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Thinking of Taking Off Your Hijab at Work? Watch This First | Dr Haifaa Younis

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The video addresses the emotional and spiritual turmoil faced by individuals, particularly women working in high schools, who struggle with maintaining their hijab due to hostile work environments or personal overwhelm. The speaker shares a personal testimony of feeling distressed daily while driving home without her headscarf, questioning whether the issue lies with her colleagues or the surrounding culture. She emphasizes that if a job threatens one's faith or forces them to compromise their religious identity, it is not worth keeping, urging viewers to consider quitting and seeking better opportunities from Allah rather than sacrificing their principles for employment. To cope with these challenges, the speaker advises listeners to prioritize three critical spiritual preparations before leaving home: making sincere dua (supplication), ensuring they are dressed modestly according to their faith, and mentally fortifying themselves against fear. She highlights that a wise person should focus on pleasing Allah before meeting worldly concerns, suggesting that strengthening one's connection with God creates a protective barrier against harassment or mockery. The message is clear that no human being can harm an individual unless Allah permits it, and believers should rely entirely on divine protection rather than fearing people who might criticize their appearance or accent. A significant portion of the discussion focuses on overcoming feelings of worthlessness caused by sin, which the speaker identifies as a trick used by Satan to paralyze believers. She reminds viewers that Allah is the Most Merciful and that His mercy encompasses all sins, no matter how severe, encouraging those who feel they have failed to obey Him not to despair. Instead of dwelling on mistakes, she suggests immediately following any bad deed with a good one, as this practice can erase previous wrongs. The speaker concludes by affirming that all humans are sinners, and the best among them are those who constantly repent, urging everyone to stay steadfast on their path without letting guilt or fear dictate their actions.
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Yeah. >> Okay. I used to wear the hijab all the time. Now, alhamdulillah. But the thing is, I work in a high school. I don't wear it anymore. And >> there is every single day at the end of the day when I'm driving back home, it kind of gets to me. As you said, it's just that I don't know. I'm so overwhelmed trying to wear it. And I hate myself for that. Frankly speaking, I always question myself like why am I not wearing it? Is it because of the other people I'm working with or is it just the environment? Where am I stuck? Who it's your job? And I mean it. If my job going to take me from Allahh, it doesn't worth it. As I always say this to myself, don't sell your for your lost stock market. Quit. If you cannot be you who you are, who you want to be, who you are actually in work at work, quit the job. You have of Allah. He will give you not a job in high school. He will give you even better one option. Or you go tomorrow and wear it on Monday before you leave. You are the strong. Keep me strong. No other options. There's no tomorrow I will do it because tomorrow shaitan is going to come to you. Doesn't worth it ladies and gentlemen and brothers and sisters doesn't worth it. You know there's this beautiful statement I don't know who said it and he said the wise person who leaves dunya before duny leaves him or her and flourish and build his or her grave not homes before he or she enters. And look at the last one. and he pleased his lord before he or she meets him. put these three in you before you go to school when you are when you are getting dressed get ready put these three and see if you're not going to do the hijab and I ask everybody in this room including my myself please make a dua for you because you don't know whose dua will be respond who Allah will accept and if she gets strong Allah knows how many people who have the same issue they will see you they will follow you you know it's a domino effect the negative is domino effect but the positive is also domino May Allah keep you strong. That's a dua I always ask Allahh. Ya Allah keep me straight steadfast steadfast on your path. Yeah absolutely. But in general we all go through this. We anybody who works knows this right? If Allahh want to test you will send you a boss that will make your life miserable. She or he right? So this is an uncons I am in a situation unc make fun of me make fun of my hijab make fun of my accent you name it we go through it number one I'll say back to our lecture remember there is a Allah who's stronger than this person who can remove this person in a minute who can literally destroy this person in a minute don't you ever fear any human being look at Allah Hala and says make me way out of this. Get me out of this. Whether he will move you to another department or another school or they move him or her number one I you know every question you ask me I come back to number one is a dua and number two nobody can harm you unless Allah allows it. What did he teach? He was your age. You know the famous young boy I'm teaching you words right the scholar says he was 12 or 13 this age what did he teach him long hadith it's ani but the whole nation get together to harm you no one will harm you unless allows it this is what I want to tell you have this the more people see you're Strong strong meaning you're a Muslim attack attached to Allah subh t'ala subhah they get scared from you meanwhile mom if you can change it without going to the details don't brush this feeling now specifically about the youth don't brush the feeling of the youth and and Hai you know this very well if she tells you I am scared that means there's a reason even if If you think this reason is not relevant in my eyes but I am much more older. I've went through this, done that, been there. But for her, I need to help her. But let her do it. Either change it, but number one, both of you ask Allahh. But don't be afraid. This is what I'm going to say generic. Don't be afraid from anyone except Allah. He's he will protect you always. Always. So I feel I am I'm a sinner. I did not obey Allah. I'm worthless. Right? That's exactly one of the tricks of shaitan. That's another trick of shaitan how he comes. Every one of us has his weakness point. So shaitan knows where is the weakness. I tell you what when when I see I'm worthless because I am a sinner. How do I say to myself? That doesn't mean it's okay. No. But remember what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says. The most merciful verse in the Quran. Some of you may know it. That's how by the almost all the scholars of Quran agrees the most merciful ayah in the Quran say my servant and Allah says he even put the yeah that's there's a lot of talk about even this letter they have transgressed against themselves. What did they do? Meaning he went way above the limit. What did they do? Doesn't matter. And what did Allah says? Don't despair from the mercy of Allah. And then he put this statement. Subh that's not my word. Allah verly Allah forgive all the sins. Even the Indian the scholars lot of discussion. What about the mushik then the is another verse and is responded to this. So this is what you tell yourself actually it's a good news look at the positive you know you are have done so many I'm not saying you but the person done so many things that they are not even worthy of this then immediately I say alhamdulillah ya Allah you're showing me my shortcomings if you didn't want me to repent you will not show me my my shortcomings if you didn't want me to come close to you you will would have let me be heedless no you are a creation of Allah then he loves you. You are the one then he loves you. You are a sinner all of us are sinners and the best among us repent. Don't you ever let paralyze you with this. No. Yes. I made a mistake immediately asam taught us follow every bad deed with a good deed it will be removed. So don't let come to you this way at