To A New Beginning, inshAllah.

@ssalamoalekum, 

HAPPY NEW YEAR brothers and sisters in faith!

12 months have gone by. The year1431 A.H is behind us now; 1432 A.H. is the new present - a new beginning, inshAllah. Time has been created as a witness. It records everything but speaks none; a silent witness. It will begin to unravel upon us; turn back and spiral into itself, as the Judgment Day would arrive. And then, it shall testify before Allah (swt) about us - good or bad, that we have to decide.

And so it is about time we take time by the horns; a raging bull that it is, and break its run. It is about time we utilize each passing moment to ponder, reshape, enact and reflect as good Believers - as good human beings. Each Islamic year gives us a new chance - 12 blessed months full of countless opportunities to reshape our destiny. Do we sleep through it in ignorance? Only waking to attend to the menial routine of material life? Or do we live each moment fully and enrich ourselves in knowledge and good deeds at the end of the lunar cycle?

If you haven't done anything for your Hereafter as yet - this is a wake up call. This is a new beginning. Make some wholesome resolutions this year and live through them. Embedded in this blessed year; as all others that have preceded since 1431 years ago, are blessed times that can take you to those gardens beneath which rivers flow. It's a free of cost; all expenses paid trip if you know how to invest now in all the right times and places.

Repentance is always the best way to start and of course a promise to never commit the same mistakes again. Next, is to schedule a proper way of life. There is no shame in making a To-Do list for your daily life because every good Muslim's life is planned.

YOUR NEW YEAR TO-DO LIST

There should be timings designated for:

1. Religious study and reflection
2. 5 times prayers
3. Self Grooming and Care
4. Work
5. Family life
6. A leisure activity

If you are neglecting of the areas then there are major stakes you are risking. They may be your Lord (swt), your loved ones, your future, your financial stability and above all ... your SELF.

May Allah (swt) forgive our past, strengthen our present and illuminate our future with the light of Imaan and Taqwah, inshAllah. Ameen summameen.

Sisterly Yours,
@num @.

The Legend of Zulqarnain: Encapsulation of Yajooj & Majooj (Gog & Magog)

The history of Islam and the word of Allah (swt) in the Holy Quran aware us of the remarkable tales of valor of great warriors who fought with the might of the sword, word and faith for the sake of Allah (swt). One of them is the legend of Dhul Qarnayn/Zulqarnain (pronounce 'zool-qar-nayn') - the great and righteous conqueror and ruler who built a wall of iron to restrain the barbarians of Yajooj and Majooj (Gog and Magog) until the End of Times draw closer.

Who was Zulqarnain? - Alexander or Cyrus?
There are strong theories about Dhul Qarnayn being either Alexander the Great or Cyrius/Darius because these are the 2 known great conquerors from the pre-Mohammad (saww) era. There are no solid conclusions whatsoever. The Alexander Romance; a collection of legends of Alexander the Great, depict similar stories as depicted in the Quran for Dhul Qarnayn i.e. the construction of The Gates of Alexander to restrain a barbaric tribal nation. However, Cyrus too is known to have constructed the Dariel Pass to restrain a barbaric nation.

The name Zulqarnain means "He of The Two Horns" or "He of The Two Ages/Generations". Quranic accounts narrate that Zulqarnain was a great, righteous ruler who rode all the way to the very west where the sun set and then all the way to the very east where the sun rose from. Of course, the riding here points to the idea of conquering land. And he also went to a third direction. Alexanderian theory, here, seems to lose out a bit because Alexander is known to have conquered all the way to the east and south. Whereas Cyrus is said to have conquered on his expeditions to the east and the west and the north (a third direction). Also, the Quranic view of Zulqarnain is of a believer of One God. Alexander was Greek and a believer in polytheism therefore. And Cyrus the King of Persia, was a Zoroastrian. Zoroastrianism was a new religion of the time and the prophet Zoroaster was a preacher of the concept of monotheism - One God.

Zulqarnain in Surah Kahaf (The Cave)
The great conqueror is mentioned in the Holy Quran; in particular in Surah Kahf which has great merits of being recited on a Friday. Why is the story mentioned in the Holy Quran? It is Allah's narration for Prophet Mohammad (sallalahu alehe wa'alihi wasallam) in order to aware him of the hidden tales of history and to enhance his knowledge so he is able to answer the trivial questions of the non-believers when they tested the prophet (saww).
Allah (swt) speaks to Prophet Mohammad (saww) and narrates:

"They will ask thee of Dhu'l-Qarneyn. Say: "I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him."  

Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a road. And he followed a road. Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: "O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness." He said: "As for him who doeth wrong, we shall punish him, and then he will be brought back unto his Lord, Who will punish him with awful punishment!"

"But as for him who believeth and doeth right, good will be his reward, and We shall speak unto him a mild command."

Then he followed a road

Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.

So (it was). And We knew all concerning him.

Then he followed a road

Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their hither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying.

They said: "O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Lo! Gog and Magog are spoiling the land. So may we pay thee tribute on condition that thou set a barrier between us and them?"

He said: "That wherein my Lord hath established me is better (than your tribute). Do but help me with strength (of men), I will set between you and them a bank."

"Give me pieces of iron" - till, when he had leveled up (the gap) between the cliffs, he said: "Blow!" - till, when he had made it a fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper to pour thereon."

And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).

He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord cometh to pass, He will lay it low, for the promise of my Lord is true."

From the Quranic narrative we know that Zulqarnain was a great conqueror who lived before the time of Prophet Mohammad (saww) and was blessed with great power in the land, by Allah (swt). He conquered lands; having being blessed by material and physical strength, and established the word of Allah (swt) - One God. As he reached the east - where the sun rises from - he came across a nation who requested his help in putting an end to the barbaric people of Yajooj and Majooj (Gog and Magog) who inhabited a land behind two mountains. Yajooj and Majooj are humans; as narrations tell and they are from the progeny of Prophet Noah (a.s.)'s son Yafith ibn Nooh. They used to come down the mountain sides and unleash anarchy and chaos for the nation that had lodged the request before Zulqarnain. They offered a deal to present him with tribute; financial/material most probably, in return for his favor. To this he replied that he was already blessed and enriched by Allah (swt) and required only the help of labor to restrain the Yajooj and Majooj.
The strategy used by Zulqarnain to restrain the Yajooj and Majooj is described to be an encapsulation of iron sheets - a wall - structured around the land of Yajooj and Majooj restraining even the mountains. Furthermore, molted copper was poured in to concrete the wall. The height of the wall is unmentioned but it is assumed that since Yajooj and Majooj were not able to climb or break through the wall - it is higher than the mountains.

Quranic prophecies about the nearing of the End of Times speak of the barbarians of Yajooj and Majooj (Gog and Magog) being set free.

  "But when Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj are let loose and they rush headlong down every hill" (Quran 21:97)  


http://www.islam.tc/prophecies/yajooj.html

It Gets Better

How I spent my Arafah

This year was my first Arafah fast, alhamdulillah. The reason being it my first was because I was recently introduced to its utmost beauty. Immediately I realized what a major loss I had incurred having missed out on all the previous days of Arafaah in my life! This is an ultimate bonus deal where you get cleansed off your sins of the previous year and the next - pure delight for any Believer right? 

The 9th of Dhul Hijjah or the Day of Arafah is one of the great days mentioned in the Holy Quran. Allah (swt) descends to the nearest heaven to answer the pleas for repentance and to reward the ones who observe prayers, fasts, or dhikr. How could I have missed out? 

This morning I woke up for my Suhoor along with my siblings, alhamdulillah. They too have been blessed with the conscience to be young devotees of Allah (swt). My stomach acid had caused me to miss out the previous Dhul Hijjah fasts, so I made a prayer of making it through the day without any pains or burns bothering me between my prayers and dhikr. 

I usually sleep after my Fajr prayers. Today, I chose to stay awake because I wished to observe the morning Chasht prayer. Alhamdulillah, I prayed Chasht which is considered to be a sin cleanser itself! I followed on with abundant dhikr, alhamdulillah, starting with the takbeer and tahmeed and reciting surah al Fajr which holds the mention of the ten blessed nights i.e. Dhul Hijjah. I allowed my dua'as to be sincere and I sought sincere repentance of my sins. I know what have I been and what have I done. I am not very proud of it and so I needed the spill of tears there! I begged Allah (swt) to have mercy on me and not to enlist me with those whom He dislikes. I prayed to be evicted from the blaze of Hell fire and I prayed for a life of purity and piety ahead, inshAllah, ameen.

