The perks of wearing abayas

Recently I decided to only wear abayas. and it was such a liberating decision.

Being an impulsive buyer, I tend to waste money on buying clothes/shoes/bags I never wear. Now when I go to shopping malls and walk into clothing stores, I'd be like 'wow, I have nothing to buy!'

There's a lot of benefits of wearing abayas (or jubahs for that matter)

1. It's convenient - you don't have to waste time to think of what to wear it with. Just put it on and pick whatever hijab because black goes with anything.

2. Stress-free - You know sometimes when you wear a blouse with a skirt/jeans you're afraid your blouse might get stuck to the waist part of your skirt/jeans and it will show off your butt? (forgive my language) that never happens with an abaya :D (it's even perfectly fine if you're walking up the stairs and there's a guy behind you!)

3. Saves money (more like curbs your desire to buy clothing accessories lol) - I used to have several different bags and several different shoes to match my outfit. Now I only use one basic black bag and one pair of jelly flats. Life is so much simpler mashaaAllah ;p

4. It's comfortable - come on now, abayas are really comfortable. No need for further explanation.

5. It makes you look thin - It does. Trust me.

6. If you get married and get pregnant, you don't have to buy maternity clothes. (or nursing clothes because a lot of abayas have the button in the middle kinda thing)

7. You look ready for any occasion - Just got back from the supermarket? You realise there's a wedding you need to attend? No worries, abayas are suitable for every occasion.

8. You don't need telekung - Let's face it, we feel weird praying with jeans on or with a maxi dress that clinches at the waist right? With abayas you don't need no telekung :) (tp kena pakai handsocks and socks la)

9. You won't become a slave of fashion - You don't have to buy the latest peplum top or tribal motived top if you wear abayas. The main function of a piece of clothing is to cover you. Nothing less, nothing more. Fashion is an unnecessary thing that would make your love to this Dunia increase, that's not a good thing for the heart of muslim.

Fashion, although most people feel that it is okay, can be very harmful iman-wise because of the wordliness of it. How many girls long to own an LV bag, or even that high heel from forever 21 or even that cute hijab from an online shop? Is it necessary? Do we need it? We don't. If we have enough clothes to wear (more than 7 pieces, considering if it might take you a week to recycle your clothes, than we really don't need to buy more). Before I made this decision, I used to waste a lot of time looking at fashionable people or looking for inspiration from hollywood celebrities and all that. That is actually sad if you think of it, because our time is limited in this world and our aim is to seek for Allah's pleasure. Klu membazir2 masa mcm tu rasa mcm sgtlah rugi. (disclaimer : I still need to work on this area. I have yet not succeed in detaching myself from my worldly desires. But fear not! when there is Allah! there is a way!)

I just feel the need to promote abayas since a lot of people don't wear it on a regular basis (especially if you're not a student of UIA nor a citizen of bangi) I just want to add the amount of people wearing abayas so that it becomes common. Because sometimes when I go to places where people don't usually wear abayas people would look at me as if they're saying in their heads 'hmm.. I wonder where she just got back from?'

This is just an iklan. Just a friendly promotion ^^ kalau xnk it's perfectly fine. And no, it's not haraam to buy more clothes if you can afford it. But there's definitely a lot of bad consequences from it.

Because every muslim girl needs and LBD