HiJab

Hijab
Compiled by
Compiled
Addwesh
Abdulaziz Addwesh
May
Mey Allah forgive his
his and
end his
his parents' sins
sins
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('-? Abdul Aziz
Abdul AztzAddweesh, 20(X)
Addweesh, 2000

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 Book Contents
Contents

1.
1. Introduction
2. Definition
2. Definition of the
the word Hijab
3. Proofs
Proofs of
of the obligation
obligation of Hijab
Hijab from
Qur'an
4.
4. Proofs
Proofs of the
the obligation
obligation of Hijab
Hijab from
Sunnah
Sunnah
5.
5. Arguments
Arguments by those those who legalize
legalize
exposing Muslim Woman's
exposing Woman's face
face
6. Conclusion
Conclusion
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 INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION

All Praise
All Praise is is due
dueto Allatr, and
to Allah, ffid blessings
blessingsand and
peacq be
peace be _upon
upon the the Messenger
Mess6ngerof AllaTl,His
of Allah,
Family, Companions
Family, Cdmpanionsand and His
ffrs Followers
Followers to to
the Day
the Day of Resurrection.
Resurrection.
One of the
One the major
maior issues
issuesin Islam
Islam which
which many
manv
Muslims havehave aa lot of arguments
argumentsaboutaboutis is the
th'e
issue "Hijabu. These
issue of "Hijab". Theie arguments
arguments occuroccur
becauseof
because of two reasons,
reasons,namely:
narnEly:1) 1) the
the lack
lack
of cgmpleJeunderstanding
g,f complete understanding of of this issue and
ttris issue and
the lack
2) the lack ofof knowledge
knowledseor ignorance
rsnoranceof the the
proofs of
proofs of the
the obligation
oblieatioJl ofof EHiiab"
"Hijab" in the
the
Qur'an
Qurlan and qnd the Silnnah. In this
the Sunnah. this booklet,
booklet, I
tr-pd, with the
tried, the help
help of of Allah, to put together
togetlier
all
lll these
these argumenti
arguments among
among Muslims on the
6n the
issue
issue of "I{iiab" in focus.
of "Hijab" focus] First, I gave
gave the
exact
exact definifion
definition of of the *Hiio"b" in its
the word "Hijab"
correct
correct meaning
meaning in the Arabic Laneuase Language and and
cited
cited some
some Ayaat (Verses)
(Verses) from theQuFan
the Qur'an to
show
show how Allah SF til the
the Almighty uses uses thethe
word and and thus
thus makes
makes its meanmg
meaning moremore clear
for the
the understaqding
understanding of of all Musli-ms.
Muslims. Second,
Second,
II cited the proofs
proofs oflhe
of the oblieation
obligation ofof "Hiiab'|
"Hijab"
in the Qur'an and and the Sunnah. Third, II listed
theSunna'[t. hsted
the ploofs
proofs - ofof those
those who claim the legality of of
exposing
exposing the woman's
woman's face face and
and theni
then, I stited
stated
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the corresponding
the corresponding explicit answers based on
answers based
the Qur'an and the authentic
Qur'an and- Sunnah to
authentic Sunnah
claim. With this presentation,
disprove their claim.
disprove presentation, I
hope that Muslims all over
hope the world will
over the will
come to agreement
come agreement and instead of
and unity instead of
argument and/or
arsument aird/or misunderstanding
misunderstaniling if
if not
Islam is a
disputes. After all, Is-lam
falling into disputes.
messag~ ihat
divine messase
divinF calls the
that calls m~~ind
the whole mankind
the worship
to the worshIp of of One God, Allah S#
One God, ~ the
the
Almighty.
Almiehty. Such
Such worship,
worship, which
which includes,
includes,
obedience
obedi-enieto Allah's Law (like (iite the obligation
the obligation
wear "Hijab"
to wear "Hijab" for women)
women) mustmust be be based
based
on the Qur'an
Qurian and
and the
the authbntic
authentic Sunnah
Sunnah of
of
Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad ;i. W. Let us
us always
always be
be
guided
guilled with thethe following Qur' versesto
anic verses
Qur'anic
obey
obey Allah ~{i#and Messenger~:
andHis Messenger ffi:
'(,ruE,re; ~~
"
J'.J~ Y/~~ ~~~~j~fi
f,ff5
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1/
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"'( But no,

no, by
bv your
vour Rubb (Sustainer),
Rubb (Sustainer),
they
thsy cancan have
frqie no
no Faith, they
Faith, until - they
make
mcikeyou (O Muhammad
you (0 Muhammad~ #) iudge In
judge m
all dzsputes
disputei between
betweenthem, aidfind in
them,andfind
themselves
themselves no no resistance
resistanceagainst
againstyour
vour
decisions,
decisions, and accept
accept
- (theln)
(them) with full
full
submission.
submission. (a:65)
" (4:65)

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rs not f9r
"It is for a believer,
believer, man
man or
woman, when
woman, ,uihen Allah and imd His
Messenger have
Messenger havedecreed
decreeda matter
matter that
thev should
they have any
shbuld have ontion in their
anv option
decision. And whoever
decision. whoeverdisobeys
frsobevsAllah
and His Messenger
Messenger he he has
hai indeed
indeed
strayedinto
strayed into a plain error. " (33:36)
error. "(33 :36)

"-{ltsf 5lh+ y 1 Jy}r r*ti , ir r*.uf r*f *ilr ts,ftr"

"O you
1'0 vou who
who believe!
believe!Obey
ObevAllah,
Allah. and
and
obey the Messenger
2b"! render
!h9 {esseryger (Muhammad
,(Muham*,od Jr)
,M),
and
an6l render not
not vain your deeds.
votn your deecls. "
(a733)
(47:33)

6
 Definition
Definitionof Hijab
Hijab
It is
is very
very clear
clear that
that it is
is mandatory
mandalqryfor every every
Muslim to fo understand
understandhislher
his/her faith the correit
faith ihe correct
way.
way. This means means to have have authentic
authentic
knowledge
knowledee of Islam Islambased
basedon on the
the Qur'an
Qur'an andand
the Sunnah
the Suniah so so that
that we can can follow whatrihat Allah
~
t!6 and
andHis Messenger
Messentrer :i
ffi have commandedus
havecommanded us
to do
do andand refrain
refrain ourselves
olurselvesfrom committing
committing
sins becauseof disobedience.
sins because disobedience.The The best
bestway
way
to
to learn
leam and practice Islam
and practice Islam correctly
correctly is bi by
knowing
knowing and and' understanding
understanding at l6ast th'e
at least the
correct
correct meaning
meaning of the the Holy
Holi Qur'an
Qur'an and and the
the
Sunnah
Sunnahof Prophet
PropTret Muhamm-ad-#
Muhammad ~ in Arabic,
Arabic,
if
if not
not learning
leaming the the language
languageof the the Qur'an
Qur'an
itself.
itself. We
We have
hafe to to understand
undErstEnd that no
that no matter
dtatter
how
how muchmuch efforts
efforts were
were put put to translate
translatethethe
Holy
Holy Qur' an, the
Our'an, the Sunnah
Sunnah .of Prophet Prophet
Muhamm-ad ~
Muhammad ffi or the
the right dedu_ctions
right deductions the
by- the
renown
renown Muslim scholars
scholars of
of these
these two
revealed
revealedsources knowledseand
sourcesof knowledge andguidance
suidance
to
to other lansuasesthere
otherlanguages [lways Ee
therewill always errors
be errors
because of
because misInterpretation of the
ofTnisinterpretation the meanings
meaninss
of the
the words.
words. It is is in contextthat
this context
In this that I tried
tri5d
to ~ive
to eive thethe real/explicit
real/explicit
^If meaning
meaning of the
the word
word
"Hfiab"
"Hzjab" Arabic. If we
'the in Arabic. look at
we look at-the meanins
the meaning
word "Hijab"
of the word "Hiiab" (.,1.-=)
(y~)
'woril in the
the dictiona~
dictionar!
we
we learn that" the
leam that the word means means "veil',
"veil",
7
"screen",
"Screen", "cover(ing)"
"cover(ing)" orOr "curtain" (see Al
"curtain" (see
Mawrid:
Mawrid:- A Modern Mo*dern Arabic
Arabic English
English
DictionaA,1992
Dictionary, p. 453).
1992p. a53).
The meaning
The meaning of the word "Hqab"
of the "Hiiab" becomes
becomes
more clear.
more clear To mean "co~~~ing'
to mean "coverind' which also
which also
means "veIl"
means as Allah ~
"veil" as dwHimself
Ffmself uses
usesthe
the
term. As stated
term. stated in the Qur'an Allah ~
the Qur'an l[hftells
tells
us:
US:
"" ~
t-*-. ~0.J
ottt ~
y Ji ~.J
.Ji [*J it ~
y/ }vI
Yj ,--lK- ~!~
Jl -t ~L)' t J""
Dt! L..J
"It is,s not given
Riven to to any
anv human
human that that
Allah shoula
should speak
speak to him unless
to htm unless(it
be) by
be) tnspfration, or tom
bv inspiration, from behind
behinda
Hijah
Hijali (covering). " (Qur'an
(cov:ering)"(Qur 42:51)
an 42:51)
From
From thethe above verse,. Allah ~
above verse, fl# clearly
clearly
mentions
mentions thethe word HijabHiiab to meanmeancovering.
covenns.
He makes
makes it very cle6r to us
very clear us that
that no
no one
one has
hi's
spoken to Him (Erectly
spoken ilirectlv face
face to face
face while
sbeine His face
seeing face but there
theie was
was always
alwavsaa Hijab
Hiiab
(coveTineor veil) between
(covering betweenHim and the "one
and the one
who spoke
sp6ke to Him.llim. In fact, even
even Prophet
fact.'Prophet Prophet
^and
Muhanimad ,M
Muhammad ~ Allah's Prophet and
Messenserto the
Messel'!-ger wh?~~ mankind
the whole mankinddid not not see
see
~. After
Allah tffi. Rter Allah d# ~ honored
honoredthe the Prophet
Prophet
gE
~ to have
have ascended
ascendedto the the highest
hiehestHeaven,
Hea.ven,
and given
and siven him the privilese-to speak
the j)rivilege speak to
td
Himself, one of
Himself, one of his
his CompanIons
Compan-ions asked
askedhim
whether he
whether he has
has seen Allah~.
seenAllah The following
lHi. The following
authentic
authentic Hadirft
Hadith tells us: us:

8
 Abi-dhar .,
Abi-dhar ,u JJ~..;
& iI.:P it u;, narrated
narrated that he
asked Allah's
Allah's Messenger!if:
Meisenger ffi: 'Vid "Did you
you
see your
see (Sustainer)?
your '( Rubb (Sustainer)?" " HeHb ?if
H
r!p ·d
I ze:
replibd: H
0.r...
t-,-" ,- r, (( " I'saw
..i ~0• H HI
saw I' Ight. "
light.
(Reported by Muslim) Muslim)
Also Aishah~
Also Aishah{tb 4Jc. l'cjcAlI~.J
.tr (fr said:
said:
"" If
If"hasanyone
anvone tells you vou that Muhammad
iii
ffi has seenieen his
his Rubb (Sustainer),he is
Rilbb (Sustainer),
a'Noliar for Allah
liar .for Allah said: "JL.at $II ~_Li y"
" ,t*!r'o!r-u Y"
'No vision
vision can grasp
can v r Him' Him' (6: 103). "
(6:i,03).
(AI-Bukhari)
(Al-Bukhari)
Another verse~
Another verse. '" in chapterchapter Al- ~~taffifin,
Al-Mutaffifin.
verse Allah ~
v_erse5, Allah S# uses usestfie
the word Hljab when
wordHijab wheri
He says:
He says:
" ~,r-.'~ ~fi r-:;-4..; r.:.r----"'~! )£5"'''
"Nay! su,"Ii*t
No,! Surely 6{iE'"tr$;i
ffi (evil-doers)
- they
(coieied/veiled)'
willi;;
be
""
Mahjobon
Mafriabon
seeing
(covered/veiled)
Rilbb that Day (the
sgeihg their Rubb
from
from
(the Day ofof
Judgment).
Judgment)." "
In the
the above verse,Allah ~
aboveverse tliqexplains
explainshow the the
Kafiroon (Disbe
Kafiroon fievers) win
(Disbelievers) wifl be be veiled
veiled
(covered) from
(covered) frbm seeing
seeins Allah.
Allah. NoteNote that
that the
the
word
word used
used here
here by A.llah is
bv Allah "Mahioboon"
is "Mahjoboon"
which
which comes
comes from
from- thethe verb "Haiba " which
verb "Hajba
means
means"prevent
"prevent from
from seeing".
seeing"
In another verse,Allah ~
anotherverse, iH says:
says:

