The Hijab… you can have your own opinion but, in my point, Hijab is not about "my hijab and my choice," or ‘’ I’m a Hijabi because I want to be.’’ My sisters! Being a Muslim, we have to understand that Hijab is a direct command from Allah the Almighty. The word ‘’Islam’’ in its deep meaning, demand from us ‘’to be submissive to Allah’’. When we claim the title of ‘’Muslim’’, it's an understood thing that we are following the rules and ready to submit our wills to Allah the Almighty. As I said earlier, Hijab is the direct command of Allah, and modesty is the thing Our prophet SAWW liked the most in this world for a woman. As Muslim women, when we are celebrating Hijab day, we are not in a defensive mood. Even we can not have any different and new conception of this.
It is stated in Verse 31 of Surah An-Nur in the Quran:
وَ قُلۡ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنٰتِ یَغۡضُضۡنَ مِنۡ اَبۡصَارِہِنَّ وَ یَحۡفَظۡنَ فُرُوۡجَہُنَّ وَ لَا یُبۡدِیۡنَ زِیۡنَتَہُنَّ اِلَّا مَا ظَہَرَ مِنۡہَا وَ لۡیَضۡرِبۡنَ بِخُمُرِہِنَّ عَلٰی جُیُوۡبِہِنَّ ۪ وَ لَا یُبۡدِیۡنَ زِیۡنَتَہُنَّ اِلَّا لِبُعُوۡلَتِہِنَّ اَوۡ اٰبَآئِہِنَّ اَوۡ اٰبَآءِ بُعُوۡلَتِہِنَّ اَوۡ اَبۡنَآئِہِنَّ اَوۡ اَبۡنَآءِ بُعُوۡلَتِہِنَّ اَوۡ اِخۡوَانِہِنَّ اَوۡ بَنِیۡۤ اِخۡوَانِہِنَّ اَوۡ بَنِیۡۤ اَخَوٰتِہِنَّ اَوۡ نِسَآئِہِنَّ اَوۡ مَا مَلَکَتۡ اَیۡمَانُہُنَّ اَوِ التّٰبِعِیۡنَ غَیۡرِ اُولِی الۡاِرۡبَۃِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ اَوِ الطِّفۡلِ الَّذِیۡنَ لَمۡ یَظۡہَرُوۡا عَلٰی عَوۡرٰتِ النِّسَآءِ ۪ وَ لَا یَضۡرِبۡنَ بِاَرۡجُلِہِنَّ لِیُعۡلَمَ مَا یُخۡفِیۡنَ مِنۡ زِیۡنَتِہِنَّ ؕ وَ تُوۡبُوۡۤا اِلَی اللّٰہِ جَمِیۡعًا اَیُّہَ الۡمُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ لَعَلَّکُمۡ تُفۡلِحُوۡنَ ﴿۳۱﴾
And direct the believing women that they (too) must keep their eyes lowered and guard their chastity, and must not show off their adornments and beautification except that (part of it) which becomes visible itself. And they must keep their veils (and head-coverings) drawn over their chests (too), and must not display their adornments (to anyone) except their husbands, or their fathers or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers or the sons of their brothers or the sons of their sisters, or (the women of) their (own faith, the Muslim) women or their female slaves or such male servants as are free from any lust and sexual urge, or the children who (being minor) have (yet) no sense of women’s private parts. (They too are exceptions.) Nor must they (whilst walking) strike their feet (on the ground in such a manner that ornaments jingle and) thus get revealed and known what they are keeping hidden (under the command of Shariah). And turn to Allah, all of you, in repentance, O believers, so that you may prosper (by implementing these commandments).
(النُّوْر - Al-Nūr [24: 31])
(Source:The Glorious Quran App
Minhaj Publications)
Another point, I wanted to talk about is, Kind of Hijab...
Hijab is not about covering our heads, wearing full sleeves, etc. Hijab in the broader sense is the modesty, we should have in our thoughts, our goals, and visions, modesty in our hearings modesty in our talks and actions.
Let's be more precise now, we are celebrating Hijab day to revive our culture, to show the world how classy & elegant way it is to cover oneself. And now it's time to celebrate the true essence of Hijab, How? Make a promise to yourself on this Hijab day, that we are going to be more modest starting from random thoughts to actions.