Maa shaa Allaah walHamdulillah my sister……..you make me wanna be there! Where I live, in Hartford Connecticut, you may be able to count the Salafis on one hand. There are no Salafi Masjids which means no Salafi Community. I have seen only one sister who covers correctly (besides myself with the niqab and proper abaya, gloves, etc…) since I have been here, which has been about 3 years and believe me, I do get the staredown when I go places. It is wonderful to hear of the communities upon Ad-Dawatus Salafiyyah that have the studious brothers who give so freely of themselves for the Pleasure of Allaah subhaanahu wa ta’aala and keep contact with the Ulemaa, having the love for the brotherhood and sisterhood! InshaAllah one day soon for my ibn and me…………………….!
Your sister in Islam
Jameelah Iman

i am Amina,from the island nation,Maldives.
My country is one of the 100% Muslim populated countries Masha Allaah.
i live in the capital,mal’e.We have a lot of mosques in mal’e,,i believe more than like 15 mosques in this 2 kilometer island.And not even nearly as much actin\vities as we should have going on in mosques.Sad,but true.
A lot of sisters do wear hijab,but sadly,not properly.
I believe that is because most of our sisters follow Islam as part of their culture.
I am a niqaabi and am often stared at and sometimes ridiculed..
I have been wearing hijab from a very young age,so i am used to being stared at,and ofcourse there are those ridiculous questions like,dont you feel hot??????
sad that we Muslims tend to forget more often than we should that it is a way severe heat of tomorrow that we are trying to find coolness from today..
But recently,more and more sisters have started wearing abayas and and niqaabis are Masha Allaah increasing too.
As i mentioned before,because following Islam really for what it is,it is so much easier to get western style clothes here.its a tough getting to buy proper Islamic clothing here.so i usually make my own clothes..quite a few times,i have looked and drooled over beautiful abayas and niqaabs,and made ones like that for myself..
Islamic books are available here in some places.
As i am 7 months pregnant now,all my abayas have grown too fit to be appropriate to wear outside.
i have not been able to sew much,as a result,currently have only one dress that i can fit into,lol!!
so you can see that it is quite a bit of trouble getting good islaming clothing here,good quality ones are impossible!
anyway.i love your website and have come here quite often!
your site is great masha Allaah,keep up the good work!
jazakumullaah khaira!

your sister is islam,
Amina

i really understand how you feel SubhanaAllah! I feel the same way, that’s what i mean when i said the Muslims/masjids in my city are divided. When I became more religious and started to cover up more, I basically lost the one freind I had in this city i’m living in and now I literally have no one I can actually call a freind. So I understand the loneliness you speak of. I don’t know what is wrong with our Ummah, I feel like sometimes when I even say Asalamu Alaykum to someone they just look at me like i’m crazy or something for saying salam to them. Anywho sister Aisha, i’ll be your freind if you be my freind…lol InshaAllah. And just in case you are interested, here is a website for muslim sisters to network and connect just for Allah’s sake. sisterszone.com,

love all of you for Allah’s sake!

I live in the U.S as well. It is not a Islamic country unfortunately. The city I live in has many Muslims and many different masjids all around the city, however I don’t think the Muslims are very united. As for sisters, yes there are many who wear the proper Hijab and some even wear Niqab, but unfortunately the ones who do not cover up seem more to me, just my opinion…Allahu A’lam. And I think the sisters who wear the niqab are given a hard time by Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and i’m talking from experience. I don’t wear Niqab anymore because of the many discouragements and harassments i received especially from family members as well as non-Muslims. I was so troubled to the point I developed doubts about my reasons for wearing Niqab and then I eventually ended up taking it off and I regret it sometimes. I feel like i have in a way failed and gave in to Shaydan and to people.

There are Islamic stores and many Islamic bookstores. But I still like shopping online because it is more convenvient.

Salam:) hope i win!

I am Aisha, from Romania.First of all I want to congratulate all of the staff at Sunnah Style, it is such a joy to see that you are promoting niqab and very modest clothing, aswell as large sizes.As I was saying i am Romanian but I left my country Alhamdulillah and I live in UK now with my husband that is Saudi.My country is pretty hostile toward muslims and we are very few, maybe 800 in the whole country(22 milion ppl).The sisters here don’t cover properly, very very few are wearing correct islamic attire.It;s true, we lack clothing stores and such but many of the sisters have arabic husbands that can bring abayas from their countries.Many of them are not convinced about it, many don;t really care and many are misguided.The norm here is something very colorful, blouse+pants and a hijab also many of them are not wearing hijab due to the impossibility of having a job or because many of them are young and still living with the family that doesn’t allow them.Overall Islam is pretty poor in Romania, but I still hope for better, by the grace of Allah everything is possible.
I moved in Uk 4 months ago and from the 1st day started wearin niqab.It was pretty hard at the beginning but after 2-3 weeks I got used to it and I love it!It helped me very much to become more kind and shy.The situation in the city I live(Sheffield) is pretty ok, many muslims and the majority of the sisters are wearing correct attire or at least they struggle to do so mashallah/There are few niqabis, me another english sister, few saudi sisters that study here.What saddens me is that I didn;t succeed to have a relationship with the sisters here…I had a very bad surprise for Eid, the arab sisters rules out the reverts…so I was kinda shocked…but then the revert sisters are very busy with their families or studies and I feel lonely as I have no friend except my husband(who is away at school or library most of the day).I know they have some activities cause there are like 7 mosques in the city and some Islamic centres, but I really don;t know what they are up to.It;s sad when you see each community has it;s own mosque and they dontl try to mend or they dontl have activities…I am glad to read that other sisters have a nice environment and nice “family” feeling in their mosques.I know I sound desperate but i am such a friendly person and I really need to feel like I am living in a muslim community, inshallah things will go better:)
I love you all for the sake of Allah, maybe it would be a good idea to form an online community here:DIt would be nice to know you all