9
 "i.r=- y~ J ~fi Y
";r*!t-, J.iJf ~.J.:..4
!;tjJt ~f ,o0i
Ll'* Jai;lt
a1 ,-* /.;,fA.". t:ll
;rU U1.J
"0J- 4 '--!~
"And when
"And when~ou vou (Muhammad)
-We furniir TrTt
recite
the Our'an, We put
the Qur'an, but between
betweenyou you and
those
thosVwho believe
believe-notnot in the
the Hereafter,
Hbreafter,
an
on invisible
invisible Hijab
!{tjab (veil coveriig). "
(veil or covering).
(Qur'an 17:45)
(Qur'an 17:45)
The word Hijab
The Hiiab in this this verse
verse means
means '0 'O
Muhammad
Muhammad you vou willwill not be be seen
seen by bv the
the
Kafiroon
Kafiroon (Disbelievers)
Di5believers) when when you vou recite
recitethe
the
Qur'an.
Otir'an. Note
Irlotethat
that the
the the above'verse
the above (17:45\
verse (17:45)
was
rias revealed
revealed as as the result of the
the result the following
following
incident
incident in the
the life of Prophet~:
the Prophet
of the ffi:
Narrated Sa'eadbin Jubair~
Narrated Sa'ead ,n it u;,
Jubair,:& ~J/~..J
"When Chapter
"When Chapter 111 I I I was
was revealed,
revealed,the ihe
wife 0/
wife Abu Lahab
of Abi Lahab came lookins for
camelooking/or
the
the Prophet
Piophet Jj M while he he was
was slUing
sitting
&. Abu Baker
Baker 416.
with Abu Baker Baker ~ ,# sara
said
to
to the
the Prophet
Prophet ;W. ffi, "1 prefer you
"I prefer you hide
hide
from
from her or leave
"vou leaveas as sne
she is
is coming
cdmingfor
~ou and
-Prophet she
she might harm
harm vou. ""-The
you. The
Prophet ;JjM said
s_aidwhich
t+high- the
the ineanirlg
meaning
'There will of
of
is translated as:
is Translated as: 'There will be be a
screen
screenset
set between
betweenher and 1. I. " So,So,she
she
did not
not see
see him
him... " (Reportedby
... (Reported Abu
by Abu
Ya'ala).
Ya'ala).
In brief,
brief, as
as stated
stated in the the Qur'an,
Qur'an, the the word
word
Hijah
Hiiab means
meansto veil or cover covei something
somethinsfrom from
beIng
being seen others,so
seenby others, when we
so when we saysaytliat
tEatthe
the
l0
10
 woman must
Muslim woman must wear
wear Hiiab, mean
Hijab, we mean
that she must
that she must cover
cover her
her face
face Jo as not to be
so ai
seen
seen by men who are
' men are not her mahram (those
her mahram (those
whom she
she forbidden to inarrY
is forbidden marry
perrnanently).
pennanently).
^some It does
does not mean,
mean, the
the way
some Muslims understand, that
Musfiins understand, that Hiiab
Hijab means
means
-because
covering the woman's
coverins the woman's hair only because if
hair only if
the
the word Hijab
woildHiiab means
means covering
coverine the
ihe hair only,
only,
then when " Allah stated
then when statedin the Qur'an in
the Qur'an In
chapter
chapter 4242 verse
verse 51 that no
51 that one will be
no one be
spoken
snoken to by bv Allah except
except behind Hijab, it
behind Hiiab,
would
ri'ould mean
meari that they i,vill
that they see His-Fa6e,
will see His Face,
which
which is
is absolutely
absolutelyincorrect.
incorrect.

Indeed,
Indeed, in this
this world
world no onehas
no one seenAllah
has seen
~.
$#. Even
Even Prophet Moses and
Prophet Moses Prophet
and Prophet
Muhammad ~
Muhammad whom Allah ~
W whom given the
hasgiven the
i$dhas
privilege
privilege to
to speak
speak with did did not see the
not see the
Almighty.
Almighty. However,
However, in the the et~mal world,
eternalworld,
Rllah-~
Allah ffi the Muslim
rewardthe
will reward Muslim Believers
Believers
to see Him,
to see Him, which
which is
is then
then the
the supreme
supreme
success
successandand Allah
Allah will be pleasedwith them
be pleased them
and
andthey
theywith Him as He said
asHe saidin the
the Qu'ran:
Qu'ran:

" ;sUj I 5ui ail)"

-+J,

ll
11
 "For those
"For thosewho
who have
havedone good is
donegood is the
the
(reward, i.e.
best (reward,
best i.e. Paradise)
Paradisd' and even
even
more (i.
more (i.e.
e. having
having the
the honor
honor of
of
glancin~
g.lgnging at the the countenance
countenance of of
Allah)."(10:26)
Allah). (10:26)
In line
line with the
the above
above Qur'anic
Qur'anic VerseVerse are are
Ahadith that
Ahadith that tell us that Allah ~
us that ds will
will reward
reward
the righteous
the rishteousBelievers
Believersthethe highest
hishesthonorhonorand and
privilfre to
privilege to see
seeHis
His Face.
Face. This means He
Thi;means He will
unveil His
unveil His _ Face (remove his
Face _(remove his Hijab
Hiiab
- or
covering). One
covering). One of these Ahadith is
these Ahadith is the the
following:
following:
'Abdullahibn
(Abdullah ibn Umar narratedthat
Umar narrated that Allah's
Messenger Jf
Messenger M said Jl ~
said : J} .h J. ,tr- JI
I J.f.;v ~( .;j:i,t1"
a*r;1af; p( :;j"
~~fl
,-b reF JS ~ 4l ii**.. ~...J.r'
u J/li..-e-- o.tr- JJ 4.A..c.:.
4,ri JI 4+~.J
I {Elj
4.jl.>.-.Jj.J
I +L*
4.:'1.:.>.-
4-le ifJl
~ rtt ~ ..-.1.,,
..iiI Jr.t ~!
ir J.r...J Ui ~e .Js iJ~
L# +t~.J Jl ~ J i,
J1 .h.y ..iiI
"(rbu L{;
" '(i~l.j . ;rbu +fi
,J! i~l.i *t "..t>.".1) *t
W Jj ,-*:) rL.J
"The
"The lowest in station among amonl the
inhabitants ofof will be k"e
- Paradise will J:e who
looks at his gardens,
gardens, his wives,
wives, his bliss,
bliss,
servants, and his couches
his servants, stretching a
couches stretchinl
thousand years'
thousand vears' journe)!,
iournev. and the who
the one wato
will be
will be niost
most hdnored'bv
honored by Allah
Allah witt
will be he
who looks at His His face morning and
face mornins and
evening. "
evening,. " He rebited, ''Faces
then recited, on that
"FAces 6n that
dav wzll
day will be brisht,
bright, lookins
-(Reported" their Rubb
looking at their
(Sustainqr).-"
(Sustainer). " (Reported by Tirmidhi
Tirmidhi
5657 and
5657 and Ahmad)
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 Proofs of
Proofs of the
the Obligation
Obligation of
of Hiiah
Hijab
For the enlightenment
enlightenment of Muslims, let us
of all Muslims, us
know the concrete concrete proofs proofs from the the Qur'an
and the
and the authentic
authentic Sunnah Sunnah on the obligatIon of
the obligation of
Hijab
Hiiab for Muslim women.
women. First
First let us
us try to
understand fullv
understand fully what what thethe Qur'an
Qur'an says saysabout aDout
the
the req~ired
required Hijab
t{tiab for women.
women. Thdn,
Then, let us us
know the proofs from
the proofs from the reported Sunnah
the reported Sunnah
that
that are are authentic.
duthentic. In other other words words let the the
words of Allah ~
words iH andandHis Messe.nger
His Messenger ~
$sguideguide
us
us as as to to how how women women in Islam Islam must must be be
covered.
covered. In this this way~wBY,we we get get divine guidance
divine guidance
that
that will unIte
uirite our
our different
aifferent
arguments/positions
arguments/positionson issueof Hijab
the issue
on the Hiiab for for
women.
women.
Proofs
Proofsfrom from the the Qur'an
First
First Proof:Proof: Allah Allah ~ said in
dtr said the Qur'
in the Qur'an an
L.-. Yt ~j
L-. )/1 0:!~
J+e-it-* !r=*oJl
)/ J 0f->.-)} ~
;;hl11) .:.r J~i
.,F-rLorT i
U f ~
i'ea"- ...:.-L. r-D
-t-rX.]''-l YJ
" L-;'1\ ~p ~
a-,-!r"..;-.-.-1;+> .:.r-J'?: ~~) 4:-- ~
*:+F--,4:V +
'And tell
'And tell thethebelieving
believingwomen womento lowertheir
to lower thetr
gaze (from looking
s{ze (from looking at aTforbidden
forbiddenthings) things)and a4d
not to show
ilot to show off their off tneir adornment
adornment except
except only
only
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 that which
that which isis apparent
apparent(like(like both
both exes
eves for for
necessityto.
necessity to see
see thetheway, gloves,head
way,gloves, hea'dcover
cover
or aprgn, etc)
o_rapron, etc)and
andto to draw their veils
drdwlheir veilsall
all over
over
Juy,ub.ihinna
Juyubihinna (i.e. their
(i.e. their bodies,
bodies, faces,
faces,necks,
necks,
ancl bosoms,
and bosoms, etc) etc) and and not
not to
to reveal
reveal their
their
adornment except
adornment gxgept to to their
their husbands,
husbands,their their
fathers, their
fathers, their husband's
hdsband'sfathers,
fathers.their
their' sons,
so"i.
their husband's
their husband'ssons, sons,their
their brothers,
brothers.oror their
theii
brother's sons,
brother's sons,or or.their
their sister's
sister'ssons,
sons,their
theii
(Muslim) women
(Muslim) women (i.e.(i.e. their
their sisters
sistersin Islam)
islam)
or the
or (female)slaves
the (female) slaveswhom
whom their
their right
rieht hands
hands
posses,or
posses, or old
old male
maleservants
servantswhowho lack
lacJ<vigour,
viqour.
br small
or small children
children whowho havehave nono sense
senseof
oTthethd
shame of sex.
shame sex. And let let them
them not
not stamp
stamptheir
their
feet so
feet so asas to
to reveal
reveal what
what they hide of
they hide dt their
tneii
adornment.
adornment. And all all of you you beq
beg Allah to
forgive J,qu,^a]l..9
forgive you all, 0 believers
believei'sthat
that you may be
y"oumay be
successful' (24:31).
successful' (24:31).
the above
In the above verse,
verse, there
there are
are three
three proofs
nroofs
of the
of the obligation
obligation of of Hijab (covering
(covenng the the
woman's
woman's faEe):
face):
.• A) Allah's saying:
saying:
If 1. : • . • t:. l.A ';1\ •.,. . . .lll ';1 "
~~ ... J .~.JU:!
""And
And not ttoo'show
not ;:,
H #,t :,'r"Tai,
off their r*"i"t
adornmenti,,,
except
except only that which is apparen.
apparen. ""Here
Here
Allah forbids
forbids the
the women
women to dhow
Show off
off their
adornment
adornment absolutely
absolutely except
except that
that which
which is
is
apparent,
apparent, - such
such as
as their outer clothes,
their -oUleiclothes, this
this is
is
the
tlie translation
translation ofof Abdullah
Abdullah bin
bin Mas'aud
Mas' aud
l14
4
 4jc ~I (#J
o\...lc 4!l ~.J of of this verse. Also, looking at
this verse.
this verse.
this verse, (( we see see that
that Allah stated
stated
"~~
"ta..'" -t+J.i-
L.a !t";1\ " "Except
"Except only that which is
apparent:'" and
apparent and He did not state
(' "Except st~te
"~ o;*-Li
"'1*j* u~\ \- l..A T)";I~" only that which
whIch
they exoose"'
thev expose'" because because what what is exposed is
IS exposed
something
soriethihg you cannot
cannot hide
hide but what
what
appears
aDDears is under
rs undervour your control,
control, you
you can
can hide
hide
it if
if if vou you wish to do
do so
so and
and yoi
you can
can show
show it
off if you
off if vou wish: so. wish; so, woman
womari can
can only show
show
off
off their thdir outer
outerclothesilothes because they cannot
because they cannot
hide
hide them them even
even if
if they
they wish.
wish.
•r B) Allah's Allah's saying:
saying:
"~~~Ul\~LH~J
"And to
"And to draw tirfr,fu*,f#;r"f;ti
drawtheir veils all over their
body, neclcs." The woman's veil
face and necks."
bodv, face
is
is what she sheputs
nuts over
over her
her head,
head, soso if
if she
she is
ordered
ordered to draw diaw herher veil all over
over her body
starting
startins from the the head
head ending
ending at the
the toes,
toeS,
then
then her
h"er face
face will
will be
be the of her
firIt part of
the first
body
bodv to be be covered.
covered. Also it is is common
common
sense
sende that
that the beauty of
the beauty of t~~
the woman is her
face,
face, soso how would Allah ~ d# command
co-mmandthe the
woman
woman to to draw
draw her her veil over her body to
over her
prevent
nrevent others
others from looking at at her beauty
beauty
and
hnd atat the
the same
sametimetime He will permit her
He win her to
tb
expose
expose her her face?
face? This
This IS is logically
logicallY
senseless.
SENSCIESS.

