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Monday, May 4, 2009

"Wajahku Bukan Rahsia"

Entry copy paste dari blog atie, 'something' to share. Akak masukkan dalam blog ni, boleh ye dik... =)


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Again, Im about to share my experiences of wearing niqab. Erk, perhaps its not exactly experiences, but its about the purpose of me doing so, and whatsoever related issues in accordance.

Okay.

The enhancement, what brought me to be this way?.

I experienced being discriminated. Each one of my dress, my deeds, my appearances, jadi buah mulut masyarakat di satu tempat, which I myself had no idea why. Fitnah dah sebati dengan Atie waktu tu, I mean, difitnah, bukan Atie memfitnah;)

Pengalaman seakan dipulaukan itu membuatkan Atie fikir, fikir, dan fikir. Muhasabah menjadi teman di kala senja. Apa salah Atie?. Kenapa dalam sebanyak-banyak manusia, Atie yang menjadi sasaran?. Fikir lagi.

Okay. Tak nak jadi post sentimental. Kite relax je okay?.;p

Atie terfikirkan satu cara, iaitu berniqab. Atie pernah cuba untuk berniqab sejak 2 tahun yang lepas, waktu itu Atie 2nd semester di Darul Quran.

Tapi bila berniqab, itu pun menjadi satu isu. Atie didatangi beberapa seniors, who 'adviced' me not to wear it, sebab from their point of view, I'm not eligible to do so. OMG, why do they look so down on me?.

Terasa macam diri ni tiada maruah, setiap perilaku Atie dipandang sebagai satu kesalahan. Okay fine, masa tu Atie mengalah. Kalau itu yang mereka rasa, Atie batalkan niat Atie untuk berniqab waktu itu.

Mungkin pada pandangan mereka, HANYA ORANG YANG SUDAH TINGGI ILMU DALAM BIDANG AGAMA YANG LAYAK BERNIQAB.

Adakah ini yang sepatutnya?.Think of it yourself.

As time passed by, Atie dah pun jejakkan kaki di Taylor's.
Frankly, the fact that Atie 'hanyut' dalam dunia yang Atie sangka itulah dunia Atie. As it was the world I left behind when I started to study in DQ.

Oh, teringat lagu Dead and Gone.

I've been travelling on
this road so long
Just try to find
my way back home
The old me
is dead and gone


Maybe I was trying to rebell and revenge. I explored the world as much as I wanted, sbb I couldn't do them in DQ.Everything seemed to be a restriction. Is it Islam?. I was dissatisfied.

Okay satu semester hanyut. 1 January 2008. Allah campakkan hidayah pada Atie.

Atie, kau dah melampau.
Bagaimana dengan alQuran dalam dirimu?.
Apa khabar imanmu?.

Layakkah kau menggelar dirimu sebagai penghafaz kitabKU?.


Atie malu. TERAMAT MALU. Malu dengan Allah. Atie istikharah, meminta petunjuk dari Allah. Apa yang patut Atie lakukan untuk upgrade my IMAN?.Setiap malam, istikharah menjadi peneman.

Dari situlah, Atie decided to wear niqab. Ya, this is the answer. For those who asks me: Why are u wearing it?. What is ur purpose?.

I have no exact answer for this question, all I can say is, I once had the 'want', yet I'm not allowed to. Then it comes again through istikharah. No any other answers.

However, I did ask my fellow lovely friends in Taylor's, all-guys and girls-regarding my decision.
Ya, I need their agreement, their support, as Im living here in this world not by myself, but with other people surround me.

They agreed. Thanx to all of you-Paqin, Nawal, Sya, Izzah, Sabiha, Safwan, Nik, and others. Thanx to Paqin sebab tolong Atie jahit my very 1st niqab;)

Since then, many of my friends asked my view on their intention to wear niqab. Ya, I know it's not only to those who already 'excellent' in their Islamic knowledge, and who have 'strong iman' in them.

But I do agree to say that those who intends to wear it must always improve and upgrade the level of knowledge, iman, alQuran, and everything. As people expect u to be 'perfect'. And Im afraid that u'll not be able to handle such kind of questions which I suppose they are kind of hard if you have less willingness to gain knowledge especially about Islam.

I have experienced a lot of situations which they actually 'test' my iman, and my gratefulnees to Allah as a slave.

Not being proud of telling this, but ya, I need to share these experiences with u.

Wearing niqab in Malaysia ain't the same as in other Arabic and Islamic countries. As it is seem as 'odd', and that is why my parents don't allow me to wear it in some places.

I always come across these statements:
  • Are you from Saudi?.
  • Are you Arab or Malaysian?.
  • You must be very beautiful.
  • Your eyes are beautiful.
  • You look like an Arab.
Okay Atie terpaksa beristighfar banyak-banyak while writing these. Ya, ia sangat menguji iman. Siapa tak suka bila dipuji?.And ini adalah antara cabaran yang bagi Atie, paling besar sepanjang menjadi pemakai niqab.

Therefore, suka Atie nak ingatkan kat sini, to anybody yang nak berniqab, tetapkan niat dari hari pertama kamu memakainya. Memang generally, orang beranggapan bahawa wanita yang berniqab ni cantik, maka janganlah u all nak berniqab semata-mata untuk 'false beauty'.
Jangan sia-siakan pahala anda berniqab. *astaghfirullah*



Dan people surround me selalu persoalkan, kenapa Atie tak berniqab sepanjang masa, which by ryte, it is supposed to be wore all the time, at any place.

