Obedience to Family in Abandoning the Face Veil and Going Out for Medical Tests
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! This is a woman asking, and she says: My family prevents me from wearing the niqab and orders me to uncover my face when I go out of the house. She says: So I committed myself at that time to never go out of the house again. But my marriage is about to be contracted, and I am required to go out to undergo medical tests for the sake of the marriage. Her question is: Am I allowed to call a female doctor to give me the medical certificate without going out to perform the tests for this necessity? Or is it permissible for me to go out with my face uncovered in these matters?
Answer:
Regarding your family preventing the niqab,Mishkat al-Masabih 3696, adhere to the niqab in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and disobey whoever orders you to abandon it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! This is a woman asking, and she says: My family prevents me from wearing the niqab and orders me to uncover my face when I go out of the house. She says: So I committed myself at that time to never go out of the house again. But my marriage is about to be contracted, and I am required to go out to undergo medical tests for the sake of the marriage. Her question is: Am I allowed to call a female doctor to give me the medical certificate without going out to perform the tests for this necessity? Or is it permissible for me to go out with my face uncovered in these matters?
Answer:
Regarding your family preventing the niqab,
A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالق
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:08:02)
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