•. C)C) Allah's saying

Allah'ssaying
l5
15
 "~j 0A ~ La N ~)~ LH~ '1.,
,,And
tet',#irtr
ffil ##"* {#;',i
"And let them not stamp their feet so as to
reveal what
reveal what they
thevhide
hideojtheir itdornment.""
oTtheir adornment.
During the
During pre-Islamic period,
the pre-IslamIc period. women
women
used to
used to wear
wearanklets
ankletsand
andtiley
thevwould
woirld stamR
stamn
their feet
their feeton
on the groundto
the ground to develop
developaa souna
soun^d
their anklets
with their anklefs in order
order to to attract
attract the
the
attention of men
attention men, so so Allah ~ d6 made
made it
forbidden on
forbidden on Muslim
Muslim women
womento to dodo this
this act
act
.. If
If women
women are are forbidden
forbiddento to stamp
stamptheir
their
feet on
feet on the ground to
the ground to avoid
avoid infatuating
infatuatins
men, then
men, then how
how about
aboutexposing
exposingtheir their face?
face?
So which
So which isis more
more attractive
attractiveto to men,
ilren.to hear
hear
the sound
the sound of the the anklets
anklets or to see see thethe
woman's face?
woman's face? Obviously
Obviouslythe faceof
the face of the
the
woman is
woman is more
more attractive.
attractive. Given
Given this this
reality, how
re'ality, how could
could it be possibleto pennit
be Qossible pennit
women to expose
women expose their
their faces where at
faceswhere at the
the
same time th.ey
same time they are are forbidden
forbiddento stamp stamp their
feet?. This
feet? This is aa very clear proof that
very clear that the
the
woman's face
woman's t-acemust-
must be be covrired
covered whenever
whenever
strangemen
strange men or non-mahram
non-mahrarp. areare present.
present.
SecondProoft
Second Proof: Allah saidsaid in the
the Qur'an
Qur'an
ill~ ;a.*1*
-LJi ~~ .f ~ .,qr+
J .:sJr ~ jl\ rt*i;
L.J:i--4 ;-$1 ~L.;) *q,
I.!J;~) J-*t;;
&\)j Y ~\ ta.i
'Y J..,\.i #t ~i tl,""
. ""L....:?-
l * J,l IJ?
rr* ,i rlluI JjL) ji.~
tf j) P !- j,( )b
)\j :} f i -.:pi
ji 3rf
_ j r+ .ri
"-O'wo'men
"0 prophet!
prophet! TgllTell y'o|i'wives,
your wives, Ad';ihriis",
daughters,'their
and
the
the women of of tlie
the believers
believers to Zraw "ila
araw their
cloaks (veils or or coverings) all all over
over their
their
bodies (i.e.
(i. e. screen themle'lves
themselves comnletelv
completely
except the eyes
eyes orcf:
or one eye to seesee th'ewayJ.
the way).
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That will
That will be better
better that thevthey should be lcnownknown
(as free respectable
fus free respectable women)
womld so
so as
a.Tnot to be
be
annoyed.
annbved. And
And Allah
Allah is
rs Ever
Evdr Oft-Forgiving,
-of
Most Merciful.
Mosi "'(33:59).The pdrpose
Mercif!'ll. "'(33:59).The pUrPose oftfie ttTe
revelation of
revelation of this versei
verse is thdt that th^e women at
Hie women
the Prophet's
the Prophet's time used used to walk outside outside Al-
AI-
Madinah when
Madinah when thev
they had answer the
had to answer the call ofof
nature because
nature they did not have
because they restrooms in
have restrooms
homes and-
their homes and there
there werewere somesome wrong-
doers
doers who used used to follow the women slaves
the women slaves
when they walk outside
when they outside the the town to answer
answer
the call of
the nature and
of nature and harass
harass them. There were
them. There were
cases,
cases,however,
howevel,. were
WQre they
tl]ey would harass
harass the
the
free
free 'Ygmen
women thinking
thinking thdy they were slaves so
were slaves, so
Allah ~ fl# revealed
revealedthIS this verse commandthe
verle to command the
Prophet's
Prophet'swives,
wives,daughters,
daughters, and the believipg
andthe believing
women
women to covercover themselves
themselvesin rn order
order to be be
distinguished
distineuished from from the the slaves women. Ibn
slaves women.
KatheTr_.. ,~\~)
KatheIr said r_~arding
;ur.-* , said regarding this verse:
this verse:
"Allah ~
"Allah $# commanded
comm-andedHis Messenger Melsenger ~ Wloto
order
order thethe believing
believing women especiallyHis
women especIally His
wives
wives andanddaughters
daughters-for for their horiour,to
their honour, draw
to draw
cloaks
cloaks onon themselves
thdmselves to to be distinguished
be distinguished
from
from the
the non-Muslim
non-Muslim women women and women
and women
slave." The
slave." The wordword "Jilbab"
"Jilbab" (cloak)
(cloak) means
means the
the
cover over
cover over the the veil
veil (vashmak\,
(yash,nak), according
according to
to
the following
the followins transldtors
translators of'Qur'an:
of Qur'an: lbn
Ibn
Mas'aud i;u' ,et, Obidah,
Mas'aud ~~\~)' Obidah,Qatadah,
Qatadah,Al-
Hasan
HasanAI-Basrey, Si'eid bin
Al-Basreyl Sa'eid Jub-air,
bin Jubair, Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Anna'kahy,
Anna'kahy,and Atta AI-Kahrasany.
andAtta Al-Kahrasany.
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 NarratedAlli
Narrated Alli bin bin AbyAbv Talhah,
Talhah,that thatIbn
Ibn abbas
abbas
said " Allah ~
said "Allah dW has
has commanded
ccimmanded the
thebelieving
believins
women when
women when they they leave
leave their their houses
houses for for aE
necessity
necessity to cover
to coveriheir their faces.
faces.MohammadMohammadbin bin
Sealqen-
Seareen (agreat
(a greatscholar)
scholar) ' said,
said, II asked
askedObidah
Obidah
As-Slmany-
As-Slmany about the
about the meaningmeairineof Allah's Allah's
saying "66~)\:>..
saying i f ~
:qb t u* *+ "" (DrawJ:i-4 (Draritheir their cloaks
cloaks
all over
all ofer their
tH6irbodies),
bbdies), sohe
so tiJcovered
iou"i*ahis histil;
face
and head
and head whilewhile eXRosing
exposinghis his left left eye. Also
eye.Also
many Muslim
many Muslim scholars schdlarssuch Suchas as AbuAbu Baker
Baker
Arrazy (died
Arrazy (diedon on 370H),
370H).Emmad EmmadAd-Deen Ad-DeenAt-
Tabri-(died
Tabri (diedon 516H)Tmam
on 516H) Imam AI-Bagawi
Al-Bagawi(died (died
on 516H),
on 5 l6H), Ibn Ibn AI-Jawzy
Al-Jawzv in his hiT Tafseer
Talseer
(explanatiijn) of Qur'an
(exRlanation) Qur'an (died (died on on 597H),
597m.
Sheikh AI-Islam
Sheikh Al-Islam ibn ibri Taymiah
Taymidh(died (diedon on 728H)
728FIi
and many
and many otherotherscholars
scholarssaid saidthe meaning of
ihe meaninq of
this verse
this verse is is for the the woman
womanto cover coverher her face
lace
when non-mahram
when non-mahram men men are arepresent.
present. With all
these proofs,
of these proofs, we we _ see
seetha^t this verse,
that this verse, with
no doubt,
no doubt-, meins means that that the the Muslim woman woman
must wear
must wear aa HiiabHijab (coverins
(covering or veil) veil) soso asas to
coverher
cover wholebody
her whole body from from hEad head to toes. toes.
Third Prooft
Third Proof: Allah lk ~ said said in the the Qur'an
Qur' an
"~}j)
",'*J ~}AJ
n,aid 'whbn'-you
#; ..J #J R
*Li i rSJ)
5J: y~
.rt-,-- cl r
"I)) r .-.
i f '(the ~L tjr\)1),
If')W
,^ J'uJ ~~
LeH. .-s.-JL
If'
'And when you ask ask ihEnithem (the pVcinhet;i Prophet's
u,ttiye.s)
wives) ,for any.thing you yvant,.'
for _gny1hiytg want, ask ask therh
them from
from
behiid-
behind a Hiiab Hijab (veil). (veil). ThatThat is '(33 pure
pure lorfor vour
}lour
hearts
hearts and" and for iheii" hearts. "" (33 :53
their hearts. :53)) Tnis
This
verse,
verse, which
which was was revealed
revealed in the the fifth vear year
after
after Hijrah, tells tells us us that that Hiiab Hijab means means
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covering all-
covering all parts.
parts of of the.
the bodY body lncluding
including 1pe the
face and
face afr'd there there is
is no
no dispute
dispute between
between the
the
scholars that
sitrbtars that this
this verse
verse means
means covering
covering tbe
the
face
face withwith the
the rest
rest of
of the
the body.
.body. . Ftt But the
the
dispute about one
is about
-iestiicied
dispute one issue whether this
issue whether this verse
verse
is restricted only to the wives wives of the Prophet
ofthe Prophet
~? Or is it
Xt it for all Muslim womeq?
an MusUm women? Imam At- At-
Tabri, the greatest
fabri- Scholar of
greatest Scholar of the Qur'an
(made scholarly
[mad6 scholarly corrmentaries/explanations
commentaries/explanations
of t[;
bT the Ouf'an) stated in his Book
Qur'an) ttated BooK of of Tafser
Tafser
regarding this
resaiainE verse "When you ask
this verse ask the the
Prophet's
Pr"ophet'E wives wives and and tlre believing women
the believing women
whom
wli6m are ate not ~ouryour wives,
wives, ask diem from
ask them
behind
Uehin6 at hij ab (veit)
hiiab veil) andand do do not enterenter their
their
homes (while tthey
fiomes (whIle ey are
are inside inside the the house
house
alone), this
iloii;i, this is pur6rfor your
is purer your heartshearts.and their
and their
hearts". So this
ft;rtd". So this verse verse is
is a
a rulg,
rule, which
which is
is not
not
for the
f;i^ th; ptopti-.t'=
Prophet's wives
wives only
only but
but for all
all
Muslim women.
futlrti* woifien. This
This verse
verse (33:5?)
(33:53) aftd
and verse
verse
(33:59)
(33: have one rel~tion,
59) have:.,one relation,that that i~, in v~rse
is, in verse
33 :53 Allah ~
3l:Sl Allah $lsstatedstated ".rr.'--
yl.:o:c-- *t.s)
1'1)) if;f')W J" r-:lt-
t r-Jl;.,*.sJLb1) r:1,.
"'( the scholars
the scholars agreed
agreed that
that this
tli.is verse
verse means
means
that
that- the
t[a- Prophet's
Prophe"t'swives wives must must covercover theirtheir
bodies including
6oaieJ-lncludng the
the faces
faces and
and in
in verse
verse 33:59
33 :59
Allah ~
Atlatr {H stated
stated ::-
II~")G,.
".r{*}* :r. ~ 0:i~ ~
i(.J*:f+ €itlpI I'\......J &~ )-r~\)j 'i Ji ~\
'Y ):.'jtr-u', 4-!\ y
C:-+,i-t'
*]l;,},i
commanaing
commandingthe the Prophet
P_roplel ~
iHto tell his
to tell \*'lves,
htswives,
daughters, and
dauehters,End thethe believing
believing women
women to
to cover
cover
themselves. The
-in The
thetffi;ivds. point
point here-is,
here is, how
how could
could we
we
say that
*t^-t[at in verse
vers'e33: 53
33:53 it
it means
means that
that the
the
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19
 Prophet's wives
Prophet's wivesmust
mustcover
covertheir
theirfaces
facesand
andinin
verSe33
verse 33:59
:59 itit means
meansthey
theyhave
havetoto cover
covertheir
their
bodie_s
bodies excepttheir
except theirfaces
facesand
6ndthe liandrf If
thehands? f we
wi
say this,
say thi.r,then
thehwewe mean
meanthat
thatthe
theQur'an
eur'an means
means
g4e thing
one rhryg in ln one
one verse
verse and
and means
means another
another
thing in
thing in other
other verse
verse where
where both
both verses
verses
concern the
concern the same
same rule.
rule. ToTo confine
confine our our
interpretationof
interPretation of the
the said
saidverses
versesin
in this
irriskind
ki"a of
oi
thinking is
thinKing is absolutely
absolutely wrong
wrong because
becausethe the
versesIn
verses in the
the Qur' an confirm each
Qur'anbonfirm Eachother
otherand
and
not to
not to contradict
contradict-each
each other.
other.
Prooft Allah ~
Fourth Proof: iH said
saidin the
the Qur'an:
eur'an:
.:,r4L-.;
JAt'j ~ -:>i C
in-+,,''i Cgb .:..~ ,~ l>~
;+Jr.*U f.".* -:>.Y"".r-
d:*t- 'Y :1 <)~\
glJr ~w\
rL*Jt .r ..Is-1."A}1 )_9
;,.rrtrill
"f1e
- "r---:# ~
-women
g.-l. oirl)J .:,.---A
.\ill a,--J ? F ~t#u- ri ),.u~y.y. .,;.,>\>,.
-:>i olo.-,s ~ p&-
.p
"-And
HAnd asas'for
for women past pastVltla
child bearing
b-eaitns(and i"ia
do not have
do haue monthly
monthly period) period) who who do' do not
expect -wed-lock,
expect wed-lock, it /'i is ito no sin bnon themthem ifif thiv they
discard their (outer)
discard (quter) clothing in suchh such a wdv way
qs not to show
as show their adornmeit.
adornment. But to refra{n refrazn
(pot tg
(not to discard their outer ctothiis) clothinfl) is 6"iiii better
[or them...
lor them. .4nd And Allah rs is A!1,
All I{earer,
I1earer, AII All
Knower. "" (2a:60)
Knower. (24:60) The The proof in this this verie.
verse, is
that Allah dH ~ hadhad negated
negated the the sin on the the old
women
women (those
(those who had haa past past childbearins
childbearing as; age
and have
4nd have no attraction
attraction to men) men) ififthev
they diScald
discard
their outer clothes
clothes under under the' the conoitmn
condItion th;t that
th"y
they do do .not
not ,show
show their their tdomment.
adornment. lt-id It is
obvious
obvious that
that thethe meaning
meaning of of this
this verse
verse is is to
to
discqd
discard thethe outer
outer clothine
clothIng bui but not not lit- all tti* the
clothing
clothing because
because she she will will ae
be n"de.
nude. So So ili; the
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20
 elderly women
elderlv women can can expose expose their their facesfaces and and
hands
handi (in
(itt the
the presence
presence of
of men
men who
who are
are
stranger
stranser or
or non-mahram)
nan-lmahram\ if
if they
they wish
wish but
but ifif
they "refrain
thev refrain on showineshowing fheir faces itit is
their facbs is better
better
for them. Imam At-Tdbri
for'them. At-Tabri stated, stated, 'It when Allah
when Allah
~
1l# said"...:r4L;
said ";"{U;.-ar~ ~i
oi c'L:..>. ~
rv t+b.r-$ ~ "
" 'It is no
no sin on
they .discar~ "iheir
them ifif -they-.disca:rd
i6em out~r clothing',
their outer clothi!1g', ilit
means therd
means there ls IS no sln SU1 on them them ifif they discard discard
their veils
tlieir veils and and their ~owns sowns (abaia)-(abaya). Also
Imam Abu Ya'ala saif,In said-"In this verse there is
verse there
a- proof that permissible fol
that it is permissible the elderly
for the, elderly
women to expose
wdmen expose
^men tneir
their faces
faces and
and hands
hands in the
the
presence
nresenceof men but not their their hair becausebecause it
is forbidden
forbidden on them them as forbidden on
as it is forbidden
young
vouns women."
women." Sheikh Sheikh Abdulaziz Abdulaziz,bin Baaz Baaz
said regarding this
6aid Tesardine this verse
verse"Allah informs informs that that
the
the elderly
eld6rlv womenw-omenwho are arenot in the interest
the interest
of marriage
marria'ge(because(becauseof of their
their old age) age)are are not
to be counted for
to be couEtedfor misdemeanor misdemeanor fbr
for removlng
removing
their
their clothes (coveringsor
clothes (coverings veils) off
or veils) of f theIr
their
faces and
faces and hands hands as
as Tong
10n& as
as they
they are
are not
exposing their
eiposine their adornmentso adornments .
. So
So it is clear
clear to
to
unaerstand
unfiista"nd from from this
this point
point that
that the
the elderly
elderly
women
women who who are areallowed
allowedto exposetheir
to expose faces
their faces
and
and hands
hands must
must still
still observe
observe modesty
modesty by
by not
not
exposing
einosins. their
their adornments.
adornments. It
It must
must be
be noted
noted
itiort-AITah
that Alfah
- ~
d* hashasencouraged
encouraged.them them to observe
lo observe
Hijab
Uii"U ffutl(full covering
tovering of
of Their
their bodies
bodies which
which
includes
in6tuOedcovering
coverins of faces)when
their faces)
oTtheir whenHe He ~ tk
SayS: ~
says: It
,---A ,r,
'po>- ~ ~i)
otI-.-,-,i1" " "But
"B?,lt to
tO refrain
refrAin (nOt
(not to
lO
discard
friiarFtheir their outer outer clothing)ctothing)ISr"sbetter betterfor
2l
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them." If
them." Allah- ~
If Allah has encouraged
Strhas encouragedelderly
elderly
women (who
women (who by by nature
nature do do not
ilot appear
aDDear
attractiveto
attractive to men)
men)-not
not to
to remove
removetheir veils
their^veils
(covering) from
(covering) from'their
their faces,
faces,soso how
how about
about
young and
young andpretty
prettywomen?
women?

