The ruling on a woman covering her face and wearing socks and gloves during Hajj

Question:
May Allah reward you. This is a listener who did not give his name and did not use a pseudonym. He sent a number of questions, saying in the first: What is the ruling on a woman covering her face during tawaf and sa'y, given that the Haram is always crowded with people? And what is the ruling on wearing socks and gloves during tawaf and prayer, whether in the House or in the Haram?

Answer:
It is obligatory for a woman to cover her face from men who are not her mahram (a relative one may not marry), whether she is in the Haram or elsewhere, and whether she is in tawaf, sa'y, or anything else. She must cover her face. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning while we were in the state of ihram for Hajj. When men passed by us, she would pull her khimar (the head covering) from her head over her face, and when they had passed, she would uncover it. This applies in tawaf, in sa'y, on the road, and in any place. A woman must fear Allah and cover her face, even in prayer, if there are men present who are not her mahram. She covers her face in prayer and in other situations to ward off fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and to stay away from evil. As for wearing socks on the feet, there is nothing wrong with it, because this covers her, and she is not prohibited from covering her feet, whether with socks or otherwise, whether she is in ihram or not. As for wearing gloves on the hands, if she is in ihram, this is not permissible for her. Rather, she covers her palms with a garment or an abaya, and she does not wear gloves. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the woman in ihram from wearing a niqab (the face veil) and gloves. So she covers her hands with something other than gloves, with her garment or her abaya, if she is in ihram. If she is not in ihram, there is nothing wrong with wearing gloves. The important thing is that she covers her palms, either with gloves, a garment, or an abaya, unless she is in ihram. The woman in ihram avoids gloves and covers her hands with something else. Yes.