Is it permissible for a woman to remove the head covering (khimar) from her hair in front of her husband's brother?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : The residence of Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Are you the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, I want to ask you a question!
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : I am living in my in-laws' house, my husband's father's house, and I am wearing the hijab.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Can I take off the hijab, or should I keep wearing it?
The Shaykh : Excuse me, who is in the house there?
The questioner : My in-laws' house, and my husband's brother's house.
The Shaykh : Your husband's brother?
The questioner : Yes, my husband's brother.
The Shaykh : So your husband's brother is in the same house?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, you mean your husband's brother, right?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you want to remove, you say?
The questioner : I am wearing the hijab.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So all day long I am wearing the hijab!
The Shaykh : I understand, I understand, I understand, tell me what you want to remove?
The questioner : The hijab, meaning take off the hijab?
The Shaykh : What do you mean by the hijab?
The questioner : The scarf.
The Shaykh : The face scarf?
The questioner : No, the head.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : The head scarf.
The Shaykh : That is not called a scarf, may Allah guide you!
The questioner : And what is it called?
The Shaykh : It is called the khimar.
The questioner : The head khimar?
The Shaykh : It is called the khimar, the khimar is the head covering.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the scarf, it is the face covering.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So you mean it is permissible for you to remove the khimar from your head in front of your husband's brother?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible?
The Shaykh : Your husband's brother is a mahram, this is forbidden, is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, clear.
The Shaykh : Okay, do you want anything else?
The questioner : No, goodbye.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : The residence of Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Are you the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, I want to ask you a question!
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : I am living in my in-laws' house, my husband's father's house, and I am wearing the hijab.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Can I take off the hijab, or should I keep wearing it?
The Shaykh : Excuse me, who is in the house there?
The questioner : My in-laws' house, and my husband's brother's house.
The Shaykh : Your husband's brother?
The questioner : Yes, my husband's brother.
The Shaykh : So your husband's brother is in the same house?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, you mean your husband's brother, right?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you want to remove, you say?
The questioner : I am wearing the hijab.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So all day long I am wearing the hijab!
The Shaykh : I understand, I understand, I understand, tell me what you want to remove?
The questioner : The hijab, meaning take off the hijab?
The Shaykh : What do you mean by the hijab?
The questioner : The scarf.
The Shaykh : The face scarf?
The questioner : No, the head.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : The head scarf.
The Shaykh : That is not called a scarf, may Allah guide you!
The questioner : And what is it called?
The Shaykh : It is called the khimar.
The questioner : The head khimar?
The Shaykh : It is called the khimar, the khimar is the head covering.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the scarf, it is the face covering.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So you mean it is permissible for you to remove the khimar from your head in front of your husband's brother?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible?
The Shaykh : Your husband's brother is a mahram, this is forbidden, is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, clear.
The Shaykh : Okay, do you want anything else?
The questioner : No, goodbye.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
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