Proofsfrom
Proofs from the the Authentic
AuthenticSunnah
Sunnah
Proof: Aishah
First Proof: Aishaht*, ~ said: "May Allah
said: "May
bestow His
bestow Mercy ~ gn
His Mercy on the
the early
earlv e"!!grant
dmisrant
women when
women when Allah t.tt
$#
't 'They revealed,"
revealed, "7rA/
;/(-41 J,
.;r-4~ ~~?
F-,* ,-b -Fr+ " 'They should
should cover
cover (draw
ftrd*
veils over)
their veils over) their bodies,
their
'Qa:3.1) bodies,faces,
faces, necks,
itecks,
qryd bosoms,'
and bosoms,' (24:31) - they
iliey tore
to're their
theii"
MSryts ( a woolen
Muruts woo'lendress,
dress,or a waist waist -binding
cloth
cloth or or an apron, etc.) and and covered
covered thelr their
faces with those
fage_s thbsetorntorn Muruts. " (Reportedby
Muruts. "(Reported
Al-Bukhari).
AI-Bukhari).
Safiya bint Shaiba
Safiya Shaiba W, ~. narrated
narrated that "Aisha
that "Aisha
~ ar
W .JJ/~.J used
used to say:
say: "Whery
"When the
the verse:
verse; ..;r...r4l ,,
s;t 'Thby *t,;J,J II

"~~pjA?
---1;x* ek ;,,4 'They (draw-thdtr
cover (draw
should Cover
-bodies, their
veils over) their bodies, faces, faces, neCKS,
necks. and
'
bosoms (24:3
bosoms (24:31)' revealed, (the
I ) was reiealed, 'edgesladies)
cut
cut their
their waist sheets sheets _at at the edges and and
covered theirtheir heads
heads and andfaces with those
faces with those cut
piege.s.
pieces of
-and ot cloth..,"
cloth." (Reported
(Reported by Al-Bukhari
AI-Bukhari
and Abu
Abu Dawud).
The aboveabove quoted
quoted authentic
authentic AHadith actuallyactuallv
tell usus how Muslim women women at the the time
time of of thbthe
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Prophet #ri obeved
Pronhet obeyed Allah ~ and
Allah dE and subsequentlv
subsequently
implemented ttie
imolemenied tIie oblieation
obligation of
of
-meaning Hijab. If this
Hiiab.'If thIS
verse has
veise then the
has a different meaning to it, then
Prophet W
Prophet ri or at least Aishah~
least Aishah-Eb (one of the
(one of
Mothers of
Moihers of the Believers) wciuld
the Believers) would have
have
informed or corrected
informed them of
corrected them of the real
real
interpretation of
interpretation Hijab.
of Hiiab.

Second Proof:
Second Proof: TheThe Prophet
Prophet # ~ saidsaid"" ,r.r;i/'
~)Y oi)\ ""
"The woman
"The woman is awrah (private
is awrah part, one
(private part, one who
who
is fprbidden
rs forbidden to be
be expbsed).
eX.R0sed)..is "^(Reported
" (Reported by
At-Tirmithi and
At"-Tirmithi and saId said it is an authentib
dn authentic
Hadith).
Hadith). Sheikh Hamoud At-Towaigrv
Sheikh Hamoud
'Hadith At-Towaigry said said
"This Hadith proves proves
^is 'awrah' that
that all paft5
parts bf
of the
the
woman's
woman's body body is 'awrah' (private,(private,not not to be
be
seen
seen or ~xposed)
exposed) meii who
to men who are are not
'mahram' (Mahram
'mahram' (Mahrammeans thosewhom
meansthose whom she sheisis
forbidden
forbiddento tb marry permanently.See
marry permanently. SeeV 23 23 Ch
Ch
4 ) to her,her, this
this includes
iircludesher faceand
her face every
andevery
oart of her
part body". It was
her'body". reportedthat
wasrel?0rted Imam
thatImam
Ahmed
hhmed bin
bin Hambal
Hambal said" said" the woman'snail
ihe woman's nail
is 'awrah'
is 'awrah' and
andwhen
whenshe leavesher
sheleaves home,she
her home, she
must
must notnot expose
exposeany part of her
any part body,not
her body, not
even
even herher shoes
shoes.because
bec-aube the shoes
the deicribe
shoesdescribe
the
the feet, and
andI afso
feet.'sleeve preferthat
alsoprefer thatshesheputput aa button
button
on her
on her sleeve at her hand,
at her hand, so
so that
that no
no part
p~rt of
her body will be
her bodv will be seen seen by
bv oihers."
others." Sheikh
Sheikh Al-
AI-
Islam bIn Taymiah
Taymiah said said"Imam
"fmamAhmed Ahmedsaid said
'Evervbin
Islam
'Even' part
Dart of
cif the
the woman
woman is
is an
an awrah
awrah even
even
her
her finger
finger nails. '" Sheikh
nails."' Al-Islamalso
SheikhAI-Islam alsosaid
said
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"6sthis is also
lhis is alsothe
thechoice (whatImam
choice(what ImamAhmed
Ahmed
said)of
said) of Imam
ImamMalik."
Malik."

Third Proof:
Third Proof: Narrated Ibn
Narrated Umar ~
Ibn Vmar W
Allah's Messenger
Allah's Messenger;Ji
M said:
said:
uif'
"':}-:~r;: &-
"A woman
"A w,oman who istr"
who r# ~~~k' 'jh;~~
!r;i"t'#tr;;
($triyg, Hajj
(during Halj. or .Umrph)
Umrah) mustmust ngt" wear a
not wear
nLqao (covering
niqab Govermg the
the face
lace exceptthe
except the eyes)
eves)or
g!.ove.s. "" (Reported
gJoves. (Repoftedby by-AI-Bukhari,
Al-Bukh'ari,Malik, At-
Ma[ik,'At_
Tirmidai,' Abu
Tirmidai) Abu Dawood,
Daw"ood.;nd and Ahmed). Abu
Ahm;a).--'Ab;
Baker bIn
Baker bin AI-Arabi
Al-Arabi saidsaid "c( In the
the Hadith
ttridtth of
of
Ibn
IQ" IJmar,
Vmar, when
when
'the woman rnust the
the Prophet
Prophet ~
# said
said (;i)\ ~ \1)
(;i,rr.-",v)
'the woman must not not- wear
wear niqab' that iS
nigqli' that is
because covering
because covering the the woman's
womad's facefaCe i;is
o-blig-atoryon
obligatory on every
every woman
woman who is noi not
elderly except
elderly except in HgjjHajj (u^f,
(and when
when praying
praying
wnere no
where no manman wno
who ls is not her
her mahram
mahram sees
sees
her)".
her)".

