The ruling on a woman uncovering her face and hands in front of relatives

Question:
Also, her second question says: Is wearing the hijab in front of relatives forbidden because the hands and face are exposed, as I heard on your program that it is of no benefit if the face is exposed? But what should one do if the situation is like this with us? We ask for clarification. May Allah grant you success.

Answer:
A woman is required to cover herself in the presence of those who are not her mahram (a relative one may not marry), such as her paternal cousin and the like, and all other non-mahram men. She is required to cover herself because Allah the Exalted says: Thus, Allah the Exalted commanded hijab (the covering prescribed for women) and informed that it is purer for the hearts of everyone. Purity is required for both men and women alike. Therefore, she is not permitted to expose her face and hands in the presence of her sister’s husband, her paternal cousin, or the like. Rather, she must cover herself from him with a hijab that conceals her face and hands, because exposing them is a cause of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). When Allah the Exalted commanded hijab, He did not restrict it to anything other than the face and hands; rather, He made it general, encompassing the face and hands. Similarly, His saying: the verse. The face is among the greatest of adornments, and for this reason, it is obligatory to cover it according to the most correct of the scholars’ opinions.
Some scholars held that there is no harm in uncovering the face and hands before non-mahram men. They argued based on what Ibn Abbas and a group said regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: . It is narrated from Ibn Abbas and a group that “what is apparent of it” means the face and hands. They said that a woman needs this in all her works, in her home and elsewhere. If she has a non-mahram man present and she covers her face, it would be very difficult for her. These are arguments that are not clear. Rather, the correct view is to adopt what the great Qur’an indicates regarding the hijab. As for the verse, it is general except for “what is apparent of it,” which is general and is explained by other verses. A general text does not contradict explicit texts. The explicit texts are clear in forbidding the display of adornment, and the face is part of the adornment. Therefore, it is obligatory to cover it, and it is obligatory to veil oneself from everyone who is not a mahram, such as a paternal cousin, a sister’s husband, a husband’s brother, and the like. This is the relied-upon view and the most correct of the scholars’ opinions, may Allah have mercy on them, because it involves caution, because it acts upon the noble verses, and because it avoids the causes of fitnah. Yes.