I want to cover up, but I don’t feel like it!

My sister who says, I want to cover up, but I don’t feel like it! First of all, we should state that the hijab is a commandment mandated by Islam, not a request. If there were an exception in the verse, such as, will you cover up or let those who wish to cover up do so, perhaps the statement “I don’t feel like it, I’ll cover up when I feel like it” would make sense. What an audacious and rebellious statement it is for a person who cannot say to their superior in the world, “I don’t feel like it, I’ll do it when I feel like it,” and who does the task even if it is difficult for them, to say to the Lord of the Worlds, “You commanded it, but I don’t feel like it.”

Know this very well: The statement “I want to cover up, but I don’t feel like it” is not the words of your heart and spirit, but of your soul because the soul pursues only its own pleasure and enjoyment. It regards itself as free and independent. The burden of worship and religious duties is heavy for it. It wants to live life as it pleases. It does not want to obey orders. If only it knew that it is a servant. No matter how much it thinks it is free, its freedom ends at the red lines of the Quran and the Sunnah.

Moreover, it is a statement that Satan makes you say. You should realize that he first flatters you with words like, “You actually want to cover up; your heart is pure and your intention is sincere,” but then he makes you abandon this deed with an excuse like, “You don’t feel like it; you’ll cover up when you feel like it.” If you want to cover up, you should say, “I must immediately submit to this command of my Lord,” and cover up. Of course, it is good to do it by feeling like it. But the statement “I don’t feel like it” or rather, “it is difficult for my soul” can never be an excuse to abandon this deed.

Ask yourself this question: “When will you feel like it?” And again, answer honestly. Will you cover up when you lose your beauty and grow old? Will you use hijab given to conceal and preserve your beauty to cover your ugliness when you grow old?

Those who say so defend themselves by saying that if they do not do it sincerely, they will be deprived of its reward. However, deeds of worship that are difficult for the soul are the most valuable in terms of both reward and gaining the consent of our Lord. In this age of immodesty, when immodesty has even been replaced by nakedness, do you think that a servant who covers up only because Allah commands it will be deprived of the reward by Lord, who is infinitely merciful, and that He will remain indifferent to your covering yourself despite all of the desires of your soul?

Come now, notice and break this game that your soul and Satan are playing with you. You know very well that if you truly wanted to cover up, nothing could stop you from this desire because those who cover up and obey the command of hijab are truly those who desire it.
Avoid disobeying your Lord’s command to cover up and seek the pleasure of being His servant! Then you will see that this deed, which seems difficult to you, will become a deed you will never give up, as you will feel the honor and pleasure of servitude.