Proof: 'Aishah
Fourth Prooft 'Aishah W ~ said: "Men on
said: "Men
camels
camels used passby us
used to pass us while we were with
the
the Prophet
Prophet ffi-~ and inzn the
the state
state ofofihram. We
thram. We
would Eover faceswith our "sowns
cover our faces gowns when
when
they passed
they passed by u3,us, and then
then ufrcover
uncover them
them
flgain."" 'Ata,
agaii. (Reported
(Reported
^ bv
by Abu
Abu Daw'ud and and Ibn
Ibn
Majah)
Majah) 'Ata Malik, AthThawri,
AthThawri, Ash-Shaf
Ash-Shafi'i,
i.
Ahmad,
Ahmad, and IshaqIshaq hold
hold that is permissibld
that itit is permissible
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for women
women to cover cover their faces faces in the statestate of
of
ihranl.
ihram. (Fiqh
(Fiqh us
us Sunnah
Sunnah 5.49)
5.49)
Fron1 the
Fronr the mentioned
mentioned two Hadiths Hadiths itit is very
clear that
clear that during
during Haiithe
Hajj the woman
woman should draw
should d.raw
part
part of her''kifrar'
of her kimar' lpiece
(piece of clothes) over her
of clothes)
head and
head and faceface so so a*s
as to avoidavoid beine seen by
being seen py
men
men who are are not her mahram. Alio
her mahram. Also Sheikh
Sheikh
AI-Islam bin Taymiah
Al-Islam Taymiah said: said: "This is a proof
that niqab
that niqab and and gloves
gloves were known to women
were women
who werewdre not on the
5n the state
state of
of Ihram
lhram which
requires coverin,,&
reouirescovering their
their faces
faces and
and hands".
hands". And
he also
he'also said: said: ~'l nere
"There are
are two opinions
opinions
^ in the
the
school
school of
of thought
thought of
of Imam
Imam Ahmed
Ahmed bin
Hanbal
Hanbal regarding-state the woman's
res,arding-the woman's face facewhile she she
is
is on
on thethe state 6f of Ihram:
lhram: the the first one it is
first one
like
like the
the man's
man's head (while on
head (while on the stateof
the state of
Ihram)
Ihram\ it must mustnot not bebe covered,
covered,the the second,
second,the the
woman's
womah's face face is is like
like the man's-body
the man's (while
body (while
on
on thethe state
stateof Ihram,
lhram, the man must
the man cbverhis
must cover his
body
bodv but
but he he cannot
canrrotwearwear anyany clothes
clothesthat that fits
on. " In other
on. other words clothei that
words clothes havebeen
that have been
sewed
sewed to to fit on on the body parts
the body parts
^ like
like pants,
pants,
shirt,
shirt. etc.)
etc.) \vhere cannbt be
rvhere it cannot be covered
coveredwith
'nighb'
'niqab' whichwhich was was madernadeto to fit the
the body, this
body,this
opinion
opiirion (the(the second
secondone) one) is the'nigab'
is the correbtone
correct one
because
b^ecause the Prophet~
the Prophet madethe'
#t made the niqab'-used and
and
the
the gloves torbidden and
sloves forbidden women used to
and women to
draw
draw- on faces
their faces
on their with something
something that that
covers
covers the the facefaceand hands(while
andhands (while on on the state
thd state
of Ihram)
of lhram) but but vvithout wearing a piece of
r,vithout wearing a piece
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cloth
cloth that
that fitsfits on
on the part of the
the part the body,
body, as as it is
is
the same
the samefor menfor men (duiine
(during Ihram) they
lhram\ thev cannotcannot
wear pants ~r
wear pants (or any pieile of croth
any Riece cloth ihat fits
that fits
on)". Ibn AI-
on)". Ibn Al-Qaim aim saia:
sai'rt:"When
"When the the Prophet
Prophet ~
fgg
made
mdde it forbiforbiddenden on on women
womento wear 'niqab"
to wear'niqab"
and
and gloves
slovesin
-proof tn Hadith
Hadith narrated
nanatedby bv Ibn Umar,
Um-ar.it
is aa proof that
is that the
the woman's
woman's face
faceis like the
is the
man'S body
man's (durine Ihram)
bodv (during lhram\ not not the
the same
sameas as
the
the man's
man'shehd (du-ringIhram).
bead (during lhram). Therefore,
Therefore,it
is forbidden
is forbiddenon on women
womei to wear wedr anything
anythins that
that
was made
was made to to fit onon the
the face
facesuch
such-as 'n"iqab'
as 'niqab'
whereas on
whereas on thethe other
other hand
handit is notnot forbidden
forbidden
on her to
on her to cover
coverher facewith aa'Jilbab'
her face (veil)
'Jilbab' (veil)
somethingalike.
or something alike. It hashasnot
not been
beenreported
repbrted
that the
that Prophet ~
the Prophet # had had said
saideven
evenone ond letter
letter
regardins die
regarding the obligation
oblieation of exposingexposins the the
wdman's- face
woman's faceduring
durin-gIhram.
lhram. ".". He also said
He^also iaid "
How can can it be be forbIdden
forbTddenon on the woman to
the woman
cover her
cover her face
face and andat at the sametime
the same time she was
shewas
commanded
commanded
'Jilbab' (veil), bv
by Allah that
that she
she must
must draw
draw her
her
'Jilbab' (veil). so who will she
so who she not
not be
be
known?".'Ibn'-Haier
known?". reportedin 'Fatah
Ibn Hajer reported 'Fatah Al- AI-
that Ibn AI-
Bari' that Al-Munther
Munther said "Thev (the
said "They (the
scholars)
scholars)
'Ihram' can' asreed
agreed that
that the
the woman
woman auring
duiins
'Ihram' can-wear
wear sewn (stitched)clothes
sewn(stitched) clothes andand
shoes, and she
shoes.and she covers covers her her head
head and her hair
and her hair
excepiher
except her face
facesheshemust draw a piece
mustdraw piece of of cloth
cloth
it to cover
over'it
over cover it from
from non-mahram.
norL-mahiam.

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26
 Fifth Proof:
Fifth Proof: Narrated
Narrated Ibn
Ibn Ljmar ~ Allah's
Vmar {#, Allah's
Messenger;:J!
Messenger said
ffi said
',o:.,'"
~~: a*L fi.-lU " a.dt
:LJ....,r!..:..JLi.i ~L;..ijlrfi j/~t?~
4.)j A' ,b *4.;f·J'>'-Y"
-t-+.rr ,--tt : f., +J/ h./
II
t-*
~Y) " : JL;
II: ~/.J.i( .il-*
JIi r4-tti[ ~ Ei e-J1i "|n)
fjJ : c)a ~..;d :rJLi
lilY ,r-rt,"II :JIi :3 ;l;,tl
Yfi.i; ?L-.:JI
"L-Jt
''J.).r---: y L->:-0 j
"On Day of
the Day
HO n the Resu*ection,';Ti;i
ofResurrection, Allah l,ffi;|
will not
look at the i,ne one who trails his loincloth out of of
arrogance'
arrosance' (Jmm
Umm Salamah
Salamah ~
W asked:
asked: what
should women
shou1d women do with the hem hem of of their
clothes? He HF
clothes? # said-' "They ma)'
said: "Thet., may lower
lower"them them a
hand's snan.-;'
hand's span. " she said: ''But
she said; But their
theirleet
i feet would
still exposed." He 1!
stilt remain exposed. said "Let
M said "Let them
them
lower those
those equal
equal to an arm's length length but not
more thanthan that. " (Reportedby Abu-Dawood,
that "(Reported
At-Tirmidhi,
At-Tirmidhi. An-Nssai,
An-]risiai, Imam Imain Ahmed,
Ahmed, and and
At-Tirmidhi
At-Tirmidhi' said this Hadith is authentic).
said this authentic).
Imam At-Tinnidhi
At-Tirrnidhi said: "In this Hadith
said: "In Hadith, therethere
oermission for \VOlnen
is aa permission wolnen to trai trailf their
clothes
clothes so so they
they willwili be
be covered."
covered." And Imam
Al-Baihaqi
Al-Baihaqi said: said: "This Hadith Hadith is is aa proof forfor
the obligation of covering
the oblisation coverinflthe the woman's
woman's feet."
feet."
Sheikh
Sheikh Mohammad
Mohammad bin Salih Al-Othaimeen
bin Talih Al-Othaimeen
said
said "In this. Hadith{
this Haditlu there
there is
is a
a proof that the
that the
women are obligatea
women are oblisated to
to cover their
coveriheir feet
feet and
and
this
this ruling
rulins is is known
[nown to to the
the companions'
companions'
wives.
wives. The ThE foot
foot isis less
lessattractive
attractivethan thanthe face
the face
and
and hands
hands without any
any doubt.
doubt. This
This Wise
Wise Faith
Faith
(Islam)
(Islam) rejects
rejects .toto obligate
otiligate covering
covering what what isis
less
Iess attractive(the
attracttve(the feet)
leet) and
and permlt
permit exposing
exposlng
. what
what isis more
more attractive(the
attractive(theface)."
f-ace)."
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Aishah ~
Aishah W, said:
said:
r-'- .Jt ~
It jJ.i
i,Li/- i, ~
* JI ,* Jr"Jt ~
J.".....)I ov-f~ ui
€ <.:.It... f Js ~~ WJ/. wL$')\ wlS'''
rv..r:.t.rLfJt J$"
'~~
"a[i":{ 6jj.Jf.>.. IJij '+-0 ~ ~.J
ti,t; ,*n, ~ Ul.:b-
Ut-t* f.j/~j
Ut.t--!~..L..-- UJjL-
*ll- 6jjl>-
\jlG W| i &
"" The
TheCamel
CamelRiders
Ridersduring
durins Hajj)
Haiil used
usedtoto pass
nass
us while
us while wewe were
were on the state ofIhram
onthe"stai6'of with
lhram'with
the Messenger
the Messengerof Allah?Jff
Allah # and
aild when
whenthey
they
were parallel to
were/arallel to us,
us,each
eachoneoneofus
of us (women)
fuomei)
would lower
woul lower down
down herher Jilbab (veiil'over
Jilbab (veil) over her
hrir
face,
-face, and
and when
when thev
they pass
pass us
us ilte would
she
uncover her
uncover face " lReported
her -face" (Reported by bv Ahmed,
Ahmed.
Abu-Dawood, and
Abu-Dawood, and lbn MajahJ.MaiahY. Sheikh
Sheikli
Mohammad bin Salih
Mohammad Salih AI-Othaimeen
Al-Othaimeen said said
regarding this
regarding this Hadith
Hadith " The
The saying
sayingof of Aishah
Aishah
~ (whEnthey
W (wnen they are parallelto
areparallel ro us, each one
irs.Each one of
of
us would
us would lower
lower down
ddwn her over her
Jilbab over
her Jilb'qb her
face) is
face) proof of
is aa J;'roof of the
the obligation
-when of
oblieation coverin~
of coverins
the woman
the woman-s face". Also,
s face". Also, when she said H'
she said
One of
One of us" this
this means
means anyone
anyone of of the
the women
women
were with them
who were them and
and not for thethe Prophet's
Prqphet's
wives only.
wives only. With all the above proof6
the above RroofS from
the Our'an and
the Qur'ah and the
the authentic
authentic Ahailtth,
Ahaaith,'Muslim can
we can
.therefore conclude
.therefore conclude that that indeed.
indeed, Muslim
women
women are are obligated
obligated to cover
cover their faces
faces and
and
hands.
hands. This This is aecause
oecause Islam
Islam enioins
enjoins men
men
and
and women
women to gUatd guard~ .~heir
their modesti'
modesty for their
eternal
eternal success. ~ says:
success. Allah flffi says:
((
"~ aiJt
1*a i.X-UI.J r-')l..." vr
iJ~~ i)t-p d p ailt
1 .. L)r*u i.X-U1 .. ,tiJ~
.>;lt
pIglii -ticJii
...Li
~ ~.iJ1 J.
1*a;+jJl iJ~L...i ;f.j;1f r ji.iJ1.J
.J . o*t_i;tUt'_tlt t. . ,t-*-e .rJl1 ~
iJrP..TV yiJt,f
2288
 ~ f,a
,# ~[jt'qf~l.f.r .St~ t~ tf ./,e-U;f
r+""'.J./? * vl iJ~&- ret-nl
Yj .. olhit- r-P'".1~
~
'- r.:r--:.il'.J
;ltJ . dptJt
J.1.JWI ~
t' &tli
l.!J.:}.1{; i)Jr
dJj ~0.1
rUt,Pl~r~
"*
. ~~
.,y*
iJ.)2iGGr-i~~~~.il'.J.
. J-&4 J,rt* * e,.yilts , Jy0~¥
urU .1r--'l.i~)r
t'ry t t'ut'V
'oltlt* ~ ttt-/t
L,.:i e
''i}.1.JJ/.>. W r./.1.)~I olia
J~; gilt iJf~&J1 ~ ~.r
J.ill . diutP,-LkJ.,t
"successful indeed
"Successful indeed are the the Believers:
Believers:
those wlto
those wno humble themselves in their
humble themselves
pravers; who avoid vain talk; who are
prayers;
'actlve
actzve in giving zakat; zakat; whq guard
who -those
moaesty, except
their mo[estv,- except with those
joined
ioined to themthem- in the the Tnaruiage bond,
marriage bond,
"or
or (fhe captives) whom
fthe captives) whom their right
hands
hands possess
noss'ess for (f
foi case)they
ff in their case) thev
are free from
frie from blame.
blawie. But those
those whoie
whose
desiies " exceed
desires exceed those those limits are
transgressors;
transgressors;. those those who who fuithfully
ff!-ithfully
observe
observe their -trusts .trusts and thezr their
covenants,
covenants, and who (strictly) guard
who (strictly)
their prayers; these
their prayers; - will
these ittt be
beTheheirs
the heirs,
;i,; will
who F-o, i aiii.- Th
i;ir'"ri'i Paradise.
i,;if inherit They;;-;will
iti
dwell
dwell therein
therein (forever)." (Q-ur'an,
(forever)." (Qur'an,
23:1-11)
23:I-11)

