What is the ruling on the burqu' and the niqab in their various forms?
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Question:
A woman asks: What is the ruling on the burqu' and the niqab in their various forms?
Answer:
It is obligatory for a woman to observe hijab, covering her body and the rest of her person, including her face and her hands, when she goes out of her house, whether she covers it with a khimar or with a covering burqu' that reveals nothing but an opening for the two eyes or one eye. As for going out with any part of her face exposed, this is not permissible. That is, some women use a covering that does not cover her, because she exposes part of her face and only covers part of it, exposing the rest. This is not hijab. Hijab is what covers the entire face.
A woman asks: What is the ruling on the burqu' and the niqab in their various forms?
Answer:
It is obligatory for a woman to observe hijab, covering her body and the rest of her person, including her face and her hands, when she goes out of her house, whether she covers it with a khimar or with a covering burqu' that reveals nothing but an opening for the two eyes or one eye. As for going out with any part of her face exposed, this is not permissible. That is, some women use a covering that does not cover her, because she exposes part of her face and only covers part of it, exposing the rest. This is not hijab. Hijab is what covers the entire face.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم البرقع والنقاب بأشكاله المختلفة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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