Why do Somalis put hijabs on little girls?

[Qeelbax]

You guys won’t say it but many parents put it on to cover their awrah when a child doesn’t have awrah. I remember a friend who was never allowed to take it off from like age 3 up and would get slapped up if she did. Now she’s an adult and completely wilding. No reason to force a child to wear hijab and skirt like she’s a grown woman. I remember she wasn’t even allowed to wear a short dress with pants, always ankle length.

 

[Qeelbax]

It’s funny that many will have little girls decked out in full hijab and abaya but won’t even tell their grown sons to cover their awrah.

 

[Taij4an]

It’s funny that many will have little girls decked out in full hijab and abaya but won’t even tell their grown sons to cover their awrah.

?most men cover their awrah
, i have only met like a handful of men who dont cover their awrah.
Even most non-muslim men cover their awrah.
This is some stupid hijabi argument I have heard"Men dont cover their awrah" what Muslim men do u see with their thighs and belly fully exposed walking around in public?

 

[Sophisticate]

I agree sister. Although it may seem off, let these parents raise they kids the way they see fit.

But a lot of these hoyoos doing it, don’t know better, and we’re raised into beileving it’s the right thing, va some I can genuinely honestly say, base it on pressure from the other mom friends.

That’s the only thing I don’t like, is when you only put it on your daughter cause the other ladies in your friends group are doing it to their children.

I just assumed they give hijabs to young kids to make them accustomed to wearing them.

I know a lot of mothers before the war didn't cover their hair; a lot of that changed once they relocated and were resettled. However, each family is different. Growing up, it wasn't common to see very young kids in hijab. However, things changed over time. I think this practice varies from family to family. And I consider it more of a non-issue.

 

[Calaami]

I just assumed they give hijabs to young kids to make them accustomed to wearing them.

I know a lot of mothers before the war didn't cover their hair; a lot of that changed once they relocated and were resettled. However, each family is different. Growing up, it wasn't common to see very young kids in hijab. However, things changed over time. I think this practice varies from family to family. And I consider it more of a non-issue.

Did you grow up in Somalia or Canada

 

[World]

Bruh yesterday while going to the market I saw a 6 year old girl wearing a hijab tf I never see this shyt with Arabs or Pakistanis it’s literally Somalis and other backwards azz Africans that make their daughters wear a hijab before their of age. It looks hella third world, parents need to stop doing this

Probably she saw her mother, sisters wearing a hijab and wanted to imitate them. Children look up to their family.

 

[Sophisticate]

Did you grow up in Somalia or Canada

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[Calaami]

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[lilmoon]

Bruh yesterday while going to the market I saw a 6 year old girl wearing a hijab tf I never see this shyt with Arabs or Pakistanis it’s literally Somalis and other backwards azz Africans that make their daughters wear a hijab before their of age. It looks hella third world, parents need to stop doing this

Maybe you should ask the girl if she wanted to wear it. A lot of the time, including in my own case when I was small, I saw my mum wear a hijab and I wanted to wear it. And it's not like we were forced, they could take it off, put it on, I remember even taking my own hijab off and giving it to my mum when I was playing in the park. It's just a form of training so that they can wear hijab in the future.

 

[lilmoon]

Just a side note, it's not like these girls are wearing the large jibabs/khimars that their mothers are wearing. They are baby hijabs, little pull-on ones with pretty designs and stuff so the girl can appreciate and think she is pretty wearing it. But I definitely don't agree if the parents are forcing their kids, as they are small, and they need to get used to it.

 

[Aurelian]

Bruh yesterday while going to the market I saw a 6 year old girl wearing a hijab tf I never see this shyt with Arabs or Pakistanis it’s literally Somalis and other backwards azz Africans that make their daughters wear a hijab before their of age. It looks hella third world, parents need to stop doing this

Mental illness

 

[Peache]

Just a side note, it's not like these girls are wearing the large jibabs/khimars that their mothers are wearing. They are baby hijabs, little pull-on ones with pretty designs and stuff so the girl can appreciate and think she is pretty wearing it. But I definitely don't agree if the parents are forcing their kids, as they are small, and they need to get used to it.

Girl Idk where you live, but here in Canada, I’ve seen most of these little girls wearing jilbaab and abaayas now. I’ve literally had conversations with friends about, “whatever happens to just wearing those little girl hijabs?”
Poor things can’t even run and play properly cause of those long jilbaab sand abaayas they have to wear.