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 Arguments
Arguments bythose
by thoseWho
WhoLegalize
Legalize
Exposing
Exposing Muslim
Muslim Woman's
Woman's Face
Face
Some Muslims
Some Muslims havehave aa dissenting
dissentingopinion
opinion
regarding-the
regarding the obligation
obligation of o! Hijab
Uijab-ancl they
and they
saVthey
say thef have
have some proofs
some proofs from
frdm
'legalize the
the Qur'an
Our'air
and the
and th6 Sunnah
Sunnah to to legalize exposing
exposifo thethe
woman's face.
woman's face. Let
Let usus examine
examlneveryvery carefully
care"fullv
the following
the "proofs" as
followine "proofs" as to
to their
theif relevance
relevanc'e
and authenticity
and authentiEitytoto make
make the issueof Hijab
the issue Hiiab
vqry clear
very clear to all lVluslims
to all Muslims especially
especially
I ' those
tliose
whb are
who aresearching
searchingfor
for the
the truth:
truth:

Argument:
First Argument: Allah ~ i}H stated the
statedin the
Q an."'-k,
ur"
Qur'an: ~ ~#.
u )'l!l .
L. yJ"
;re*;.1**)')
jH)"f.~ "

"And not to
HAnd to show
showofftheir adornment excent
off their adornment except
only !4at which. is
that which apparent. ""(24:31).
is"apparent. (24:3l). Th6y
They
say this
say this verse.
verse is a ploof
is a that th'e
proof that the woman
woman can can
ex-posewhat
expose what is apparent
apparent from
from her:
her. that
that is the
the
faie and
face and the
the harids
hands asas 'Abdullah
'Abdullah ibnIbn 'Abbas
'Abbas
explained it
explained it by saying:
saying: "Except
"Except only that that
which
wEich is apparent
apparent meand
means the the face
face and
and h6nds".
hands".
The
The answer
answer to this
this is as
as follows:
follows: Thev
They extract
extract
this
this sayins
saying of of Ibn Abbas
Abbas fromfrom what
what has
has been
been
reported
reported byoy Ibn Jareer
Jareer At-Tabri he he said,
said, Ibn
Abbas
Abbas said about this
said about this verse
verse "And not to show show
off their adornment
off adornment except
except only thatthat r,vhich
\vhich is
3300
apparent" means
apparent" means "Kohl (eyeliner)
(eyeliner) and and ting."
ring."
This report
reQ0rt of of At-Tabri,
At-Tabri, has one person
has one person in ihethe
chain
chain oTof the
the narrators
narrators who is weak,
weak, his name
name
is Muslim bin Kisan Kisan Addabi Al-Kuffy. Ibib
Addabi Al-Kuffu.
Hajjer
Haiier Al-Asqalani
Al-Asqalani said
said "Muslim
"Muslim is weak
is- weak
narrator."
na#ator." Also
Alsb Imam
Imam Ahmed
Ahmed bin Hanbbal
Hanbbal
said about him "His (Muslim)
said about (Muslim) HadithHadith should
should
not be be written."
written."'- Imam Al-Bukahri
Imam AI-Bukahri
commented also
commented also about Muslim bin Kisan
about Muslim Kisan
Addabi Al-Kuffo:
Addabi AI-Kuffy: "Thev "They (the scholars of
(the scholars of
Hadith) talked'
Hadith) talked about him (meaning
about him' (meaning the the
Ahadith he
Ahadith he narrated are weak)l'
narrated are weak). ' So So wiih
with this
this
narrator (Muslim)'sayine-of
narrator (Muslim) being in the
beine chain of the
the chain the
narrators
narrators'of of the
the saying of Ibn Abbas, Abbas, we we see
see
that
that this
this report
reportis is weak cannotbe
and it cannot
w'eak-and be taken
taken
into
into as
as aa sound proof. There
so'undproof. Thereis is another
anotherway way of
this
this saying
saying
- of Ibn
Ibn Abbas
Abbasthatthatwaswasreported
reportedby
Imam
Imam AI-Baihaqi,
AT-Baihaqi.he said in flis
he said book
his book
"Assunnan AI-Koobra"
"Assunnan Al-Koobro" Ibn Ibn Abbas
Abbas said
said
regarding this
resarding this verse verse "And not
not to
to show
show off
off
their adornment
thEir adornmentexcept except only
onlv that
that which
which is
is
apparent" means 'what
'wliat is
is in
In the
the face
face and
and
aonarent" means
hands'.
hhhds'. AlsoAIso in in this
this way
way of the reportingof
the reporting qf
the saying
the saying of Ibn
Ibn Abbas,
Abbas, there
there are
are two
two weak
weak
narrators,
narratdrs,"the the first
first one
one is Ahmed bin
is Ahmed bin
Abduljabar
Abduliabar bin
bin Mohammad
Mohammad Al-Ataradi,
AI-Ataradi,
whom
whorn Ibn Ibn Hajjer
Haiier said said about
about him him "He"He is is
weak"
weak" and
and Imam
Imdm Athahabi
Athahabi said said about him
about him-
o'Morethan
"More than one
one scholar
scholaragreed
agreedhe weak."
is weak."
he is
Also
Also no no less
less than
than hishis son (Ahmed's son),
sod (Ahmed's son),
Abdurahman
Abdurahman bin bin Ahmed Al-Ataradi, who
Ahmed AI-Ataradi, who
31
31
said about
said abouthis father:"1
his father: wrote from
"I wrote from him but but 1I
stoppedtelling
stopped telline of what
what he he said
said because
becauseof
people said
whlai people
what about him
Iaid about (beinsweak)."
him (being weak)."
The second
The secoirdman
man in this
this chain
chainis ii Abdullah
Abcfullahbin tiin
Harmooz AI-Makki,
Muslim bin Harmooz Al-Makki. whom whom Ibn Ibn
Haiier said
Hajjer said about
about him him "He"He is weak" and
is-weak" and
Im-dm Athahabi
Imam Athahabi saidsaid about
abouthim "Ibn Ma' Ma'ainain
said he
said (Abdullah bin
he (Abdullah bin Muslim)
Muslim) is is weak
weakand and
Al-Madinv said
Ibn AI-Madiny said he
he isis weak
weak twice."
twice." So So
none of what
none what has
hasbeen
beenreported
reportedin believed
believedof
Abass regarding
Ibn Abass regarding
-be this
this verse
verse by bv saying
savins
"What should
should be apparent
apiarent is is the
the face
hce'and and
hands" is
hands" is authentic.
authentic.On the other
On the otherhand,
hand,it hashas
been reportedthat
beenreported Abdullah Ibn
that Abdullah Ibn Mas'aud
Mas'aridsaid said
the meaning
the meaning - of "And not not to
to show
showoff off their
their
adornment except
adornment except only only thatthat which is
which is
apparent" is
apI?arent" is "the
"thb .clothes",
cloth-es". this this report
report is is
a^uthenticas
authentic as reRorted
reported by ibn Ibn Jareer,
Jarei:r, Ibn
Shaibah and
Shaibah and AI-Hakim
Al:Hakim and and he
he said
saidauthentic
authentic
the conditions
on the conditions of of Muslim;
Muslim; and and Imam
Imam
Athahabi
Athahabi asreed with
agreed him. Sheikh
hiin. Sheikh
Mohammad
Mohammad 6in Din Salih AI-Othaimeen said
Salih Al-Othaimeen said
regarding
regarding this
this situation:
situation:"If"If wewe agree
asree that
that
wFat Ibn
what Ibil Abass
Abass saidsaid is the
the correct
correct o'ne
one when
when
he said "The face
he said and hands
face and hands to be be exposed".
exposed",
this
this can
can only bebe taken
taken asas an accentedproof
an accepted broof if if
there
there was
was no different
different opinion'
opinion of of hnother
another
Companion
Companion that that .opposes
opposes io to his
his opinion.
opinion.
^ If
If
another
anotlier Companron
Companion
- opposes
opposes him,
him, we
we Inust
must
follow what other (duthentic)
what other (authentic) pioofs
proofs givegive
preference
preference over.
over. So'here
So here in this thIS case,-the
case, the
32
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opinion
opinion of Abass (which
of Ibn Abass (which was
was found
found not
authentic) has been
airthentic)has been oppo'sed
opposed bv
by the opinion ofof
Ibn Maslaud
Mas aud (based^
(based on authentic
autlientic r'eport)
report) so
so
we must
must follow what other
other proofs
proofs say.
say. .

Second
Second Argument: What What has has been
been reported
reported
by
by Abu-Dawood,
Abu-Dafrood, F.+-p- ~ y ~ tJ-u G~ Ju ~J
Jli {'ir ~ -'rr, y.i g;i
:> Jb ,*i C?i
~
f p
A J
,l V'f
.J...:A- ,y- ..L:J}I
{Jt u"-*f
l.i p>-i Yu
":Jli 1)\)-\ j-.a-J\
,}t}t,.1-a;.Jt J
!. Jo .Y
,y:,; J ~lki~'1
u5U';Vt .*f
y£
Cf ~
lJi .' ~l.c-'i
oWi 0\ ,-rt~
k " 1ll\
iur-?! ~l&. Vo
+f t-+.-:V ~ gl..r,
.~.1:):> ;ri
~.-!i qlo'-
y ~ J'i ~l>-,y-
Jli {1* ttY
,f ;:>l;j
c..ili
urU;.+UJ yt; 4.# r-LJ ~.:ill
4b JsfLr.-& 6l ~fL," ~\
nl J.r"J
Jyt.* ~..::..1>-:>
**, ~ ~\
kj";ul -?J
f t ~
+
~
,: -.ir b1 r;1~i)l ;1 ~L<:-'i
;irtr 01 'wi l:!t, " JI,; ~ 1ll\
r-L J ql.c
Jti Js *: ~ 1\
nl .rLa J.r"J ~ ~./'li
nt Jy1@,-e-*v
"li{ J) ~J
".yS' q-'.-J;r rui JJ " 1..i.A>
JI )L.:.i lir, J \..i.A>
II )11 ~
rj,r 'Y! ~ | ~\
ct-oi0i -t-.2
W 1.>..1-
"iJt
t
He
He said,
said. Yaqoub
Yaqoub bin Ka'ab Al-Antaki and
Ka'ab AI-Antaki and
Mua'amal
Mua'am'al bin bin AI-Faddil Al-Harrany
Al-Faddil AI-Harrany
informed
informed me me that
that Alwalead informed them,
Alwalead informed theni,
he
he reported
reported from
from Sa'eid
Sa'eid bin Basheer~
Basheer, he
he
reported
reportad from
from Qatadah,
Oatadah, he
he reported
reported from
from
Kbalid
Khalid bin Duralk
Duraik he he reported Aisha ~
tliat Aisha
rebortedtliat &,
said "ThatAsma
said "That Abu-Bakar ~
Asmabint Abu-Bakar & walked
walked
into
into the
the Prophet
Prophet;Jiwearing soft(thin) clothes,
Mwearing soft(thin) clothes,
then He 1f
then He #^ turned
turned his
his face
faVe away
away (fro*
(from her)
her)
and
and said
said which
which
'O Asma, the
the mdaning
meaning of is
ofis iranslated
translated
as: '0
as: Asma, whenwhen the womanreaches
the woman reaches the the
age
ase ofpuberty
of nubertvit is is not permissibletc!
not permJssible to s~e
see any
any
p"art 0/
part of her
-nointed 6odv except
her Eody this. ' He
this and thzs.
exceptthzs He 3WE€
pointed
'Rbu to
to her
her face
face and hands.
andhands. " (Reported
(Reported by
by
Abu Dawud) Thev say
Dawud) 'They savthis Hadith'is
this Hadith clear
is aa clear
proof for permiiting Muslim
for permitting Muslim womenwomen to
33
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expose their
expose their faces
faces and hands.Many
andhands. Many Muslim
women, including
women, including the piolrs among
the pious amons them,
them.
believe'in
believe themwIthout
in them withoutknowing
kirowinsthat the said
thatThe saici
Hadith is
Hadith is weak
weak in two ways.
ways.First,
first. there
thereisis aa
disconnectionin the
disconnection the chain
chain-of
of narrations (this
narrations(this
means one
means one of the the narrators
narratorsof the
theHadith
Hadirlr did
not meet
not meet thethe one
one he
he claimed
claimedhe he heard
heardfrom
from
him). In the
him). the chain
chain of the
the narrators
narratorsof thisthis
Hadith as
Hadith as it has has been
been compiled
compiled by bv Abu-
Abu-
Dawud himself,
Dawud himself, he he said "Khalid bin
said "Khalid Duraik
bin-Duraik
did not hear
did not hearfrom
from Aishah ~ ". Second,
Aishah{#, Second.in the the
chain of the
chain narrators,there
the narrators, there isis Sa' eid bin
Sa'eid bin
Basheerwhom
Basheer whom Ibn Ibn Hajeer,
Haieer,Ibn
lbn Ma'ain,
Ma'ain,An-
Nassai,
Nassai, Ali
'TIe is bin
bin Al-Madinv
AI-Madiny and
and Ibn
Ibn Hiban
Hiban
said "He
said weak." Therefore,
is weak." Ther'efore, those
those who
-for who
claim this
claim this Hadith
Hadith as proof for Muslim
as aa proof Muslim
women to expose
women exposetheir
their faces
fates and
and hands
hands to to
their non-mahram
their non-mahram must must stop
stop fromfrom
propasatine
proRagating the idea
the
-and-therefore idea as
as the said Hadith
the said Hadith is is
wedk and therefore to be
weak be disregarded
disregardedas as aa
proof.
proof.