Today was a mission against Satan - the Evil Whisperer and I know that not only the pilgrims of Makkah with their pebbles but me too have owned him - humiliated his guts - BADLY! And I have a message for him tonight after concluding my day of worship with a delicious Iftaar and prayers ...

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING! SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT! I'D SHOW YOU ...!!!

Day of Arafah - Your Ticket to Paradise

It would be unfortunate if we do not realize the incredible beauty of the faith we belong to. Allah (swt) has studded our lives with nothing but opportunities upon opportunities to walk our way straight into Paradise. 

This; what appears to be a black cube studded with velvet ebony and strings of gold, is the epicenter of our very belief in the Oneness of our Lord. Some people are fond of having its majestic photos framed and hung up on the walls of their houses, others like to invest heavily on pendants and charms which are imitations of the House of Allah and feel that they are expressing devotion if they wear it around. Our faith is not about symbols and material objects. The reason this House i.e. the Ka'abahtullah was built by the prophets Abraham and Ishmael (peace and blessings be upon them) by command of our Lord. It is not worshiped! No material object is worshiped. But it is the center towards which every praying person in the world has to face towards - 5 times a day OBLIGATORY - to prove that he or she is part of the faith which believes in One Allah (swt) the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth. 

Today was a remarkable day. It is Dhul Hijjah (pronounced zill-Hajj); the last month of the Islamic calendar. And today was the 9th of Dhul Hijjah - the day when the final rite of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the house of Allah (the Hajj) was performed. Billions of Muslim pilgrims from around the world; having invested a large chunk of their fortune, had set out about a month ago for the love of their Creator towards this great day. Today, with the final ritual of circumambulating 7 times around the House of Allah (swt) they concluded the most rewarding of all journeys of their life! It is said that a person becomes as clean and pure as a newborn child after performing the Hajj. Wow!

And Arafah - the grand finale event of the pilgrimage - is a day of great merits even for non-pilgrims around the world. It has its significance deep rooted in the very history of this earth's creation. Arafah is also the name of the great ground where the entire world's populace would gather on the Final Day! And this is the very ground where Adam and Eve (peace and blessings be upon them) reunited after being separated for hundreds of years in punishment for being expelled from Paradise.

The non-pilgrims can seek their way into Paradise by fasting the 9 days of Dhul Hijjah and in particular the day of Arafah. It is today when your fast would evict you (according to a hadith narrated from Sahih Muslim) from your sins of the past year and the year ahead. Can you believe this? You're being forgiven in advance for the mess you'd be creating (may Allah forbid you) next year! What more is it going to take you to acknowledge the GREATNESS of your Lord and the BEAUTY of your faith?

“There is no day on which Allaah ransoms more of His slaves from the Fire than the day of ‘Arafah. He draws close then He boasts about them before the angels and says, ‘What do these people want?’” (Sahih Muslim) 


Arafah comes once an year to cleanse our spirits of all evil. This is a day when Allah (swt) descends to the nearest Heaven to hear our pleas for repentance and to answer our prayers. Millions of people; on this day, are evicted from a terrible fate of burning in Hell fire and each one of us should strive to be on that list! 


It is not difficult. It takes prayers, dhikr and fasting or even one of the supererogatory acts of devotion for your Lord who had blessed you with the best. As the pilgrims chant "Labbaik Allahumma Labaik" "I am present O! Allah! I am present!" it is up to the rest of us to hold that belief of being accountable to our Lord and to indulge in deep prayers on this day.


Arafah shall take you through ... all the way to Paradise. Make sure you have your ticket.


Sisterly yours,
@num @.

Ready! Set! Groom!

I have been in slight neglect of myself for about a week I guess. No! I don't have boogers hanging from my nose or dirt on my face BUT my heels have kind of fallen prey to the Fall and the coming of winter and they kind of cracked! Not good! I keep getting the carpet fur sticking to the cracked heels. My skin's dry and flaking due to the onset of the cold wave. I am not obsessive compulsive but yes! It is part of being a perfect Muslim woman to keep yourself well-groomed. And there is a whole lot of NEGLECT on the part of sisters because they don't know their facts right and go on un-groomed and unkempt, thinking that no grooming is modesty.

