Leaving off the niqab due to an ear condition on the doctor's orders
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: I am a woman who wears the niqab, and I have a condition in my ear. I went to the doctor, and he told me that I must leave off this niqab so that air can enter the ear, and that this is your treatment. Her question is: Do I obey him in this?
The Shaykh:
The niqab is not on the ear; the niqab is on the face. The niqab is on the face; it is not on the ear. So, yes, she makes an opening for air to her ear. There is no harm in that.
The presenter:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings upon the Prophet.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: I am a woman who wears the niqab, and I have a condition in my ear. I went to the doctor, and he told me that I must leave off this niqab so that air can enter the ear, and that this is your treatment. Her question is: Do I obey him in this?
The Shaykh:
The niqab is not on the ear; the niqab is on the face. The niqab is on the face; it is not on the ear. So, yes, she makes an opening for air to her ear. There is no harm in that.
The presenter:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings upon the Prophet.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب : من الشرك : الاستعاذة بغير الله — islamhouse.com (1:19:07)
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