Third Argument:
Argument: Narrated Jabir
Narrated bin
Jabir bin
Abdullah~-,
Abdullah+- 4.ie *l ~-->:
<We..ill .r-;;: ~
, :iF~\l' ~'J- ~\ ,ir JYJ
Jr; C" 1- 0~ c,r+;
SF r-- iL;
L6' (
lU ir a.ul
4.,.L;1 Y
'J y
J jl~i
-'r-:i,,,
pN ~l
ih!r Y ;~L
J+;)Lrr i-r,
i..y ~I
-,;r .";{"Jr
\ y. ;":>l.aJ\ ~ J
aJ--;
~
p ~ (rJ>?~
Ls@f ef" J L.Ul J J*s
\...,.,UI.12>-; ~Lb
s.-t!.rb
J ~ ~
:--> )
J ~llS~
^irr 6_r..i /h
r,i; J>:
J~
J>U,,ll
~
.-Jft .~
p-<* ~ .-L-- ,.{ J ?' -S\ j~ J..l.,a.7 Jw
--rp,j,l=,- f?~ :J :#ty,uJr
JLi, ;+-5, ~~) ~L.J\ ;i -JI
j~ P'J :JL;
,:;-3;;.(V :Ju.lt ~I Jr.,
Jy-'J !~
/t:
: c-Jur;,:rl1
cJw J..8-1 ~\..U.....,
rt--c-- ~LJI
rL. ,11 -^L^i f ;i/I
4.b...., n;irt
J~ +f
0-- J>L
.,- y; 4J il+lr;*.1-
~ ~~ifJ~ ~ ;JL; .~\ j~ J ~~I
g 3itt,aa;i.,*r;JU.^r*lt-o;S;1eK.Jt
".
" ...:.rt---1\y»
-,g-ilr-- I ~~\}i
,.,g-bt;i

3
344
"I attended
"I attended the Rrayer with
the PraYer with Allah's
Allah's
Messenger #fJj on
Messeiier the Eid-el-Fitr^Day'-$e
on the'Eid-el-Fitr Da~, He,# M
commenced with
commeilced with the prayer peJore.
the -prayer before Khutba
Khutba
(sermon) without
Tiermon) without Athan- or Iqamah. He
Atnan or-Iqqmah.- He #-?Ji
then stbod
ilri" stood up up leaning
leaning on on Bifal and H-g
Biral ary4 He #.:If
commanded
ci*ma:nded
-"*t - themthem to be pious to
to 6e Allah. He
to Allah- He #.:If
exhorted
i;iiia itthem obedience to
ei on obEdience to HimHim andand
preached to thepeople
ir:tocitd admonished them.
people and admonished them.
-Then He ffi
Tiei ?i! prbceeded
*i; proceeded to the womgn. women. He He M,:If
preached
biiitneA
'dtlitd to them
them and reminded
reminded tltem
them and
asked them them to give alms, for most
alms, for ofthem are
most of-them
the fuel
i"ni n"i ifofHell.
nett7.l, A wln1ai
woman sitting in the middle
sitting inThe middle
of the women, with black
;Tih-;'iio*ii, on the cheek
black spot on-tlte
spbt cheek
toad up
sitood uD and said: "lThy is
said: "Why so,Messenger
is it so, Messenger
of Allah?"" He Ji
of Allah? said: -"For
# said.' you grumble
"For You grumble
often
often and show ingratitude
show ingratitude to your spprySq'
spouse.
And then they began
then they Qegan to
tq g.ive
give alms
alms out thetr
oJ their
of
ornaments,
ornaments,such such as
{ts their earrings
thetr-earrmgs afqflngs,,
ana rings
which
whtch they they threwthrew on on the cloth .o.J
the cloth bttat' "
of Bila["
(n;p"$d'Fvby fJ-Bu~ahri
(Reported Al-gukahri anq and~usli~).
Musliin).Th~y Thev
say when Jab!r
say wnen J-,ibf^;J.i;, ~ ~\~.J siiO
sald ln
in this'Hadith
thlS Hadlth
;X
"A woman
*o*att with blackipot
with black spot on cheek"it is
the cheek"
on the is
au^proof that she
ptoofittat *hgwaswasexposing
eryiosingher her face,
fq*.,and if
and if
she
she was
was covering
covering her
her tace
face he
he woulo
would not
not nave
have
seen
ieet her her face.
face.There
Tffiereare two possibe
aretwo answers
po;sib-eanswers
to this. First,
io-inii.-f iist, there
there isis no probf in
no proof Hadith
theHadith
in the
that
ifiui indicates
i"d]caies that that the Flophet ii
the Prophet W saw the
saw the
woman
*;** *ittriout Hijab
without Hiiab and andfiefie~ approvedit,
*Eapproved it,
but only Jabir
UuT^^only iabir sawsdw her face and
Lt.t face that
a^Itdthat is is
because,
-
beiausel maybe
maybeher Hiiab fall
herHijab fall.qflher face,
off her face,
oroi because
b*cdtrt* she sh'e waswas in middle of
the middle
in the the
of the
35
35
women, she
women she took
took off
off her
her Hijab
Hiiab oror another
another
possibility that
possibility thatshe wasan
shewas anold
old woman
wornanwho
who isis
permitted to
germitted to expose
expose her face as stateclin
her face as stated in the
the
(Jur'an:
Qur'an:
--*s';'-
.-+ ar.ffi
.:r4W ~ wf c.b- ~ ~ ~l5:; ;';~J!. ':J ~':Jl ~L.,:..1I if J.£:.lyiJl)"
fr
"~.le.
r-=- '-- :ff:-g:; ;H!::, ;"
.1 \,..;00:. U.~. .':>1
A..J:" 4ii1 J U..l" .
J L:.J
.. J.
..:..>~J'--
n..::.. ..1--
"j;.

*Afd
HAnd as asfor womenpas.tchildbearing
womenfast
ftr wed-lock, c.hitdbeaying lvho
who dodo
not expect
not expebt wed-Ioc , it is rs no
no sin
stn on themif
on theln if
they aiscard
they (outer) clothing
iliscard their (outer) clothins in suchsu"h
awpy as
away as not to to show
show their adornment.
adornmZnLBut to to
refrain (i.e.
refrain (i. e. not to to discard
discard their outer outer
c[othing) is
c{othing) is betterfor
betterfor theln.
thern.And Allah is is All-
Heargry All-Knower"
Hearer, lll-K7owbr.". (24:60)
Qa:60) It must musr be be
noted further
noted further that
that this
this story
story was
was reported
-than reportedby bv
many con1panions
many companions other other than Jabir, Jdbir. ana
an8
neither one
neitlier one of them them had had mentioned
mentionedthis this
woman exposing
woman exposing - her faceexcept
her face exceptJabir.
Jabir.Also
Also
Imam Muslim
Imam Muslim in his his Autlientic
Autlientic Book,
Book.
reported
reported those
those who narrated
narrated this
this storv
story besidd
beside
Jabir, they
Jabir, they areare Abi Sa'eid AI-Kuhdri~-,
Sa'eid Al-Kuhdries,.
Abdullah
Abdullah Ibn Abass4,, Abass~>, and and Abdullah
Abdullah IbriIbn
Umar~-. Neither
Umarr*-. Neither one of them
one of them reported
reRorted
'ttris that
that he
he
saw the
saw the woman's
woman's face.face. Also this storv story was
was
narrated Abu-Hurairah {+-
narrated by Abu-Hurairah ~- and
and Abdullah
Abdullah
Mas 'ud i+,
bin Mas'ird ~- without _mentioning
mentioning . the the
woman's
woman's face. face. So So here
here five companlons
companions
reported
reported this story
story and
and they
they all said
said wliat Jabir
Jabir
gir'
~> said
said but neifher
neither one
one cif
of them
them mentioned
mentioned a
3366
woman exposing
woman exposing her her face,
face, which makes itit
which makes
very clear ihat
that oillv Jabir~,
only Jabir u*.saw
saw her face. We
her face-
must note
mu6tnote that
that for Jabir
Jabir ~,
4t to
to see
see her
her face
face does
does
make a profound
not make profound argument those who
argument for those who
legalize
lesalize exposing
expbsing the
the woman's
w-oman's face,
face, because
because
it "was
was not prov6n
proven that -the Prophet #~ saw the
the ProPhSJ
woman eXQosing her
woman exnosing her face and He approved
face and approved
her action.^Besicfes,
her action. Besides, ifif indeed Jabir 4,-s-aw
indeed Jabir ~J saw her
face, it must
face, must be
be noied
noted that he only mentioned
he only. mentioned
one woman's
one woman's face, majority of
face, not majolity of the
the
women.
women. This meand means that women (in general,
that wom-en general,
the exception
with the exception of of the
the woman that Jabir e"
woman that]abir ~J
saw)
saw) in those
thoseaays wear Hiiab.
dayswear Hijab.

