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What is the ruling on a woman performing tawaf with her face uncovered?

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The questioner : The twentieth question. What is the ruling on a woman performing tawaf with her face uncovered? And what is the Shari'ah-prescribed hijab for her?

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a woman. Of course. To perform tawaf, nor even to walk in the Sacred Mosque. Decision. Nor even to walk in the surrounding areas while her face is uncovered. The face. And that is because it is obligatory. It comes. Upon the woman. Ah. To cover her face from non-mahram men. Meaning. By evidence from the Book. Yes. And the Sunnah. Yes. And the correct reasoning. And thank you. It is the correct view.
And the scholars have written on this great issue. Good. Social. Good. They have written many books, but. The indication of the Book and the Sunnah. From it. And the correct reasoning. That it is not permissible for a woman. Complete. To uncover her face. Come on. Except for mahram and her husband. And on this basis, it is not permissible for a woman to perform tawaf while her face is uncovered.
And it is amazing. That some of the scholars. Come on. Who say. Blessed. That it is permissible for a woman. Once. To uncover her face and her hands. Good. They say that it is not permissible for her to uncover her feet. Complete, my son. Some scholars say. Ha. It is permissible for a woman to uncover her face and her hands. In it. But it is not permissible to uncover the feet, which is more worthy of the meaning? May Allah protect. Ha, the face and the hands. A thing. Or the feet. The face and the hands, without doubt.
And we, if we suppose. If. That there is no evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah and the correct reasoning? If we suppose that there is no evidence for covering the face. It would be the definitive, primary analogy. For the obligation. And. Covering the feet. Beautiful. That covering the face. Obligatory, all the more so. Is that not so? And upon you.
And you see these people also. Also. They say that it is haram for a woman. Ah. To let a single hair from her head come out. Haram, haram, meaning it is obligatory to cover the head. By Allah. But it is permissible to let out. Yes. The hair of the eyebrows. Yes, yes. And the eyelashes. Good. And to let out the cheeks. Ki. And the lips. Welcome. And so on. Young men.
Which is more worthy? Addicted. You let your hair out. We let out. Or this ugly, beautiful face? If Allah wills. Yes. The hair, my heritage. Even if you let out the hair, but this flower. It is the fitnah and the calamity. No.
And therefore, without doubt, the face is the focus of fitnah. And the place of desire. And if a person wants to propose to a woman. Regardless of the fact that he chooses the pious one. There. The one of good character. No. Due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Choose"
so you should choose one with religion. May your hands cleave to dust.بذات الدين تربت يداك
Sahih Muslim 715d
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The questioner : What is this?

The Shaykh : But the one who wants beauty. Does he ask? Easy. And he says.

The questioner : How did she present her feet? She presented her

The Shaykh : And what catches the eye? Now. How is her face? If it is said that her face is beautiful, new. But. Possible. In the feet, there is some ugliness. O Bakr. And what does he say? He may not care about it, but if it is said the face is ugly and the legs are among the best legs. Last. Does he propose or not? He does not propose. So what is the focus of desire? Allah is the Greatest. The face, without doubt. I. And for this reason, without doubt that. Yes.
This opinion that some of the scholars said based on ijtihad. In this. Has now led to harms; people have not adhered to the opinion that the scholars said. If the woman now goes out? Did she restrict it to the face and hands? No. No. The neck comes out, the arm comes out, the chest comes out, the leg comes out, the foot comes out, if the knee comes. Yes, the important thing is that this opinion has not been adhered to by the common people who see it. Rather, they have exceeded it. Come on, we say. So we ask Allah the Exalted to protect us and you from the evil of fitnah.
Source دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1406هـ - 4 — binothaimeen.net (5:49)

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