Cover face in hijab naqaab.
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this question:
I have one question. i heared that hijaab -wearing burqah
and covering face of women is not compulsary in islam. i had a
conclusion with a friend about this and he said in makkah mukarrama and madina
munnarrawa women does not cover there face but covers only hair. So
i need answer for this question.
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Answer:
Cover face in hijab
naqaab
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 59:
O Prophet, enjoin your wives and daughters, and
the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over
their persons. It is expected
that they will thus be recognized, and not molested. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
An-Noor verse 31:
And O Prophet,
enjoin the believing women to restrain their gaze and guard their
private parts and not to display their ‘zeenata hunna’ (beauty,
adornment, etc.) except that which is displayed of itself, and to draw their veils over their bosoms and
not to display their ‘zeenata hunna’ (beauty, adornment, etc.) except before
their husbands, their fathers, the
fathers of their husbands, their sons and the sons of their husbands, their brothers, their brothers sons, their sisters’
sons, their female associates, and those
in their possession and male attendants incapable of sexual desire, and those boys who have not yet attained
knowledge of sexual matters. Also
forbid them to stamp their feet on the ground lest their hidden ornaments should
be displayed.
Allah Subhanah has directed the Command towards the Prophet
(saws) commanding him to enjoin his wives, his daughters and the believing
women that when in the presence of non-mehram males, they should cast their
outer garments over their full body, except what is displayed of itself. All the schools of thought in Islam are
unanimous in their opinion that the casting of an outer garment or ‘jilbaab’ is
absolutely obligatory on every believing woman who sincerely believes in Allah
and the Last Day.
The difference of opinion
amongst the scholars is what exactly is included in the command ‘….except that which is displayed of itself’. There are two opinions amongst the scholars
in Islam regarding this part of the verse:
One opinion is that it means the face, hands and feet may be left
uncovered, and the other opinion is that the face also has to be covered
(naqaab), and only the hands and feet may be left uncovered.
The most accepted opinion is that if the women covers
everything except her face, hands, and her feet, she would be following the
Command of Allah; and if she chooses to cover her face with a ‘naqaab’, then it
would be purer and closest to the Command of Allah. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan