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**JesexhiSeeces** · 01-19-2012, 09:35 AM

Sister, though the 'justifications' you have made in your post might make sense, at least to those with a bit of an imagination, I do have to pick on one thing.

In fact, if you see a very slim sister, it's quite likely that she is that way consciously, out of vanity, trying to adhere to Western cultural norms.

Subhan'Allah... that is one heavily judgmental statement. Look around and you will see plenty of sisters who look like they're 25 and are extremely slim, and then it turns out they're 49 years old and have 5 kids, and they just naturally never gained weight. Just to be clear, I don't go around looking at sisters like that, but I'm speaking based ones I know of personally (family members, their family members, etc). So my point is that it's probably not fair to cry "Western Imitator" just because a sister is naturally thin. In fact, the ones I'm speaking of are hijabis and, Alhamdulillah, closer to the deen than many sisters out there today.

There are some other discrepancies in your post but I think I am better off keeping my mouth shut.

Not trying to pick an argument with you, but just felt the need to point that out. I know your intention may not have been as I perceived it so please forgive me if I said anything wrong.

01-19-2012, 09:35 AM	#26
JesexhiSeeces Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	Sister, though the 'justifications' you have made in your post might make sense, at least to those with a bit of an imagination, I do have to pick on one thing. In fact, if you see a very slim sister, it's quite likely that she is that way consciously, out of vanity, trying to adhere to Western cultural norms. Subhan'Allah... that is one heavily judgmental statement. Look around and you will see plenty of sisters who look like they're 25 and are extremely slim, and then it turns out they're 49 years old and have 5 kids, and they just naturally never gained weight. Just to be clear, I don't go around looking at sisters like that, but I'm speaking based ones I know of personally (family members, their family members, etc). So my point is that it's probably not fair to cry "Western Imitator" just because a sister is naturally thin. In fact, the ones I'm speaking of are hijabis and, Alhamdulillah, closer to the deen than many sisters out there today. There are some other discrepancies in your post but I think I am better off keeping my mouth shut. Not trying to pick an argument with you, but just felt the need to point that out. I know your intention may not have been as I perceived it so please forgive me if I said anything wrong.
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