The ruling on one who forbids hijab in Islamic countries
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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on one who forbids hijab in an Islamic country?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions. To proceed: There is no doubt that the innovation and the hijab (covering) contain an error and a mistake, even if there is a semblance of truth in the view of some people who said that the hijab is specific to everything except the face and the hands, and that the head is what covers the rest of the body. As for the face and the hands, some scholars hold that there is no harm in a woman exposing them. Although a group of scholars said this, it is the weaker position. The correct view is that covering it is obligatory, and that the face is among the greatest adornments, and it is a source of great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Therefore, it is obligatory to cover it from non-mahram (a relative one may not marry). This falls under the statement of the Exalted and Majestic is He:[Al-Ahzab 33:53] and under His statement, the Exalted: [An-Nur 24:31] the verse. As for if the questioner meant that some people prevent the hijab, meaning they want the woman to expose her head and her beauty, this is a view that no scholar says. Rather, it is a false and blameworthy statement, and it is not permissible to listen to or obey in this matter. Rather, the woman must be covered from non-mahram in her head, chest, legs, upper arms, and the rest of her body, and the like. The only disagreement is regarding the face and the hands.
And it is known that the woman is a trial, and if she goes out, Satan admires her, so if she is exposed and displaying her adornment, the danger with her becomes greater and bigger, so the obligatory thing for the people of Islam is to take the ruling of Islam and adhere to it and fight what contradicts it. Yes.
He says: What is the ruling on one who forbids hijab in an Islamic country?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions. To proceed: There is no doubt that the innovation and the hijab (covering) contain an error and a mistake, even if there is a semblance of truth in the view of some people who said that the hijab is specific to everything except the face and the hands, and that the head is what covers the rest of the body. As for the face and the hands, some scholars hold that there is no harm in a woman exposing them. Although a group of scholars said this, it is the weaker position. The correct view is that covering it is obligatory, and that the face is among the greatest adornments, and it is a source of great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Therefore, it is obligatory to cover it from non-mahram (a relative one may not marry). This falls under the statement of the Exalted and Majestic is He:
And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.
وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّnot expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّAnd it is known that the woman is a trial, and if she goes out, Satan admires her, so if she is exposed and displaying her adornment, the danger with her becomes greater and bigger, so the obligatory thing for the people of Islam is to take the ruling of Islam and adhere to it and fight what contradicts it. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 637 - حكم من يمنع الحجاب في الدول الإسلامية - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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