How is covering performed during ihram, and what is the ruling on the niqab veil?

The Shaykh : You mentioned in your comment in the book "The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) Hajj" that ihram does not prevent covering, but rather prevents the niqab, the burqu', and similar things. So how is the covering done, and what is the burqu' of the niqab? I just said: It is not permissible for a woman in ihram to tie the burqu' over her face. As for how the permissible covering is achieved, it is by letting it hang down (sadal). The hijab follows her; she lets it hang down like this over her face, without tying it on her head. This covering is permissible based on the statement of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): . When these men passed by, she would raise it as it was. So what is prohibited is what resembles clothing, i.e., tying a specific burqu', either here on the forehead as is our custom in this land, or the niqab as is the custom of the Bedouins in many lands. And due to their ignorance, we find in Hajj women by the dozens, if not hundreds, who are pilgrims like this, with no one to inform them and no one to remind them. Tying the burqu' from here or the niqab from here is what is not permissible for a woman. But if she takes... from behind her like this and lets it hang down over her face, there is no objection. It is not necessary for it to cover the nose, as some say it must be placed like a cap, with the sadal coming from far away over the face. There is no necessity for all this; it is just affectation and artificiality. The purpose is that she does not wear a burqu' or niqab on her head.