Your body is sacred trust between you and Allah (swt) dear sisters and keeping it beautiful and preserved is your duty, I tell you! The first preservation is the spiritual where you are modest and do not give yourself away to the sight and touch of strange men. Ughh! And this includes the "boyfriends" and "fiances" as well. And the second preservation is where you protect yourself from the influence of biological and natural processes. You keep yourself clean and odor free after you pee or poop, you keep yourself beautiful despite the effect of some hormones on your outward appearance. I shall tell you how ...
BATHING ROUTINES

Some sisters feel that regular bathing is a waste of time. No, really. I have heard "I don't need a bath". Seriously? So what ... your armpits don't sweat? Your scalp never gets grimy? Wow. And sometimes, despite the bathing, where sisters treat themselves with lavish concoctions from The Body Shop, there are neglected areas. Seriously, tell me when was the last time you checked to see if your belly button was clean? Need I go on?
Bathing routines need an investment of time. How much time do you give to your daily shower? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? I say give a good 15-20 minutes and instead of being lost in thoughts while standing under the shower and thinking about being America's Next Top Model ... actively clean yourself!
Shampoos are made for a purpose. The scalp gets grimy and so you should shampoo at least twice a week. I go for alternate days because my scalp is oily. I know myself ... know yourself.
Get a good shower scrub/sponge to rub yourself with. It is the best way to get grime off you if you have a very sweaty routine. A good shower gel would help you fight the odor!


SUNNAN-al-FITRAH
There are a few grooming routines that are obligatory. Not many sisters keep track or are concerned about these. The Sunan al-Fitrah include (1) Trimming of moustache (2) Trimming of nails (3) Circumcision (4) Removal of armpit and pubic hair

The NAILS need to be kept short and hadith says that you should HURRY to shorten them when they've been growing for long. You cannot go over 40 days max to trim your talons. With all the bit about nail art, sisters have gone off track here. French manicures and shades of the rainbow on the nails and what not. Okay, those are beautiful but consider artificial acrylic nails, please? Because with animal-like claws you are definitely displeasing Allah (swt). ARMPIT and PUBIC hair need to be removed. Yes! I just said that because it needs to be addressed. If you are ignoring such basics then you need to know that they are not just grooming and personal hygiene obligations that you are overlooking but they are commandments!

WAXING

There are MAJOR arguments about whether removing hair from arms and legs and the body are allowed or not. I have good news. It is permissible. People argue but it is permissible unless you wish to be a grizzly bear in full bloom. You can also remove hair if they are growing on the upper lip as a mustache or on the chin like a beard because these are all affecting your feminine beauty. HOWEVER!!! You cannot cannot cannot pluck your eyebrows! It is a MAJOR sin as mentioned in the hadith. Plucking the eyebrows and making those arches or whatever it is those beauty stylists call them - is not permissible at all because that would be changing the artwork of Allah (swt). If there are hair between the eyebrows then they could be removed because that is not part of the eyebrow line. But nothing else!

SKIN

No tattoos please because these are permanent and your body belongs to Allah (swt). You can always go for Henna which is fragrant, beautiful and temporary.
Know your skin type because you need to maintain yourself. If it's oily then please work on it to keep it dry before you become an oil rig and then become a pimple zone! And if it is dry keep it hydrated with aloe vera and moisturizers so you don't shed off like snake skin!

HAIR

You can have any hairstyle you want except the outrageous ones imitating people who choose to be deviant i.e. punk hair! You can color your hair without imitating obnoxious colors! Make sure all that is happening inside your Hijab and is not available for public display!
Oil your hair once a week to keep it healthy. Olive oil is the best. The Quran mentions the olive (zaytoon) and it has merits. Don't keep the oil in your hair for DAYS ... shampoo after an hour.
Please don't become a case of head lice!

Your morning routine should be very particular, ladies. You should shower (at least the full body if not the hair). Always use a good talc to keep off sweat - at least most of it. Use a very mild fragrance on the inside of your garments (preferably on the undergarments) so you don't smell like a public garden. DRESS up well even if you are a house wife or a stay at a home girl. Because if you feel great about yourself only then can you be your fullest in life.

