The ruling on covering the feet and hands of a woman in prayer

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is it obligatory for a woman to cover her feet and hands during prayer? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Without a doubt, the entire body of a woman is 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) in prayer, except her face, if there are no non-mahram (a relative one may not marry) men present. If there are non-mahram men present, her face and feet are part of the 'awrah, part of the 'awrah in prayer and in other situations, due to the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) involved in them. Some scholars differed only on the issue of the hands.
As for the feet, it is nearly a matter of ijma' (scholarly consensus) that they are 'awrah in prayer. The evidence is the hadith when a female Companion asked about a woman praying in a thobe (a long robe) without a jilbab (the outer garment). He said: If it is long enough to cover the backs of her feet. This indicates that the feet are 'awrah in prayer.