Is it obligatory for a woman to wear the jilbab and the abaya in prayer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the questioner is Umm 'Ikashah. Is it obligatory for a woman to wear the jilbab or the abaya when praying in her house? And are there conditions for wearing these garments in prayer?
Answer:
When a woman prays, she covers her entire body and does not expose any part of it except her face, provided there are no non-mahram men present. If there are mahram men or women present, she exposes her face only during the prayer and covers everything else; because the woman is entirely 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) in prayer except for her face, as Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The people of knowledge agreed that the woman is entirely 'awrah in prayer except for her face." Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the questioner is Umm 'Ikashah. Is it obligatory for a woman to wear the jilbab or the abaya when praying in her house? And are there conditions for wearing these garments in prayer?
Answer:
When a woman prays, she covers her entire body and does not expose any part of it except her face, provided there are no non-mahram men present. If there are mahram men or women present, she exposes her face only during the prayer and covers everything else; because the woman is entirely 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) in prayer except for her face, as Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The people of knowledge agreed that the woman is entirely 'awrah in prayer except for her face." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7638- هل يجب على المرأة لبس الجلباب والعباءة في الصلاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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