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It's been weird lately. A lot of internal struggle and just feeling lost and alone. It's like the external needs are hollow.

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No one but God is God

So here's the thing.

If you are making books to "supplement" the book of God, you must consider yourself some sort of equal with God, because who else is responsible for making God's rules, except God? The problem is that this is down-right shirk, a term frequently define in Islam d as "idolatry" or "polytheism", but what is more accurately described as 'assigning partners or equals to God'.

It's fine to record history, that is not the problem. The problem is when these extra stories, books, and the people who read them start making rules, guidelines, and procedures that never existed in the Qur'an to begin with, and then they make these procedures 'mandatory', even prescribing punishment from God to those who do not follow these man-made rules.

Once you are making the rules of God, you surely must think you either are God or are as important as God.

Nothing is unlawful unless prohibited directly by God, and God provided the Qur'an as a complete book, sufficiently detailed, which is referenced in the book itself. The Qur'an goes on to say if all the trees were pens, and the oceans supplied, God would not run out of words (31:27)... in other words God could have chose to micromanage our lives, but didn't. God gave us SOME things not to do, and the rest is entirely allowed.

And before anyone says "but who transmits the Qur'an" (as in "the chain of custody" and there are only 'certain people' who have that chain of custody, and those 'certain people' can basically make up NEW rules as they go along as a result), the entire Islamic Ummah has always been responsible for transmitting Qur'an. This is why it has survived intact, not just because "authorized scholars" memorized it, but because so many regular people memorized it as well, that's how it remained intact. In fact if ONLY scholars had transmitted it, it would be far more suspicious, because nothing good comes from the so-called "elite" being the only ones responsible for holy books.

Anyone who issues Islamic edicts not spoken of in the Qur'an is going directly against the Qur'an itself: (16:116) You shall not invent lies about God by attributing lies with your tongues, saying: "This is lawful and that is forbidden." Those who invent lies about God will not succeed.

The final point people bring up is to ask "what is wrong with following the Prophet's actions as a source to copy, imitate, or know how to behave" -- and the answer is, I mean, nothing? With one caveat: as long as the actions written about, stories, behaviors and other transmissions are backed up directly by what is in Qur'an -- but sadly a not-insignificant portion of mainstream Islam today is not at all backed up by the Qur'an. Various prohibitions, rulings, fatwas, they are just not Qur'anic, and it gets worse: Even instructions on very basic practices, right down to the way people pray in mainstream Islam, is made up heavily of procedures and protocols not backed up by the Qur'an itself.

There are so many examples of this that it has overwhelmed the modern understanding of what it is to be Muslim, and has created a dichotomy where Man is at the center of Islamic practice, not God.

At the end of the day, if it's not in the Qur'an, Muslims can't say it came from God, and it's important to remember that even the Prophet(AS) was just a man (so in other words, you can't turn his later actions and life into a God that you follow).

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When I put on the niqab for the first time, it had such a wonderful feeling that I was immediately sold, on this piece of clothing that has brought me closer to myself.

What a beautiful satin jilbab

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Veiling/dressing modestly in the heat (because “aren’t you hot” questions are annoying enough without actually being unnecessarily hot)!

I made a silly little acronym for you, and that’s WELLNESS! :D

W: Watch how other people do it. There are plenty of people both religious and not religious who dress modestly for whatever reasons, and looking for inspiration on the kinds of things they wear might help you out in ways I can’t!

E: Evaluate your health. Are you able to dress modestly in such a way that doesn’t flare up any health issues? Do you have skin problems that can’t handle being covered in the heat? Is it so bad you need to stay inside all the time anyways and you’re allowed to just free-for-all your wardrobe? You might have come into wanting to dress modestly already with an idea of what you wanted to cover consistently, and that might change depending on what medical needs you have.

L: Light colors. Lighter colors reflect sunlight and don’t hold heat as easily as darker colors do.

L: Loose cut. Allow air flow to cool you down! This also means try not to layer too much with overlapping layers, look into things like dicky collars it you like a collar but don’t want to layer a whole buttoned up shirt under a whole other shirt, and other such things. Except for veiling, in which case having something up high and tight off your neck is the best!

N: Natural fabrics. If it’s made of plastic (like polyester) it’ll trap heat in. Cotton and linen are your best bets!

E: Except wool! Wool will also trap heat. Always make sure you check what the actual properties are of the fabric you’re buying, there are natural fibers that insulate and there are synthetic fibers that don’t. If you want to broaden your horizons you’re going to have to google a funky word every now and again.

S: Stay on top of water consumption, sunscreen (for what’s exposed), and where you can go to cool off if necessary. Yes, it’s important for everyone, but especially if you’re more covered!

S: STOP IF YOU HAVE TO! No style of dressing is worth your health. If you find dressing modestly too cumbersome and dangerous for your health, CUT IT OUT! Know the signs of heat stroke and heat exhaustion. Know the signs of dehydration. Know when you just need to take a break and separate yourself from the heat.

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