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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her hands and feet when praying?

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The questioner : Yes. A second question: Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her hands like a man, O Shaykh? I mean, in terms of looking at them, or in prayer, or in…

The Shaykh : In prayer. There is scholarly disagreement on this matter. Some scholars have permitted uncovering the two hands and the two feet. What a woman should do is exercise caution and cover her hands as well as her feet. Yes. And if she does not do so, her prayer is valid.

The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 507- هل يجب ستر يد المرأة وقدميها عند الصلاة /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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