An incident that occurred to the Shaykh during one of his Umrahs regarding the niqab of a woman in ihram.

The Shaykh : I performed Umrah a few weeks ago, and my wife was with me. We saw women in ihram wearing niqabs. I personally saw a young man performing sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah, and I was behind him. My eyes fell upon him, and next to him was his wife, who was wearing a headscarf. I approached his wife, and he had uncovered his shoulder. I said, "Peace be upon you." He said, "And upon you, peace." I said, "You are, if Allah wills, performing Umrah, it seems." He said, "Yes." I said, "Uncovering the shoulder now has no basis in the Sunnah. And this is also seen among pilgrims and those performing Umrah constantly and always, whereas uncovering the shoulder is only prescribed in the arrival tawaf. As for the other tawafs, uncovering the shoulder is not prescribed in them, let alone in sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah." I informed him of this ruling, and he fell silent. I do not want to say that he did not respond, because he did respond later.
The important thing is that it came time to speak about his wife. I said, "Your wife is in ihram with you, if Allah wills?" He said, "Yes." I said, "My brother, the Messenger of Allah said: And out of her modesty, she had not only covered her face, but also her hands; nothing of her was visible. What Allah willed, this is a good thing, but it is ignorance of Islam. Therefore, I say: matters should not be taken by emotions, but by the Shari'ah ruling. He said, "There is disagreement in this matter." I said, "May Allah forgive you. The disagreement is not in what we are discussing now regarding the woman in ihram, but rather generally: is the face of a woman an 'awrah or not? There is indeed disagreement on that. But the discussion now is: is it permissible for a woman in ihram for Hajj or Umrah to cover her face? This is not permissible. May Allah reward you." I left him until we reached al-Marwah. He is, of course, younger than me, so he descended to al-Marwah before me. When I turned to descend, there he was in front of me, about ten meters away. And, praise be to Allah, he had covered his shoulder, but his wife was still as she was. What is the cause of this? The cause is: the strictness of scholars: that it is not permissible for a woman to uncover her face. But if justice and fairness are established: it is better for a woman to cover her face, and it is permissible for her to uncover her face, even occasionally. But while she is in ihram, she must uncover her face and her hands. Otherwise, I do not say that she must offer a sacrifice, because there is no explicit text for that, but many of the noble scholars we have heard obligate them to slaughter. I imagine now how many women in ihram for Hajj or Umrah are obligated to slaughter because of their extremism in religion, and our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, says:
And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Farewell Pilgrimage admonished the people on many occasions, among which: he said to them: , then he picked up pebbles and said: , and what do you see now regarding the jamarat? I saw in your time how the jamarat are stoned with sandals?

The questioner : This is a bad deed.

The Shaykh : Why is it bad? Because it is extremism, and they imagine that Satan has positioned himself there waiting for someone to stone him, and this is from their ignorance.
And for this reason, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), as our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, described him rightly in the Qur'an: , so he said previously: , as if it was revealed to him what would happen to the Muslims, so he said: .