Covering or Uncovering the Face of the Woman Performing 'Umrah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is better for the woman performing 'Umrah, to cover her face or to uncover it?
Answer:
Why would she uncover it? No, in the presence of men who are not her mahram (a relative one may not marry), she covers it, whether she is performing 'Umrah or not. She covers her face, but not with the burqu' (face veil) or the niqab (the face veil); she covers it with the khimar (the head covering), as Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is better for the woman performing 'Umrah, to cover her face or to uncover it?
Answer:
Why would she uncover it? No, in the presence of men who are not her mahram (a relative one may not marry), she covers it, whether she is performing 'Umrah or not. She covers her face, but not with the burqu' (face veil) or the niqab (the face veil); she covers it with the khimar (the head covering), as Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 12-02-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (57:23)
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