My friend works at a a school and tells me how during the hot days, these girls eventually take some of it off, and when the mom arrives at the school she’s flips out. The teachers be explaining about how wearing the jilbaab plus the abaaya makes it hard for them to play and they get hot, and ask to wear a t shirt.

 

[Peache]

Just a side note, it's not like these girls are wearing the large jibabs/khimars that their mothers are wearing. They are baby hijabs, little pull-on ones with pretty designs and stuff so the girl can appreciate and think she is pretty wearing it. But I definitely don't agree if the parents are forcing their kids, as they are small, and they need to get used to it.

Maybe you should ask the girl if she wanted to wear it. A lot of the time, including in my own case when I was small, I saw my mum wear a hijab and I wanted to wear it. And it's not like we were forced, they could take it off, put it on, I remember even taking my own hijab off and giving it to my mum when I was playing in the park. It's just a form of training so that they can wear hijab in the future.

Well you were lucky. Most of the girls I knew, including me, were forced to wear it. In high school, it was funny seeing the girls come to school with hijab on and take it off, and I don’t ever blame them for that as they want to be able to show their hair like a normal girl.
Some of us, were even beaten for taking it off or wanting to.

 

[lilmoon]

Well you were lucky. Most of the girls I knew, including me, were forced to wear it. In high school, it was funny seeing the girls come to school with hijab on and take it off, and I don’t ever blame them for that as they want to be able to show their hair like a normal girl.
Some of us, were even beaten for taking it off or wanting to.

That's really sad, but I guess it's just because of parent's ignorance, you know. Some do that, but do you still wear a hijab or was being forced the reason for you taking it off?

 

[Peache]

That's really sad, but I guess it's just because of parent's ignorance, you know. Some do that, but do you still wear a hijab or was being forced the reason for you taking it off?

I still wear it,
But I wore it from 5-till my early twenties. Took it off for a while, and have now gone back to wearing it since my mid twenties until now.

The amount of women I know who did take it off, was cause they wasn’t given a choice as children and so on. And they get judge tremendously for it, as have I.

Overall I think it’s better to just not judge them for it and simply realize everyone’s life choices are different.

 

[lilmoon]

I still wear it,
But I wore it from 5-till my early twenties. Took it off for a while, and have now gone back to wearing it since my mid twenties until now.

The amount of women I know who did take it off, was cause they wasn’t given a choice as children and so on. And they get judge tremendously for it, as have I.

Overall I think it’s better to just not judge them for it and simply realize everyone’s life choices are different.

What annoys me is those privileged men and women who think they have the right to look down on non-hijabis and even catcall them and abuse them. They don't even know what they are going through but they have the nerve to do that.

 

[Peache]

What annoys me is those privileged men and women who think they have the right to look down on non-hijabis and even catcall them and abuse them. They don't even know what they are going through but they have the nerve to do that.

During the time I wasn’t wearing it, I went through tremendous sexual harassment and had nasty rumours about me, to the point that it has still affected me today. I can admit my low self esteem is a result from that.
I started hating my body simply because of the way it’s shaped and I was always bothered for it.

Whats the real tea, and I genuinely don’t mean to bash our men for this .. it’s just me and other Somali women I know experience…

It was never from non Somali men. Like other African men and women from other cultures never judged me for showing my hair and wearing pants, and treated me with respect and like a normal human being.
It was mostly the men within our community that assumed and spread awful things about me.
Even in hijab, I still get approached but that’s tea for another thread that some of the folks here don’t wanna admit .. ( that hijab is get approached and sexually harassed as well ).

 

[lilmoon]

During the time I wasn’t wearing it, I went through tremendous sexual harassment and had nasty rumours about me, to the point that it has still affected me today. I can admit my low self esteem is a result from that.
I started hating my body simply because of the way it’s shaped and I was always bothered for it.

Whats the real tea, and I genuinely don’t mean to bash our men for this .. it’s just me and other Somali women I know experience…

It was never from non Somali men. Like other African men and women from other cultures never judged me for showing my hair and wearing pants, and treated me with respect and like a normal human being.
It was mostly the men within our community that assumed and spread awful things about me.
Even in hijab, I still get approached but that’s tea for another thread that some of the folks here don’t wanna admit .. ( that hijab is get approached and sexually harassed as well ).

Honestly, that's disgusting what you had to go through, especially from the people of your own country smh. But remember, Allah created your body perfectly, so don't hate it. I bet it's beautiful Allahuma Barik. And, it's true, hijabis get catcalled and harassed as well, and it's disgusting. Honestly don't these people have any morals or shame?