The ruling on a woman wearing the niqab
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Question:
A letter arrived from Libya. The questioner, A.S., has a set of questions.
Answer:
If the niqab is the custom of the women or the custom of the society, such that they wear the niqab, and only the two eyes or one eye are visible from it, there is nothing wrong with that if it is the custom of the country that its women wear the niqab. However, if the custom of the country is that women cover themselves with a complete hijab and nothing of their face is visible, then she must adhere to that.
She must not switch to the niqab, because the niqab is an incomplete covering. She must not switch from the complete hijab that covers her entire face to the incomplete hijab from which something of her face is visible.
A letter arrived from Libya. The questioner, A.S., has a set of questions.
Answer:
If the niqab is the custom of the women or the custom of the society, such that they wear the niqab, and only the two eyes or one eye are visible from it, there is nothing wrong with that if it is the custom of the country that its women wear the niqab. However, if the custom of the country is that women cover themselves with a complete hijab and nothing of their face is visible, then she must adhere to that.
She must not switch to the niqab, because the niqab is an incomplete covering. She must not switch from the complete hijab that covers her entire face to the incomplete hijab from which something of her face is visible.
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [7] — alfawzan.live (1:14:33)
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