She says that I am studying at a university in the Faculty of Medicine, which is a demanding faculty and requires seven years of study. She says, after having presented to you my academic circumstances,
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The questioner : I am studying at a university in the Faculty of Medicine, which is a demanding faculty and requires seven years of study. She says, after having presented to you my academic circumstances, that for several years Allah the Mighty and Majestic has favored me and guided me to wearing the hijab. So I wear a coat in which I observe, as best as I can, the conditions of Islamic dress, and I place a covering on my head, but it does not cover my face. My problem is my inability to cover my face, for my parents completely reject this idea, since the number of girls in our country whom Allah has favored by covering their faces is very small, and they are a group looked upon with surprise and contempt, and so on. I had resolved in my heart that, if Allah wills, I would cover my face when the Master grants me success in marrying a committed brother, but I fear that death may overtake me before that. She says, so I hope for guidance on this matter, and her message is long, and this is its summary?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. It is obligatory for a woman to hasten to comply with all the rulings of Islam according to her ability, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Taghabun 64:16].
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Among the Islamic etiquettes brought by the Shari'ah is for a woman to cover her face and her hands, because there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in exposing them, both from the woman and in the woman.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is not the place to enumerate the texts indicating the obligation of covering the face and the hands or the palms, but I say to this woman whom Allah the Exalted has guided and directed, and I ask Allah for steadfastness and uprightness for myself and for her.
The questioner : Amen.
The Shaykh : I say to her that it is obligatory for her to hasten to comply with the rulings of Islam, not caring about anything that may befall her for the sake of that, unless there is upon her a dire necessity such that she is unable to implement the Shari'ah ruling, and she falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Taghabun 64:16]. In that case, the obligations she is unable to perform are dropped from her.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for her waiting until she is granted a committed husband, this is not permissible, because she does not know whether she will be able to do so or whether she will die before being granted this husband she is anticipating.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is obligatory for her to hasten to do what Allah the Exalted and Sublime has made obligatory, which is covering the face and the hands from non-mahram men.
The questioner : The problem she has is the non-implementation of the hijab in the town, and she is distressed by her parents. She says, I fear they will be upset with me.
The Shaykh : The pleasure of the parents in disobedience to Allah the Exalted is not sought; rather, the pleasure of Allah the Exalted is above all pleasure. If in the town they do not observe the hijab, or their women do not observe the hijab, this is not a Shari'ah excuse before Allah the Mighty and Majestic for this woman to remain following the women of the town.
The questioner : Yes.
This brother Muhammad Mufarrih Suwaili from Tihama, 'Asir, says.
The questioner : He asks about the ruling on idtibaa' (uncovering the right shoulder) in the farewell tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), and he says he performed Hajj (the major pilgrimage) some time ago, five years ago, and instead of...
The Shaykh : In the farewell tawaf or the arrival tawaf.
The questioner : No, in the farewell tawaf. And he says he previously performed Hajj, because he says.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. It is obligatory for a woman to hasten to comply with all the rulings of Islam according to her ability, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فاتقوا الله ما استطعتمThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Among the Islamic etiquettes brought by the Shari'ah is for a woman to cover her face and her hands, because there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in exposing them, both from the woman and in the woman.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is not the place to enumerate the texts indicating the obligation of covering the face and the hands or the palms, but I say to this woman whom Allah the Exalted has guided and directed, and I ask Allah for steadfastness and uprightness for myself and for her.
The questioner : Amen.
The Shaykh : I say to her that it is obligatory for her to hasten to comply with the rulings of Islam, not caring about anything that may befall her for the sake of that, unless there is upon her a dire necessity such that she is unable to implement the Shari'ah ruling, and she falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فاتقوا الله ما استطعتمThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for her waiting until she is granted a committed husband, this is not permissible, because she does not know whether she will be able to do so or whether she will die before being granted this husband she is anticipating.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is obligatory for her to hasten to do what Allah the Exalted and Sublime has made obligatory, which is covering the face and the hands from non-mahram men.
The questioner : The problem she has is the non-implementation of the hijab in the town, and she is distressed by her parents. She says, I fear they will be upset with me.
The Shaykh : The pleasure of the parents in disobedience to Allah the Exalted is not sought; rather, the pleasure of Allah the Exalted is above all pleasure. If in the town they do not observe the hijab, or their women do not observe the hijab, this is not a Shari'ah excuse before Allah the Mighty and Majestic for this woman to remain following the women of the town.
The questioner : Yes.
This brother Muhammad Mufarrih Suwaili from Tihama, 'Asir, says.
The questioner : He asks about the ruling on idtibaa' (uncovering the right shoulder) in the farewell tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), and he says he performed Hajj (the major pilgrimage) some time ago, five years ago, and instead of...
The Shaykh : In the farewell tawaf or the arrival tawaf.
The questioner : No, in the farewell tawaf. And he says he previously performed Hajj, because he says.