The Response to Those Who Say It Is Permissible for a Woman to Reveal Her Face

Question:
A questioner asks the Honorable Shaykh, saying: How can I respond to those who say it is permissible for a woman to reveal her face to non-mahram men?

Answer:
You respond to him with evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. From the Qur'an: The khimar is a head covering. Allah commanded that it be drawn over the chest, over the opening of the chest. The face is undoubtedly between the head and the chest, so the khimar will pass over it. This is a command to cover the face by implication, not by explicit text. Because if the hijab is drawn from the head to the chest, it must necessarily pass over the face. Yes.
Second, what is more explicit is , meaning what conceals the view of the woman, whether a garment, a wall, or a door. "From behind a hijab." He did not say "the face" specifically; he said "from behind a hijab," which is general for the face and anything else that conceals her from the man. Third, in His saying: "Say," . The jilbab is the large outer garment that is worn over the woman's clothes, a jilbab or an abaya. When she goes out to the market, she draws it over her face, lowering it, meaning she draws it over her face. And the women of the Companions, when this verse was revealed, would go out as if there were crows on their heads, meaning they would wrap their heads and faces with the khimar, due to the darkness.
These are proofs from the Qur'an. Proofs from the Sunnah, such as the statement of A'isha . She said: This indicates that covering the face was known in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. You respond to him with such proofs, and you say to him: What is your evidence that it is permissible to reveal the face? Bring us evidence. He has no evidence. He has no evidence. Yes. Please.