The ruling on a woman covering her eyes, hands, and feet when going out
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her eyes? Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her eyes, meaning the niqab, and also her hands and feet when leaving the house? And if I am unable to make her cover what I mentioned, am I considered sinful?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for a woman to cover her entire body[Al-Ahzab 33:53] a covering, meaning a covering for the entire woman, whether from a garment, an abaya, a wall, or a door.
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ahzab 33:59] The fetus is upon it. Except. The jilbabs. He turns it, but he turns it. The path. Everything. On her face from it until she covers it.
As for exposing the eyes, if this is the custom of the women, like the women of the desert whose custom is to wear the burqa. This. It obligates us to cover the eyes, because this is their custom and only the eyes are exposed, and this is the custom they follow. Therefore, the women of the desert are not to be measured against. Yes.
And as for if it is not their custom to wear the burqa or the niqab, but rather their custom is to cover the face completely, they are obligated to do so, and they should not go out contrary to the custom of the country, because this leads to a gradual abandonment of the hijab bit by bit. They are obligated to follow the hijab worn by the women of the country.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her eyes? Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her eyes, meaning the niqab, and also her hands and feet when leaving the house? And if I am unable to make her cover what I mentioned, am I considered sinful?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for a woman to cover her entire body
And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition
وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍAllah the Exalted said:
O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَAs for exposing the eyes, if this is the custom of the women, like the women of the desert whose custom is to wear the burqa. This. It obligates us to cover the eyes, because this is their custom and only the eyes are exposed, and this is the custom they follow. Therefore, the women of the desert are not to be measured against. Yes.
And as for if it is not their custom to wear the burqa or the niqab, but rather their custom is to cover the face completely, they are obligated to do so, and they should not go out contrary to the custom of the country, because this leads to a gradual abandonment of the hijab bit by bit. They are obligated to follow the hijab worn by the women of the country.
Source
حدود حجاب المرأة المسلمة — alfawzan.live
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