Just curious - how many muslims are on mumsnet?

[Galvanise]

Hello/Salaam,

I know mumsnet has a wide and diverse population and I tend to recognise some MN usernames as regulars. Just intrigued to know how big/small a community it may be.

Of course, I respect that there may be those who do not wish to even identify themselves for various reasons - which is fine too.

I am not asking for 'religiousness' levels or any vital stats! Nor is this a muslim-only thread or an 'no non-muslims' thread.
If you really wish to tell me that you are not a muslim, that is fine too :)

:)

wali kum asalam crescent, although if you are reading this today, then 'get back to work'!

Ladies, if this is not too much of a personal question (and it might be) what do you wear at home? I'm currently wearing very old jeans and an ugly cardigan which should probably be recycled as dog bedding or something. That's about standard, feeling like I need to overhaul my 'inside' wardrobe, but don't know what I want to wear, as I pop outside to the garden quite a lot, which is overlooked, and don't like having to put extra clothes on to pray in.

i find shalwar kamees really practical and comfortable, o never wore them before marriage etc, but you can pray in them, you dont need to spend time looking for layers and outfit, just chuck it on and it looks decent!

otherwise i wear jogging bottoms and tunic tops or t shirts. or pyjamas. I bought some primark pyjamas to wear under my abayah coz it was cold lol. I understand those people who do school run in pjs!

I also really like salwar kameez, or even just the kameez over jeans or trousers. Maybe I'll try and get some more of those. The pyjama school run must be one of the top advantages of covering

Salaam everyone.

I tend to wear really tatty clothing on my days off at home - to the extent that i could not answer the door, should someone decide to pop by!

Thank goodness for abayas is all i can say :)

Yes, hardly i also keep thinking that i need an overhaul and need to make more effort! The other day, i decided to come out of my rags and wore a rely basic long top with black leggings (just at home! ) and my dd told me that i looked really nice! It made me realise how badly i must dress for that outfir to get a compliment and realised that it was also because i was colour co-ordinated!

Looks like another thread should be in the making soon!!

Inshallah.

really - not rely!

outfit - not outfir! (not doing well today!)

Galvanise I just wrote a long reply to you and then it suddenly disappeared from my computer.!! Grrr. Anyway I laughed out loud at your comments about your cardigan. Why not pass it on to the animal charity and let a dog sleep on it. In the meantime get a couple of tunics that will make you feel good and that are practical and that will catch your husband's attention (but no one else's!). I once read you should dress for the day you want to have. It's great advice but somehow I always wear leggings and tunics or jeans - fortunately my work is v v casual.

ANyway I should say I'm not Muslim but I LOVE the way Muslim women dress - always so smart. When I'm waiting at the school bus stop it's the Muslim girls who look so nice and smart (with hijab) compared to the other girls in their tiny skirts and tights with holes in them.

Many years ago a male friend went to Iran (when it was v v conservative) and women were fully veiled and he said the women were far more alluring / attractive because they were covered up than if they were dressed like western women.

Hope you don't mind me gate crashing this thread - I always love reading it, even if I don't have much knowledge of the Quaran and of Islam, I've learned loads of things on here!
Crescent - quick wave hello!! XX Thanks again for remembering my dear dad's anniversary. You're a real treasure.

cuddledcup nice to have you here. I think i could do with handing over my entire wardrobe to hardly's dog and start again!

Crescent, i am also a part-timer jilbabi and full time hijabi.

Trying harder to be more modest though .
Not much to brag about though - my pregnancies were not kind on my body, lol, but husband still loves me! Lol!

Loving these emoticons - can you tell!

Cuddledup!!!!!!! Not cuddledcup! sorry.

Any excuse to use an emoticon!

crescent do you really change your handbag that often? like dont you loose things?

Well I'm glad I'm not alone ladies!
It's really nice to hear that you like the way Muslim women dress cuddledup. I always feel really nice when I leave the house and everything is kind of long and flowing and I feel nice and safe under my layers! But then I always assume that non_muslim women probably think I look like a sack of spuds!
Tunics are the way to go I reckon (with jeans though crescent, no leggings with my legs!). I've just got a couple of jumper dresses off ebay yesterday.

i changed from a jcket to cardigan today, and i forgot my keys in jacket pocket! lol thats why i couldnt change handbags often!

