The ruling on wearing the alluring niqab and the abaya on the shoulder

The questioner:
The questioner asks: What is your opinion on some women wearing the alluring niqab, and wearing the abaya on the shoulder?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
Wearing the alluring niqab, and wearing the abaya on the shoulder?

The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for a woman to cover herself, covering her face and her entire body from men who are not her mahram (a relative one may not marry). She must cover her entire body, so that nothing of her is visible. This is what is obligatory for her. If the niqab reveals any part of the face, if the niqab reveals something of the face, then it is not permissible, because the face is 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), whether all of it or part of it. So she should not wear the alluring niqab, nor wear the abaya on her shoulders. Rather, she should wear the abaya and the jilbab (the outer garment) on her head so that it covers her entire body from top to bottom.