Cover face in hijab.
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Women should also hide their faces or only hands
and face can be shown?
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Cover face in hijab
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 Nur verse 31:
(O Prophet) enjoin the
believing woman to restrain their gaze and guard their modesty, and not to
display their adornment except that which is displayed of itself, and to draw their veils over their
bosoms, and not to display their
adornments except before their husbands,
their fathers, …….and also forbid them to stamp their feet on the ground
lest their hidden ornaments should be displayed.
There are two opinions amongst
the scholars in Islam as to what does the phrase ‘except
that which is displayed of itself’ mean and include. One opinion is that it means the face and
the hands may be left uncovered, and the other opinion is that the face also
has to be covered, and only the hands may be left uncovered.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4092 Narrated by Aisha, Ummul
Mu'minin
Asma, daughter of
AbuBakr, entered upon the Messenger of Allah (saws) wearing thin clothes. The
Messenger of Allah (saws) turned his attention from her and said: ‘O Asma, when
a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays
her parts of body except this and this’, and he (saws) pointed to her
face and hands.
The most accepted opinion is
that if the women covers everything except her face and her hands, she would be
following the Command of Allah; and if she chooses to cover her face with a
‘naqaab’, then it would be considered
purest and closest to the Command of Allah Subhanah.
The difference between the
covering and leaving uncovered the face of a believing woman in ‘hijaab’ is not
one between right and wrong, but rather between what is best and what is
good. If the believing woman covers her
whole body and chooses to leave her face uncovered, it is good, acceptable and
in accordance with the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah; but if she covers
her whole body including her face with a ‘naqaab’, it would be best and closest
to the Command of her Lord.
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
