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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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How should a Muslim woman act in a land of disbelief if she is prevented from wearing the hijab?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am from a land of disbelief, and the president in our country has forbidden women from wearing the hijab in the streets and roads. The question is: Do women follow the law, or do they follow the obligation of the hijab?

Answer:
My brother, this is one of the harms of remaining in the lands of disbelievers: that you submit to their rulings and their tyranny. Therefore, migration is obligatory for whoever is able to do so. As for the one who is not able, he remains to the extent of necessity until migration becomes easy for him, and he holds fast to his religion. A woman does not abandon the hijab no matter what it costs her. She does not go out to the markets; she stays in her home or in a place where the disbelievers do not see her, and they do not compel her, and they have no authority over her.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2294] كيف تصنع المسلمة في بلاد الكفر إذا منعت من لبس الحجاب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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