She had never been pushed to wear hijab. Most of the women around her did not wear it either. Yet years later, sitting in therapy after becoming a mother, she was asked where she wanted to be spiritually and an answer came out before she could even process it:
“I want to wear hijab.”
That moment became much bigger than changing how she dressed. This is the story of Kerina Mohammed from Trinidad and Tobago. Growing up, Islam had often been experienced through community, rules and routine. Hijab became one of the first major decisions where faith felt entirely personal. No family pressure. No guilt. No one convincing her. Just a realization that she wanted her life to be shaped less by what people expected of her and more by whether Allah was pleased with her.
And that decision did not stop with her. It changed how she raised her daughters, how she understood confidence and eventually became a means for other women struggling with hijab to take their own first step.
Sometimes Allah places the answer in your heart before you even know you were
Explore the Ayat of hijab in greater depth through our dedicated series on Bayyinah TV. Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan unpacks the Quranic context, language and wisdom behind these Ayat, offering a clearer understanding of how the Quran approaches hijab and modesty as a whole: https://bayyinahtv.com/library/series/20
00:00 Preview
02:06 Why We Went to Trinidad
03:02 Growing Up in Trinidad’s Muslim Community
07:21 Hijab Wasn’t Part of Family Life
09:29 What Maktab Taught and What It Missed
12:29 When Islamic Learning Gets Replaced by Exams
14:29 Motherhood, Postpartum and Therapy
17:34 “I Wanna Wear Hijab”
19:39 Provision From Where You Never Expected
20:59 Secondary School and Meeting Other Faiths
24:17 Girl Talk, Boundaries and Peer Pressure
26:09 The First Time She Put It On
29:20 A Faith That Was Entirely Self-Driven
31:20 Why Girls Raised in Hijab Take It Off
32:40 Raising Daughters Without Forcing Hijab
34:02 Advice for Women Considering Hijab
36:40 Life Before and After Hijab
37:17 The Ripple Effect on Her Family
39:04 Patience, Perspective and Purpose
40:45 Closeness to Allah Through the Quran
42:00 Closing Dua
42:46 Learn More About Hijab on Bayyinah TV
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