Fourth Argument:
Argument: Narrated
NarratedSahel Sa'ad
Sahelbin Sa'ad
~J
4- said:
said:
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ji
~t
t+-Jl ~\ --E;lr ~-\"-4,rL
+J J ~
qi.a ~\
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,rlp ~\
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Jy) ~t
kJl ):W
fu ~ ~
ctJ <-:-A~
.'+!
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-A- rt 4..Jc( 0;ilr v..r(, uliI: •.*f, ~ ) ";
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If.
~....I.>- ••• c-*l--
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A '\ fl fl
\.l::l\.l::l (f ~y.&')

('A
"A lady
ladv came
came to Messenger#
to Allah's Messenger M and
said ; ""O
said: "0 Allah's Messenger!
Messenger!I have come to
haie come to
you
vou to
'M to offer
offer myselfto
mvself to )!OU (to marry
vo{(to her). He
marrv her).
!Jf raisecf'"his
raised" his eyes and looked at her and then
eves"and-looked then
lowered
Towered his his head.
hbad. When
Whenthe the lady
ladv saw that
saw that hehe
did
did not not makemake anyanv decision, she
decisirin, she sat sat
do*n,.....etc.
down " (Reportdd by
etc."(Reported bv Al-Bukahri and
Al-Bukahri and
Muslim).
Muslim). They Thdy say that the Prophet ~
sbythat the Prophet looked
# looked
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at the
at the woman
woman and and waswas notnot interested
interestedin in
marrying her
marrying herandandifif she
shewas
wasnot
not exposing
exposinsher her
face,-He
face, Hd ~ would not
ffi would not looked
lookedat at her
heirand then
and-rhen
turned awayfrom
turned away from her.
her.There
Thereare arethree
threelogical
losical
and sound
and sound answers
answersto to these:
these:First,
First. there
thele isis
notlring
nothing in .this Hadith that
this Hadith that states
statesthetlie woman
woman
wa? exposing
was exposingher h.e{face,
face,and
andforfor the Prophet~
the Prophet ffi
to look
to look up up and anddown
down at at the
the woman
womandoes doesnot
not
necessarymean
necessary mean she she waswas exposing
exposins her her face
face
and he
and he ~ffi was
was lookine
looking at her body. Second,
at her bodv. Second.
this storY
this story could
could be be before
belore thethe obligation
oblisationof
Hiiab. Third,
Hijah. Third, it is is from
from the Sunnahfor
the Sunnan the
forthe
man when
man when he he is interestedin marrying
is interested marrying aa
woman, to look at
woman, at her
her face,
face,soso if
if this
this woman
woman
expose her
did expose her face
facein front
front of the Proohet~
the Prophet w
then it
then if could
could be be for
for this
this reason (i.e..to
reason(i.e., t6 show
shoirr
her face
her face to the Prophet ~
the ,Prophet tE hoping
hoping that that he
he
would marry
would marry her).her).

Fifth Argument: NarratedAbdullah Ibn Abass E#,

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'AI-Fadl bin Abtsas ou-ir ,-2, ,oide-behind
Allah's Messenger Mas his*coripanionrider
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on the
on
"i back portion of
the back ofhis -she-camel on
hisshe-camel th~
on thg
Day Nahr ((slaugbteriYig
of wi'ir'
o;"ir" i fii ilrt d,W oofsacrifice, 0':.
f sau tfics,J10
f

day ;f
A;i of/he month oJ uhul-Hjjjah) and
th; ion'fh-ifut'il-fiiiidw anaAt:Fadt
AI-Fadl
was da handsome
ids handsome man. The Frophet
man. The Prophet
-(answerstJistapped
ffi stopped
to sivegive the people verdicts -(answers their
people verdicts their
question regardihe
eues"tion regarding Haii). Hajj). In meantime, oa
the meantimg,
In tfte
beautiful foman
biaittful woman "froni"ihe
-from the tribe of Khath'am
ofKhath 'am
came to ask
i;ii'io ask thethe Prophet question. Al-
Prophet #?Jf a ciuestion- Al-
Fadl started lookini
Faat looking at her as as^her- bequty-
beauty
attracted him'
attracted him. The The Prophet
Prophet BF ?If looked
looked behind
behind
while At-paAt
intli Al-Fadl was looking at her so
was lookini so the the
pioit
Prophet ;If
-caukht M held his hands backwards and
his hands-baclcwards
caught"f the chin of
tiA' chin AI-Fadl and turned
of Al-Fadl turned his
face
f"iE (to fto thethe other side) in order-
otlier side) order that he he
"iiti"ld
should
-Missinser!not gazesaze at her.
her. She said: 1(0
Shesaid: "O Allah's
Messenger!
-H;ii -efriotned "The
The obligation
obligation --of of perfgrming
performing
Hajj enjoined by by AllaV on
Allah on Hii
His worshipperT
worshippers
has
hai become
belome due (compul+ory) on
due (com]?ulsory) myJpthe,r
on myJflther
who is
who ts an an old man
man and
ana who
who cannot
cannot sttJtmly
sitjirmly
on the ridiYlg
oi the ridins animal. animal. Will
Will it be
be sufficient
sufficient that
that
I p"ifor*
I-"rrlh-"Yes
perform Hajj
Haii on
on his
his behalJ!
behalf?" ".-Ht
He ?1W said
^Hf;.aid
" ~' "Yes ".". tReported
(Reportedby el:FuEbatt). They
bv AI-Bukhari) They
say that
sav that the the woman
woman iir
in this
this Hadith
Hadith was
was
exposing
eiboiine her
her face
face at
at the
the presence
presence of the
the
Prophet
Prbphet"W ;i and
and He
He did
did not
not bommand
command her
her to
to
cover
a;v'ei h;i her face.
face. There
There are
are three
three sensible
sensible
answers
answersto to this
thisargumentation:
argumentation: First,there
First, thereis is
no proof
no- 'men
nioof in
in this
this Hadith
Hadith that
that states
states it
it is
is legal
legal
for
ior men to to look
look at at women's
women's face (wpm-eg
facq (women
who
wtro are
are -mahram\
non-mahram)
non because
because the
the Prophet
Prophet ~
#€
did
difi not
noi approve
approve the
the action
action of
of Al-Fadl
AI-Fadl +i:-
~J when
39 "vhen
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he was
he was looking
lookineat
atthe
thewoman
womanbut
but instead
insteadHe
He
ii turned AI-Fadl
W turned Al-Fddl's
' s face
face to
to the
theother
otherside
sideso
so
he will
fie will not
not be beable
abletoto look
look at
ather.
her.Imam
ImamAn- An-
Nawawi said:
Nawawi said: "One
"One thing
thine toto bebe concluded
concluded
from this
from this Hadith
Hadith is is tlie
th-e forbiddance
forbiddance of of
looking at
looking at women".
women". If If someone
someone would would askask
why did
why did notnot the
the Prophet
Prophet ;i W command
command the the
woman to
woman to cover
cover her face?the
her face? The answer
answeris, is. he
he
ii might have
ffi might haveordered
orderedthe the woman
womanto to cover
coverherher
tace but
face but the
the narrator
narrator of this Hadith did
this Hadith did not
not
report it.
report it. Or Or hehe ~W did did not
not tell
tell it to
to her
her
because not
because not reRorting
reporting something
somethinedoes does notnot
mean
mean it did did not
nof happen.
happdn.Second,
Second,Thisthis Hadith
Hadith
was narrated
was narratedby AbdullahAbdullah bin Abass~,
bin Abass who
4.r,who
was presentwith the
was not present Prophet~
the Prophet ffi when
when this
this
story occurred,
story ocCurred,because
becauseAbdullah
Abdullah bin Abass
Abass
Eil. left for from Muzdalifah
~, Muzdalifah (a (a place
place in
Makkah) at night-and
Makkah) at night and the Prophet~
the Prophet # left
16ftat
ar the
the
morrung
morning as as Itrt has
has been reported by
been leported bv Al-AI-
Bukhari
Bukharl and and Muslim and and hehe whs
was infornied
informed of of
this story
story by
-never his brother
brother AI-Fadl
Al-Fadl ~,but
iS- his
burhii
brother
brother never told him the the woman
woman was was
exposing
.expos.ipg hgr
her face.
face. Also when
when he
he said she
said shewaswas
beautrful, does
beautiful, does not necessary
necessary mean mean he saw saw
her face,
face, it could
could bebe because
because df of her
her bodv
body or he he
could
could have
have seenseen aapart
part of of her skin.
skin. N<ite
Note that
that
granting
granting that he really
that -he really did see see her beautiful
beautiful
tace,
face, itit could
could behe that accident her veil fall
that by accident
down from her face face since
since women
women on ihram
afe
are forbidden
forbidden to to wear
wear nesabneqab (as(as nreviouslv
previously
discussed)
discussed) that that can
can safell
safely cov'er
cover their
their faCEi.
faces.
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However, we
However. we must remember that
must remember women as
that women as
evident 6n
eviaent on the
the Hadith narrated by
Hadith narrated Aishah E#,
by Aishah ~
that thev
that they would cover their their fac-es with their
faces with their
gowns 'frhenever
eo*ns whenever men men whowho were
were non-m€thram
non-mahram
Qassed by and
fassed and then uncover them again.
uncover them again.
From thiithis, we can can infer that Muslim women
women
who follow Allah's commandmentcommandment of of Hiiab
Hijab
always
must always ' find ways
ryays to cover
cover their faces
faces
non-mahram men
whenever non-mahram
whenever men are are around.
around.
Having no nesab
Havine neqab as as in the case while in the
the case the
state oT
itate oT ihram is an excuse
IS not an display their
excuse to display
faces. Third.
faces. this Hadith was
Third, this was also narrated by
also narrated
Abi-Talib ~,and
Ali bin Abi:Talib
Ali gi., Jabir
and Jabir bin Abdullah
Abdullah
and was
EF-and was compiled
.,g., compiled by Imam
Imam
^them -mentioned Muslim but
neither
neither one one of them mentioned anything anything
about
about the beauty of
the .beauty of the woman or tliat
the woman that she
she
was exposing her
was exposinghel face. face.

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4l
 Conclusion
Conclusion
Very clearly,
Very clearly,. Islam
Islam asasthe
the true
truereligion
religiongives
give-q
concrete and
concrete profound answers
and profound answerd to td all
all
problems and
2roblems and Issues
issuesthat
that bother
bother mankind.
mankind.
One very
One goodexample
very good exampleof thisthis is
is the
the issue
issueof
Hiiab. From
Hijab. Fr6m the
the number
nurmberof Qur'anic
Our'anicAyaat Avaat
anb authentic
and authentic Ahadith
Ahadith cited
cited in this worK%
irithis worli. we
we
can conclude
can concludethat
that indeed, Hiiab is
indeed,Hijab is aa religIous
relisious
duty that Allah ~
duty that $# has
ha's enjoined
enioined to td the
the
believine women
beheving women for their protection and
their brotection and
success. It is
success. is aa manifestation
manifestatiohof woman's woman's
adherence to the
adherence the Qur'
Qur'anan and
an_d the
the Sunnah.
Sunnah.
This means
This concrete proof that
means a concrete that she
sheobeys
obevs
Allah dg~ and
andHis Messenger~.
MessenAer #. It is is a sign
sienbf of
her strength
her protecthEr
strength to protect her disnitv
dignity andand h"onor
nonor
from
from thethe wickedness
wickedness of of sdme
some men men and and
therefore the ^protection
therefore the protection of of the
the society
society where
where
she
she belongs.
belongs. Above all.
Above all, it shows
shows her her
preferenc.e
Rreference Tor
lor the
the life Heredfter
Hereafter to be be among
among
those
those who will be given
will be given the
the honor
honor to seE see
Allah's Face
Face because-
because of of her
her firm belief and and
obedience
obedience to Allah S# ~ and
and His Messenser
Messenger 48. ;I.
Brothers
Brothers and
and sisters
sisters in Islam,
Islam, now yoritra-v-e
you have
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found the
found the truth
truth about Hijab and
about Hijab and itit is {or for ygu
you
to decide
to decide which path
which path you want you want to take, the
to take, the
correct one
correct one or th^e the oth-er. For your guidance,
other. For guidance,
however, always
however,. always rememberremember thils Hadith when
thIS Hadith when
you are
vou are tn in doubt
doubt of issue that concerns
of any issue concerns
your faith:
lour faith: The The Messenger
Messenger of of Allah #~ said said::
u-LJI
;-tf i f .frS' 0 ~
V -rt{ 1116.l*- Y ') ~~
.rfa;^i ~J ~
L.ei.+.i,,+r i l)-\
rl/l J ~
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J "j.;l\
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e:--JJ LUi'
~~I J et j o+-t,.
r:!J ci f sJ ~ f' J ~..u i~\ ~~\' r let+t ~i
* 1 ~'
u,--rJ-f;:-,1'.r1*Jl
!-, II \)--\ JJ '
"What
"'What is lawful is clear and
clear and what is unl-awful
uJlawful
is clear.
clear, but between between them them are are certain
certain
doubtful things
doubtful'things which which many
manv people
people
-adainst do
do not
not
know.
know. So hE So he who guards
suards against doubtful
doubtful
things keeps
thinss keeps his his re-ligion
religion and alnd his his honor
honor
blameless
Utirfi'eless but he
he wlio
whlo falls
falls into doubtful
doubtful
things
ttiines fallsfalls into into that that which
which is is unlawful."
unlawful."
(Re5orted
(~eported
^ by
bv AI-Bukhari
Al-Bukhari and
and Muslim)-
Muslim). Allah
tm
M knows
knows best
best and
and peace
peace be
be upon
upon the
the
Messeneerof Allah,
Messenger Allah, hIS his family, companions
family,companions
and
and vvhoever
rvh-oeverfollows follows his his Path
Path-tilltill the Day of
the Day
Ressurection.
Ressurection.
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