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Is it obligatory for a woman to obey her husband if he orders her to remove the niqab and uncover her face?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner from Sudan says: If the husband refuses the niqab for his wife, is she considered sinful if she obeys him? Because they say that obeying the husband is obligatory and the niqab is recommended, and the obligatory must be prioritized over the recommended. Please guide us in this matter.

Answer:
It is obligatory for the woman to cover her face, and it is not permissible for her to obey her husband in uncovering any part of her face, or uncovering her entire face, if he asks her to do so or orders her to do so. It is not permissible for her to obey him; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالق،
Mishkat al-Masabih 3696
... anything of it is disobedience to Allah and His Messenger. So it is not the right of the husband to order her to disobey Allah. Rather, it is obligatory for him to order her to obey Allah, and to compel her to obey Allah, not to order her to do what contradicts that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجب على المرأة طاعة زوجها إذا أمرها بخلع النقاب وكشف الوجه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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