Tak, as this entry entitled: WAJAHKU BUKAN RAHSIA.

Semakin lama Atie berniqab, tujuan memakainya semakin jelas. Ustaz Atie ada kongsi satu ayat alQuran, yang mengatakan lelaki dan perempuan harus membantu sesama sendiri.

Atie berniqab untuk memudahkan urusan kamu wahai lelaki. Ya, Atie tahu, dan semua orang pun tahu, imaginasi kaum Adam is really unpredictable. So this is one of my efforts in catering ur needs.

Kalau nak makan, or nak ambil gambar, or di tempat-tempat yang memerlukan khidmat mulut, atau wajah atie, Atie akan take off my niqab,. Bukan dosa pun(:

Atie tak berniqab di kawasan kolej, sebab utamanya adalah MAMA AYAH Atie. They don't allow me to wear it in formal places, macam ke kelas. Patuhi arahan parents adalah wajib selagi it doesnt oppose syara'. Second reason, untuk Atie istiqamah dalam pemakaian niqab. Atie manusia biasa, lemah tanpa sokongan. Atie tak rasa Atie akan mampu untuk rasa 'enjoy' berniqab when I have to face too many troubles and obstacles. Kalau Atie berniqab di campus, surely I will have less friends especially yang tak sebangsa dan tak seagama dengan Atie. Sebab mereka tak faham. So Atie tak nak bagi pandangan bahawa Islam ni 'susah'. As environment Atie dikellilingi oleh majority non-Muslims. And Atie tak nak my own confidence level drop disebabkan I cannot communicate well with people, hanya sebab NIQAB.

Atie biasanya tak berniqab kalau Atie keluar berseorangan. Terbalik kan?. Okay, for your information, berdasarkan pengalaman, people tend to look at me, attracted by me when I wear niqab, berbanding bila Atie tak berniqab. [Ini fakta, membuktikan Atie sebenarnya tak cantik]. Sebab apa?. Sebab Atie yang paling pelik, and mereka ingat Atie cantik. So, satu masa ni, Atie decide untuk tidak berniqab kalau Atie seorang tanpa kawan atau sesiapa kat sebelah. Anyhow, memang tujuan asal untuk kurangkan perhatian orang pada Atie kan?.Hmm

Atie berniqab, tapi Atie tak macam wanita berniqab yang lain. Okay, memang, Atie bukan seorang yg tinggi iman, yang alim, etc. Atie suka memandang sesuatu perkara dari bawah, yang paling mudah. Rasulullah ada pesan : Sedikit yang berterusan lebih baik dari banyak yang berputus-putus. Sejak kecil, dibesarkan dalam keluarga yang tiada adik beradik lelaki, all girls, which Mama didik kami untuk LOOK THE VERY BEST WHEREVER YOU ARE, walaupun kat rumah, Mama nak kami berpakaian kemas and cantik. So Atie memang suka bergaya, itu sangatlah sukar untuk diubah, as it became a factor to build up my confidence. Kalau Atie berpakaian yang suram, lesu, Atie akan rasa less confidence or maybe tak confidence langsung in public. Anyway, girls love to look beautiful, kan?.(:

Okay, dah agak panjang.
And Im sure u all malas nak baca my entry kali ni. Sekadar perkongsian, and penjelasan kepada soalan-soalan yang ramai ajukan pada Atie.
Mungkin information kurang, tapi if ada lagi yang nak dikritik, or ditanya, atau tak faham atau tak puas hati, comment je lah.


Till then,
alhamdulillah(:

4 comments:

Ladyship Atie said...

salam
masyaAllah.

kak ji,malunya.
entry nirasanya tak ada info bermanfaat pun,
lebih2 lagi utk org yg da mmg hebat cm akak.
huhu.

tapi takpe, sharing is caring(:

sufygirl said...

dat's rite my dear..
sharing is caring, yg bmanfaat dikongsi bsama..

pengalaman yg sebenar lebih bharga, lebih bmakna, kan? =)

best bc blog atie..^^,

zoz said...

..wajah kesayangan hamba..

'wajah'..suatu nilai tinggi utk
sentiasa di persembahkan pada 'KEKASIH'..yg akan sentiasa menatapnya..!

cantik blog..penuh info..
teruskan usaha murni..


p/s:maaf sbb nyibuk kt komen nih..hehe

kay said...

salam..

bless u for the changes u made, moga istiqamah selalu..

i couldn't agree this statement..

Kalau Atie berniqab di campus, surely I will have less friends especially yang tak sebangsa dan tak seagama dengan Atie.

please.. don't underestimate non-muslim.. if we really intend to wear niqab, Allah will guide us in any where, and this excuses just not acceptable.. well it just the assumption u made urself.. then its ok.

i have a friend, call yasmin. she's an istiqamah person wearing niqab all the time. she's an active person at college. although she wore niqab everywhere, anywhere, she still have friends. MORE friends than i do. non-muslim respect her as a muslim. that's a spirit u should learn by wearing the niqab.

pardon me, i am not wearing niqab, just a normal muslimah wearing hijab as others. wearing niqab doesn't mean u cannot look beautiful, find ur own style and protect ur dignity. people will not see ur appearence anymore, but ur attitude towards them.

don't make niqab as part of ur fashion to wear it JUST on occasional event.. respect the clothes to be respected by others.. good luck =)

wassalam