TAKE CARE List
Cracked heels
Long nails
Dandruff / Oily Scalp / Lice (bugs!!!)
Split ends
Scum deposits in piercings (ear/nose)
Armpit hair
Pubic hair
Extra hair on the body
Discoloration of teeth
Bad breath
Belly button goo!
Scum in the nails
Scum between toes

Hijab-ified

The Hijab 

THE FIRST STEP

The first step is always the most difficult. Nobody ever has an easy first foot out. Don't tell me you set your foot out of your baby crib and ran a marathon on the China Wall. Because I am NOT believing that. The minute you make a footprint on the shores of this world walking towards the tranquil of faith; the waves from the social turbulence begin attacking before you could even make a trail.

The first Hijab steps have to bear with a LOT of challenges:

• Names-calling: Ninja, Turtle (yeah, two names, not Ninja Turtle), Potatoe Head, Housemaid (Maasi), and what not ...
• Assumptions: "She's under peer pressure", "She's trying to please somebody; the family of the boyfriend she is pursuing for marriage; the guy himself maybe", "It's her twenties hormones, she'd get over it"
• Fashion advice: "If you loosen it a bit your face would look less fat", "If you show a bit of hair you won't look this round" - Okay, fat and round ... anything else?

HIJAB SEQUELS - The poorly directed

When a Muslimah is going through the stage where she is confused about her Hijab decision. there are several styles she may try to please herself. This is basically a stage of self esteem issues where you wish to please others and satisfy their critics and comments rather than pleasing Allah (swt). And so ... come the Hijab sequels. And we ALL know that badly directed movie sequels are never better than the original because you always manage to kill the real essence or two of the original screenplay. Look what happened to the SAW series. Okay ... bad example. But hey ... mutilating the Hijab is pretty much gore and disgust right?

There are sisters who would partially cover their heads and consider it as "something is better than nothing". There is no halfway Hijab solution, ladies. There was the halfway Hijab, the transparent Hijab, the accesorized Hijab with earrings and neck showing ... and of course the airbrushed Hijab when you think it is okay to wear lipstick and kohl. 

Why were these transitions happening? Simple! The sisters have gone nuts! :) And besides that there are self-esteem issues. Unless you learn to love yourself in your Hijab those bits about the Ninja Turtle would hurt you. And you've got to learn ... you've got to discover how to feel beautiful and comfy in your Hijab.

HIJAB-ification

Mind you - my beautiful fashion frenzied sisters - that Hijab is not only to bandage your head up with a cloth and leave the rest of you like an uncovered jar of honey. There are bugs out there and you are sacred trust. Hijab is an entire psychology; a lifestyle change, which includes your ENTIRE dress code, your makeup, your walking style and your speaking style. EVERYTHING has to be themed to reflect modesty and piety! We're talking about the Muslimah brand here, ladies, no CK, no DKNY, no Gucci, no nothing! Brand: Muslimah! 100% HIJAB-ification.

WEAR THE CROWN WITHOUT THE HUMP

No camel humps please, thank you. They look GORGEOUS on camels. Unless you wish to be one. Women with camel humps have been cursed by the way. Read the hadith in the graphic above. The Hijab has to cover ALL of your hair. Do not try showing off the new Garnier Fructis volume effect or the highlights. You can have a full open hair parade in your house before all mahram members, or in an all ladies party, etc. But a no-no in public.

Hijab is the crown that a Muslim woman wears on her head. Wear it right to LOOK like modest royalty. 

DON'T BE A COSMETICS PARADE IN THE HIJAB

I know that the Loreal, Maybelline, Mac and etc. are awesome but not in public, ladies! Once again ... wear them before the ladies - and your mahrams!  And if your intention behind the Hijab is purely to please Allah (swt) then I can bet on it He would make you look beautiful. So get rid of your inferiority complexes. You can always put on a colorless chaptick in case your lips are chapping off.

Also, you cannot pluck your eyebrows! You can remove the extra hair you have on the area above the bridge of your nose which is NOT part of your eyebrows. BUT ... you cannot choose to shape your eyebrows or thin them out. Believe me, they just invented plucking for nothing! If you have super thick eyebrows and you thin them out, your eyebrow line would show like a swollen plump wad of skin. Because the skin from where the tuffet of hair grows out is a bit thicker! Stop ruining the natural look.