MashaAllaah, I live in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the United States. Concerning my community then our majid is al-Masjid al-Awwal located at 1911 Wylie Avenue in the Hill District. Our masjid is the oldest masjid in Pennsylvania. Since 1933. We are the only masjid in the city upon the pristine dawahtus salafiyyah. MashaAllaah. My father in law Aboo Siddiq Mansoor Ahmed ( rahimuhullaah) was the imam until he returned to Allaah seven years ago. I have been married to his son for 14 years mashaAllaah.

We are a small community compared to cities such as Philadelphia. We have around 60 families who attend regularly and whose hearts are attached to our masjid for the sake of Allaah. The majority of the women here wear niqaab. We find that there is no problem with that as we travel around the city walhamdullilah.

We are blessed to have classes every weekend on the manhaj and aqeedah. Our imam is Aboo Abdil Fataah Salaah Brooks.

One remarkable thing about our masjid is that we have an old building which is quite large. It used to be a public library and is a historic landmark. However, we had a problem with a very ancient boiler system and since we are a community of modest means we were not able to pay for repairs and we had no heat for 5 winters. We continued to come for classes as well as for salatul Jumuah using propane heaters and covering with blankets and our coats. Nothing ever stopped. Allaah allowed a very special muslim to give us 25 thousand dollars to repair the heating system. we dont know who this person is but may Allaah allow him/her to see His Face on that Day. ameen.

We have a loving community of sisters. We host fundraisers by selling dinners to help pay the masjid utility bills and to have funds to host wonderful Eid celebrations after the prayers. Ours is a family oriented community, people who have visited us have said that they have felt very much at home here. They feel the love and would return inshaAllaah.

We have iftar every single night in Ramadan before the Taraweeh prayers, our masjid is alive for lack of a better term. People come from other cities to celebrate the Eid with us.

I am blessed to be here. I think that it is important to be a part of a community and be active in it and be known. One day we will die and we wish for someone to know us and who will wash our bodies and who will pray Janazah over us.

What I love about my community is EVERYTHING. From the classes – and the admin of our masjid are studious brothers who have studied the arabic language and who have sat with the students of knowledge and who have direct access to the ulema. MashaAllaah. I have not learned more about my deen except here in our aqeedah and manhaj classes, and I have been muslim since 1977. MashaAllaah. So if you are ever in the Pittsburgh area please visit us and bow down with the believers here. InshaAllaah. You will feel the love. MashaAllaah

Umm Saalih

I am german but I study currently in France.
Befor going to France I thought there would be much more muslims than in germany, but I was totally wrong! But I guess its because of the city I am living in here.. It is very small and the muslim community is very small too. At my whole university are just two girls with hijab, in the whole city just two ladies who wear the jelbeb, french-muslim garment being a skirt with a huge khimar. As far as I know there is only one lady who wears niqab and the others wear mostly more western/modern clothes.
When looking for garments, books etc. you should order online or travel to the next bigger city which is Bordeaux.
As a muslim girl I provoce a lot of attention when walking through the city but al hamdoulilah I have been in much “muslim-unfriendlier” places than here.
Acctually, I really wish to go one day to a place where people will see me as someone “normal” :)

I wish all my sisters all the best and a blessed eid.
Ma salamah, Laura

I live in America. I don’t live in an area with very many Muslims. I am the only Muslim on my block or within the area itself. I am a muslima with a big heart for Islam. I would love to live somewhere where there was a bigger Muslim population, but insha’allah, God wil allow other muslims to see that its alright to move somewhere and to begin daawah. in my area, I sent out flyers for people to read about Islam. I was really into islam. At my school, I am the only hijaabi or girl who wears a headscarf. Its hard because people don’t really understand and the muslims at my school don’t really care as much about islam. Its not many places around my area to buy islamic garb. I love abayas and hijabs. I want to wear niqab, insha’allah. No stores around me have niqabs available for me to buy. I love niqab. I will wear it, insha’llah when I go off to university in 2 months. My whole family is Christian, so Islam is something new to them. Its something new, and insha’allah, they will understand Islam and understand the beliefs of Islam. There isn’t much of a muslim community where I am at right now. The university I will be attending has a muslim population out of this world. I am so happy about this. Subhan’allah!! I don’t hate that I don’t live around Muslims because I have a chance for non-muslims to see that Muslims are regular people too, and that we do co-exist in any neighborhood. Insha’allah, I wish that more muslims were around because Eids wouldn’t be as lonely. I go to the prayers, but it isn’t very huge when I get back home. Its like any other day…to be honest. At Christmas time its big for my family, but Eids are nothing compared to their holidays. I just hope one day that I will have a chance to see a BIG EID and be apart of it. Its one of our holidays in Islam and it should be celebrated. I love being Muslim and if it means that I have to live alone with many Muslims then so be it because Allah is always there to comfort me in my solitude. But, I would love to be around Muslims because it keeps me on my toes and the holidays are as ……lonely. I love the mesjid, but there isn’t really one close to go to….but insha’allah, all this will change.