Can one be ordered to cover the face on the basis of blocking the means to harm?
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The questioner : ... It is about the hijab. When I read "The Muslim Woman's Hijab," I became certain that you are on ... Is it possible to be ordered to wear the hijab on the basis of blocking the means to harm, because it may ...?
The Shaykh : The chapter on blocking the means to harm is, in fact, one of the important chapters of the Shari'ah, and dozens, if not hundreds, of issues branch off from it for which there is no explicit text and no refuge in a text, except by relying on this principle. But here is a fine point that I derived from the Shaykh al-Islam, in that this man is rare when ...
The questioner : Our Shaykh, may Allah bless you, you have carried his legacy, and Allah ...
The Shaykh : O Allah, forgive me what you do not know.
The questioner : One of the doctors at Imam University says: No one has come after Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah like Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah preserve him).
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. We ask Allah to benefit you and to let you enjoy [your life].
The Shaykh : The chapter on blocking the means to harm is, in fact, one of the important chapters of the Shari'ah, and dozens, if not hundreds, of issues branch off from it for which there is no explicit text and no refuge in a text, except by relying on this principle. But here is a fine point that I derived from the Shaykh al-Islam, in that this man is rare when ...
The questioner : Our Shaykh, may Allah bless you, you have carried his legacy, and Allah ...
The Shaykh : O Allah, forgive me what you do not know.
The questioner : One of the doctors at Imam University says: No one has come after Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah like Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah preserve him).
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. We ask Allah to benefit you and to let you enjoy [your life].
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