How is it permissible for a woman to drive a car when driving requires her to uncover her face?

The questioner : He says, meaning according to his understanding, that it is necessary to cover the face.

The Shaykh : Yes, in the name of Allah.

The questioner : So how does a woman drive and operate a car when driving requires her to uncover her face?

The Shaykh : I think this understanding is incorrect, my brother, by the consensus of the Muslims. Because the scholars differed on whether the woman's face is an 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) or not, and we choose that it is not an 'awrah, and the best is to cover it. This issue is secondary to the main topic. Why? Because those who said that the woman's face is an 'awrah did not rule that she is blind if she leaves her house, and that it is obligatory for her to cover her face such that she cannot see her path. Rather, there are opinions scattered in some of the old books of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) that if a woman leaves her house, she may show one eye, for example, she does this... and in another opinion, she may show two eyes, which is naturally broader for her. And this showing of the eyes seems explicit in its permissibility, as in his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . So his saying (peace be upon him) that the woman in ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) has an implication (mafhum), and this is a topic we also addressed recently to explain the benefit of the principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) in that a text has an explicit statement (manut) and a text has an implication (mafhum). The explicit statement of this hadith is that the woman in ihram is not permitted to cover her face with a niqab (face veil) or her hands with gloves. This is the explicit statement. As for the implication, it is permissible for a woman not in ihram to wear the niqab and wear gloves. Knowing that the niqab does not cover the face from the hairline to the bottom of the chin, so it is not like this. I and the woman are the same; if we did this, we would be blinded to the roads. But the niqab is this. So if we return to the original issue of the woman driving the car, this has no relation to the issue of whether the woman's face is an 'awrah or not. Because even those who say the woman's face is an 'awrah do not forbid her from seeing the road with her eyes. So in this case, she is able to drive the car, especially since today, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created a means that was not known at that time, which is the sunglasses. So she can put the glasses on her eyes, and they are not so dark that they blind her to the road, but to the extent that she sees the road and the strangers do not see her. So in this case, she is covering her face and wearing the glasses, so she sees the road with ease. So the issue of the car has no relation to the issue of whether the woman's face is an 'awrah or not. And although we lean, as we said earlier, that the woman's face is not an 'awrah, and we also lean that the first and best for her is to cover her face and hands, not only her face but also her hands. So the issue returns to the woman herself. If she wants to take the dispensation (rukhsah), she may uncover her face and hands. And if she wants to take the best in the matter, the best without doubt is covering the face and hands.
Yes.