Gareth Bryant
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