Is there a sin on the women who veil and cover their entire bodies except the face?
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The questioner:
Is there a sin on the women who veil and cover their entire bodies except the face, so if someone advises them and says, "Veil yourselves from this," we say, "It is like our child," so what is the police's guidance for him?
The Shaykh:
This is incomplete hijab. Hijab that does not cover the face is incomplete, visibly so; because most of a woman’s temptation lies in her face; because the face is where beauty is concentrated, and attention is focused on it more, so covering the face is necessary. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ahzab 33:59] Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the meaning of the verse, so he placed the lower part of his covering over his face (may Allah be pleased with him), and he exposed only one eye so he could see the road. Likewise, Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nur 24:31] This is the statement of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her): “We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the state of ihram. When men passed by us, one of us would lower her khimar from her head over her face. When they had passed, we would uncover it.” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This means that wearing the niqab outside of ihram is a practice that exists and is known in Islam. It was only prohibited during the state of ihram because it is sewn onto the face, but she covers her face with something other than the niqab, as 'A'ishah said, using her garment over her face.
The result is that leaving the covering of the face is a great deficiency in the hijab, and a cause of temptation, so it is obligatory for the woman to fear Allah and to cover her face from foreign men who are not among her mahrams; because it is temptation. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Perhaps you will not miss Shaykh Salih, she said from some of her colleagues, "You have restricted the woman with this statement of yours?"
The Shaykh:
This is not a restriction on the woman, but rather it is protection for her, and in her interest, and this statement is a false statement, said by some of the deceived, that in the hijab there is a restriction on the woman, and a confinement of her freedom, and a suppression of her freedom in rigidity, and in it, and in it, this is not strange from one whose understanding is little, or whose religion is little, for the hypocrites speak of greater than this, and say more than this, but the criterion is not by his statement, but rather the criterion is by obedience to Allah and obedience to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), in which there is good and rectitude, and there is no restriction in it, but rather there is modesty, and there is protection, and there is protection for the woman. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Is there a sin on the women who veil and cover their entire bodies except the face, so if someone advises them and says, "Veil yourselves from this," we say, "It is like our child," so what is the police's guidance for him?
The Shaykh:
This is incomplete hijab. Hijab that does not cover the face is incomplete, visibly so; because most of a woman’s temptation lies in her face; because the face is where beauty is concentrated, and attention is focused on it more, so covering the face is necessary. Allah the Exalted said:
O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَابِيبِهِنَّto wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests
وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّThe woman in ihram does not wear the niqab, meaning the woman does not wear the niqab,
لا تنتقب المحرمة يعني لا تنتقب المرأة،The result is that leaving the covering of the face is a great deficiency in the hijab, and a cause of temptation, so it is obligatory for the woman to fear Allah and to cover her face from foreign men who are not among her mahrams; because it is temptation. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Perhaps you will not miss Shaykh Salih, she said from some of her colleagues, "You have restricted the woman with this statement of yours?"
The Shaykh:
This is not a restriction on the woman, but rather it is protection for her, and in her interest, and this statement is a false statement, said by some of the deceived, that in the hijab there is a restriction on the woman, and a confinement of her freedom, and a suppression of her freedom in rigidity, and in it, and in it, this is not strange from one whose understanding is little, or whose religion is little, for the hypocrites speak of greater than this, and say more than this, but the criterion is not by his statement, but rather the criterion is by obedience to Allah and obedience to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), in which there is good and rectitude, and there is no restriction in it, but rather there is modesty, and there is protection, and there is protection for the woman. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل هناك إثم على اللاتي يحتجبن ويغطين جميع البدن ماعدا الوجه؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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