The ruling on compelling a wife to cover her face in lands of disbelief

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have heard this fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) and I want to verify its correctness. It is that a person from outside this country asked one of the students of knowledge on one of the satellite channels about compelling his wife to hijab (the covering prescribed for women), which is covering the face, because the woman refuses to do so. The student of knowledge said to him: I see that the stronger position is that she should cover her face, but since the issue is a matter of scholarly disagreement, I see that she should not be compelled to do so if she refuses. Is this fatwa correct?

Answer:
No, this is an invalid fatwa, contrary to the truth. Covering the face is obligatory for a Muslim woman among Muslim men, in any place, in lands of disbelief and in lands of Islam. She must observe hijab, whether she is here or there, because this is part of her religion; this is part of her religion. It is not permissible to issue a fatwa that if she is in lands of disbelief, she removes the hijab. The one who issues such a fatwa is mistaken; this is an error. It is a change of the ruling of the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law). The ruling of the Shari'ah is not changed, neither in lands of Islam nor in lands of disbelief. It is the ruling of Allah the Exalted. Disagreement does not permit what is forbidden. As long as the evidence is with the one who obligates hijab, the opposing opinion is wrong. It is not permissible to issue a fatwa based on what is wrong. Yes.