You can always clear the nasty facial hair like if you have a moustache growing or a beard!

ACCESSORIZE not EXCESS-orize 

Accessorizing the Hijab is a beautiful art but again ... who are you doing it for? If it's an all ladies party - go for it. If it's your wedding, mashAllah. But if you're off for groceries or window shopping and you have earrings dangling - astaghfirullah. There is no way you can find it okay to show your adornments to men. What shows of you naturally is just fine. But earrings, bangles ... reserve them.

Cover Girl VS Covered Girl

Hijab is a dress code. So it is not okay for you to reveal the curves and shapes. It is not only to wear a loosely fitted shirt but also to take an extra cover over your chest to absolutely erase all impressions of it. The extra cover is mentioned in Surah al Nisa in the Quran i.e. a whole chapter on Woman. It seriously says “extra cover” over the chest. So a shirt won’t do. The Hijab wrap should extend all the way. Or take an additional scarf. Or wear a jacket. I figured coats and jackets would be brilliant for the winters and extra scarf would work beautifully for the summers. The arms too need to be covered all the way till only your hands are uncovered.

To avoid throwing away my entire wardrobe – because I never wore strictly full sleeves – I purchased some sleeve extensions from eBay Alhamdulillah. They have it there and you can buy them. They’re in various colors so you can always tone them with your shirt’s color or contrast them.

Also, it is mentioned in the Quran and hadith that when a Muslim woman walks, people should be able to make out the shape of her body and the distinction between both her legs when she walks. A Jilbab is the best option but sometimes we have personal intolerance for it, or there are cultural issues. It’s better not to attract unwanted attention in a western country. The long gypsy skirt is a great alternative. Either that or really baggy trousers. My personal style is the gypsy skirt. It doesn’t have a tight fitting, not body hugging and when coupled with a super loose shirt and a Hijab it is a brilliant dress! 

O! And by the way ... the feet too are part of your awraah (the parts to be covered) according to the Ruling of Fiqh (Islamic Code of Conduct) about covering feet. Some schools of thought make it permissible for feet to be uncovered. But the Hadith narration says that when Rasool Allah (salAllahu alehe wa alehi wassalam) pointed only to the face and the hands when he was asked which parts of a woman can be uncovered. So I got socks! Loads of them! 

Keep your feet decorated with Henna if you like, wear anklets, whatever ... but make sure there are no non-mahrams around!

Take special care about the fact that you cannot pray with NAIL COLOR on! Why? Because your Wudu (ablution) - the washing and cleaning ritual before the prayers - is VOID when you have nail color on since it forms a thick non-penetrable coat over your nail so your nail is still unclean inside. And there is no such thing as making Wudu and applying nail color and assuming they are clean under there FOREVER! So you might as well stop using the nail color . And if you are a crazy nail art and color fan then buy those glue on nails and paint them with all the colors of the rainbow if you want! OR ... WAIT TO GET YOUR PERIOD when you won't be praying and can apply the nail color. Phew! If it's that big a deal. But WAIT ... you cannot really go public with that because WAKE UP CALL!!! it is an adornment. So you've got to cover it up and show it at that ladies parties where you can show it off. 

I don't like all that hassle of doing all this so I quit nail color altogether. I'd probably put some on my wedding day and make my husband remove it later on because I have really lost the hang of the smell of nail color remover. 

Also ... according to the Ruling of Fiqh (Islamic Code of Conduct) it is against the Fitraah principle to allow the nails to grow long because it is unhygienic AND the appearance of long nails is repulsive because animals have long talons and claws. Men and women with long nails are condemned. I know I don't wish to be listed as in resemblance to an animal!

Cut the Givenchy Overload Out

A woman who sprays herself in perfume and walks out like a fuming bouquet is described as being equal to an adulteress who invites people towards herself. I wouldn’t want to go anywhere near that term. Do you?

It doesn’t imply here that you roam around with foul body odor! Please! There’s always a Halal way to things. Bathe early morning and use a mild body spray INSIDE your clothes – preferably on your undergarments – spray a good, effective body spray in SMALL quantities. This shall not smell all rosy out of your clothes and will also keep body odor away! And NO! Even Itar or Musk are not Halal for a woman to use explicitly. 

AN IDEAL MUSLIMAH