[Feeble]

Yeah. That. I am currently living at home but soon I will moving away for my clinical placement and we weren't given the choice of having girls only accommodation. We received a list of who we're going to be with not so long ago and it looks like it's going to be a mixture.

I will be on my placement and living in an accommodation with those people for 5 months so I was wondering if it's alright to take off my headscarf while I am inside my flat and treat them as if they were my brothers. I really don't want to be moving around the flat and sitting in the kitchen fully covered up for 5 months just because of a couple of guys from my course...

My course is 3 years long and I will have to move out every year for clinical placements... 5 months each :/

What do you think? Is it ok?

Thanks.

[SuperGuy]

That would be most inconvenient.

[-beads-]

You do what you feel is right.

If you're comfortable with taking your scarf off, then go ahead. If not, don't.

If you are following the principals of the religion, then follow them properly, in which case don't take it off.

But at the end of the day, you need to be comfortable with whatever decision you make. People will respect your headscarf if you decide to wear it.

[Einheri]

Dr Izzat Atiya issued a Fatwa stating that you should breastfeed your male acquaintances thus making you their mother according to Shariah, and therefore okay to be uncovered around them. It's ridiculous, but Koranicly sound.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6681511.stm

[HumanNature1992]

(Original post by -beads-)
You do what you feel is right.

If you're comfortable with taking your scarf off, then go ahead. If not, don't.

If you are following the principals of the religion, then follow them properly, in which case don't take it off.

But at the end of the day, you need to be comfortable with whatever decision you make. People will respect your headscarf if you decide to wear it.

[TheHeart]

It's up to you.
What course are you doing anyway?

[LazyWorseThanInfidel]

if scarfs are for hiding your beauty so men don't pounce on you surely this is the time when it is most needed. you alone with men in a flat...

[kpwxx]

Sorry this isn't too helpful, but you should really go with what you feel, maybe ask someone you look up to religiously in real life.

Some people on this forum will consider that it's perfectly acceptable, others would think it's right to keep the scarf on. So on here, you'll just get a mix of yes's and no's. The main aim is to go with what you feel most comfortable with.

[shmuxel]

If you wantadvice, don't go on this forum, as you'll only get anti-muslim hate preaching...

[Boobies.]

I have a maybe useful idea.

If when you first move into the accommodation, you explain to your male room mates that you're Muslim and you'd like them to respect your religion, maybe explain to them your choice not to wear the headscarf in the flat?

If they're intelligent and understanding you should be perfectly fine and then you'll be able to take your headscarf off in your flat

[DOA]

(Original post by Einheri)
Dr Izzat Atiya issued a Fatwa stating that you should breastfeed your male acquaintances thus making you their mother according to Shariah, and therefore okay to be uncovered around them. It's ridiculous, but Koranicly sound.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6681511.stm

so basically if I have a female muslum friend its not ok for me to see her hair but its ok for her to breastfeed me? plus how could anyone actually ask someone "would you mind if I breastfeed you?"

[MaDeenThenMaLife]

(Original post by Feeble)
Yeah. That. I am currently living at home but soon I will moving away for my clinical placement and we weren't given the choice of having girls only accommodation. We received a list of who we're going to be with not so long ago and it looks like it's going to be a mixture.

I will be on my placement and living in an accommodation with those people for 5 months so I was wondering if it's alright to take off my headscarf while I am inside my flat and treat them as if they were my brothers. I really don't want to be moving around the flat and sitting in the kitchen fully covered up for 5 months just because of a couple of guys from my course...

My course is 3 years long and I will have to move out every year for clinical placements... 5 months each :/

What do you think? Is it ok?

Thanks.

You should think of why you're wearing the head scarf

I mean it would count as jihad ul nafs (inner struggle) to wear the Scarf, and make it with the intention to please Allah(swt) I mean 5 months with a scarf on is nothing compared to the massive reward awaiting in the next life

[mellie220]

If you don't want to wear the scarf, don't wear the scarf.
You shouldn't feel inclined to wear something you don't want to wear just because of your religion/culture - as long as you are faithful to your god you shouldn't feel bad about taking off a scarf.
If you want to wear the scarf you have the right to, if you are worried about the males saying something about you wearing a scarf explain your right to (as someone has also said).

[MaDeenThenMaLife]

(Original post by DOA)
so basically if I have a female muslum friend its not ok for me to see her hair but its ok for her to breastfeed me? plus how could anyone actually ask someone "would you mind if I breastfeed you?"

breastfeeding is only for infants, at breastfeeding age 0-2 years etc

and not for men... people need to clarify what they say... dude

[Arekkusu]

(Original post by Feeble)
Yeah. That. I am currently living at home but soon I will moving away for my clinical placement and we weren't given the choice of having girls only accommodation. We received a list of who we're going to be with not so long ago and it looks like it's going to be a mixture.

I will be on my placement and living in an accommodation with those people for 5 months so I was wondering if it's alright to take off my headscarf while I am inside my flat and treat them as if they were my brothers. I really don't want to be moving around the flat and sitting in the kitchen fully covered up for 5 months just because of a couple of guys from my course...

My course is 3 years long and I will have to move out every year for clinical placements... 5 months each :/

What do you think? Is it ok?

Thanks.

Contact them and request that you be placed in a single-sex flat, I'm sure they will because it's bad to be seen not to accommodate religions. But is it just a headscarf or the full package? If it's just a headscarf I don't know that that would be significantly more onerous than a whitey putting on make-up, or indeed clothes.

[ash92:)]

when i read the title i was going to say think about why you wer the scarf, what values does it have to you? but after reading on, i see you're well behaved . if you would honestly think of them as brohers then i would've thought it's ok, as long as it doesn't develop into some other relationship. as long as your intentions are correct i think it may be allowed, but that's only an "off the top of my head" advice

[Blueflare]

I don't know what the Muslim view on this would be, you should ask someone who knows about this stuff for that.
Personally I think considering the guys you're living with as brothers is okay, as wearing the scarf all the time for 5 months would get to be a pain, especially if you're sharing bathrooms as well.

[Kerny]

Take off the scarf

have fun

[DOA]

(Original post by MaDeenThenMaLife)
breastfeeding is only for infants, at breastfeeding age 0-2 years etc

and not for men... people need to clarify what they say... dude

Thats what the source to the post I quoted said and why "....dude"?

[alexmagpie]

Maybe wear it until you get comfortable enough with them? And explain your reasoning - they should respect it.