journey through it
this post is probably just an opinion of mine. and its really up for debate.
i started putting on this piece of cloth over my head permanently in 2005 when i entered poly. yesh, like most of my frens back then, i was “forced” into it. but Allah is great right? at that period of time, i rebelled, i hated it. i hated the whole idea of it. to the point of rejecting it. i was upset that i was asked to get into a poly when i could get into a jc ans shorten my post-sec life, just so i can be free from uniforms. but masyaAllah, He gave me that hidayah and guidance. and slowly but surely, i grew to love it. and if you ask me to even go downstairs to the shop without it, i probably feel weird and awkward.
its like the piece of cloth is life and one that protects me. a defining identity.
but one thing that i will never understand is probably those people who grew up from an environment that needed them to go to school in it. they grew up wearing it. regardless of whether they like it or not, if it is already out of habit and its in the routine, you will feel weird and out of place without it.
so, when i see frends who were from those instituions getting into school that needs them to put on another set of uniform that doesnt allow them to put on the piece of cloth over their heads, i cnt help but wonder. wonder why they do not make that extra effort to go to school in it. then in class take it out since youre not allowed to be in it. and put it on again after school. i mean, if we really know why we had to put it on in the ferst place, we wouldnt wanna take it out, yes?
thus, when i see photos unprivatised on fb of them, i feel sad. its worst since its their primary display picture. its like for the world to see kan.
i am not saying, one shouldnt get into such institutions just because they cant put on the piece of cloth. ultimately, knowledge must be seeked in wherever it is. but im saying that if they need to be there, then they would need to put in the extra effort as compared to others who get into institutions that allows freedom of dressing.
but then again, the piece of cloth over the head does not say anything of a person’s personality and character. however, to me, thats a start.
wallahu’alam.
