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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a woman uncovering her face in markets and public places

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Question:
Is it permissible for a woman to uncover her face in markets, streets, public places, and cars? We ask for a detailed clarification of this.

Answer:
This requires clarification. It is clear: it is not permissible for her to uncover her face before men who are not her mahram (a relative one may not marry) in any place, even in the mosque. Even in the mosque, she does not uncover her face before men who are not her mahram. Nor in the house; she does not uncover her face before foreign men, nor in the market, nor in the car, nor in the street, nor in the shop, nor in any place where there is a man who is not her mahram. In any place, she covers her face, and uncovering it in such a case is haram (forbidden).
Because covering the face is the hijab (the covering prescribed for women), or it is one of the greatest types of the hijab that Allah the Exalted commanded. The hijab of the woman is that she covers her entire body, including her face, which is the most intense adornment that tempts men. Therefore, she must cover her face from men who are not among her mahram in any place. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-088-مفهود العبادة في الإسلام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:32:13)

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