Oh dear! I have a little bag with phone, keys, purse etc that I transfer between the bigger bags I used (ie, work and baby bags)!

sounds sensible!!

I love changing bags, I occassionally find forgotten money in the bags.

I always keep my keys in my abaya pockets, I've locked myself out of my house so many times I'm surprised I haven't been reported for breaking and entering my own home (I'm very good at it too)!

Assalaamu alaykum, Im a muslimah tooooooooo

Salamalaykum everyone

Jazakhallah Crescent for the hadith about carrying children when you pray being okay. I have been doing that since ds was born as I find it easier to concentrate if Im not worried that he is going to start bawling any second now because Ive left/put him down. I heard (from my DH) that this was okay to do but once when I was in the masjid and I did that I got a lot of funny looks off of the sisters (most of whom were mums with babies/small children) and I was really embarassed and thought maybe I was doing the wrong thing. Its such a relief to finally see a hadith that proves its okay, especially since its in Bukhari and Muslim

Hardly Im one of those who lives in pyjamas during the day if Im staying at home and not expecting anyone. This is until about 5.45pm just before DH comes home then I quickly change into some daytime clothes so he doesnt think Im slovenly and that I have been napping all day whilst he was out at work. For the first two years of our marriage I would wear makeup everyday and would always dress nicely at home. Then I got to about 8/9 months pregnant and thought forget it nothing looks good on me now anyway. After ds was born there was a sharp nosedive in the quality of my indoor clothes standards. Now if I put jeans on Im making an effort. Otherwise its jogging bottoms or leggings. lol. Funnily enough DH doesnt really care. I think the makeup especially he is relieved that I dont wear as much anymore as it used to get on his shirts. My favourite thing to wear at home though if Im bothered to make a real effort is maxidresses. I just find that they are comfortable, flattering on most figures, practical for breastfeeding and attractive. I think you could probably get away with wearing them to pray and in your garden if your not precious about them getting dirty especially if you wear one of those long-sleeved tops underneath or a cardigan on top. Im a fulltime jilbabi so my outerwear doesnt bother me as much but I need to stock up on breastfeeding friendly abayas/jilbabs as when Im out with ds I run into problems as most of my jilbabs were bought in my childfree days.

peacefuloptimist, yes my husbands the same, doesn't really seem to care which doesn't do anything for my motivation to make a bit more effort!
In terms of nursing abayas, www.eastessence.com/catalog/MATERNITY-38-1.html
I bought 2 of the top middle one in blue and brown and wore them to death, I really liked the way they hang, and the zip is horizontal, which makes nursing really easy.
Also, if you're at all able to sew it's very easy to sew a vertical zip into abayas if they are a simple design.

crescent DS can be quite good at the whole praying thing, but does also jump on our backs, bite our feet, try to pull my scarf off etc etc. I think the main thing is that they see you pray and feel it's something they can be part of in some way.

Sis crescent both mine used to jump on my backs when in sujood, my youngest has now developed the habit of sitting beside me now after she's finished praying and kissing me every time I come up from sujood.

I figure this is something I have in common with the prophet (saw) lol.

At masjid a now we all pray together so no more shenannigans there.

My girls are old enough to know better tho.

some people pray in different room from kids and stuff, i think its weird, i want the kids to see me pray! my ds is 2 he laughs like it is a peekaoobo game then sits on my lap lol, my dds pray one rakaat then get bored

I want prayer and going to the masjid to be a natural part of my childrens lives, so they've always been included in it. When they were likely to be disruptive I tended to stay home to do my salat (but that was my choice I was worried about getting told off).
I actually don't mind at all when there are little children playing around during salat, I take biscuits and lollipops in my handbag to give out when I go for jummah.
Masjids should be a place for families and children.

I find the loud chatty aunties who talk all the way thro the khutbah more objectionable not little children!