Is it permissible for me to go to university, knowing that it is about twenty kilometers from my home and is mixed, especially my faculty?

The questioner : Is it permissible for me to go to university, knowing that it is about twenty kilometers from my home and is mixed, especially my faculty? The transportation is crowded with men and women together, and also when entering the university, they ask me to remove the niqab from my face, especially during exam times. Is this considered a dire necessity? And is it permissible for me to disobey my father and my family while they insist on my going, on the grounds that I must obtain a degree and it will be a weapon in this age? Please advise us, may you be rewarded.

The Shaykh : What I see is that it is not permissible for a woman to uncover her face, because the evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the correct understanding, indicate that it is obligatory for a woman to cover her face. Accordingly, if she is ordered to uncover her face, she must refrain. If her family insists that she do this, she must convince them that this is not permissible. If this becomes clear to them and they excuse her for it, that is a favor from Allah upon her and upon them. If it does not become clear to them, or if it becomes clear and they insist that she uncover her face, she must not do it and must not uncover her face, even if her family and parents become angry about it. For Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: Therefore, parents are not to be obeyed in disobedience to Allah. Obedience is only in what is right, and there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.