Is it permissible for a woman to perform tawaf around the Ka'bah and sa'y wearing a khimar? And the difference between the niqab and the khimar
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The questioner : In a second question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a woman during Hajj to perform tawaf and sa'y wearing a khimar, meaning wearing the head covering?
The Shaykh : The tawaf you mean first, is it the tawaf of Hajj and 'Umrah, or voluntary tawaf?
The questioner : No, the tawaf of Hajj and 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : That is one thing. The second, do you mean by khimar the niqab?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So do not make a mistake again, because the niqab is not a khimar. The khimar is only the head covering. The khimar is the garment a woman wears in her house to pray, in which she does not cover her face. So you...
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So you mean the niqab, then.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So the answer is that it is not permissible for her to do so, because the Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say:Muwatta Malik 20:17.
The questioner : Meaning, also, covering the hands is not permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Also, covering the hands is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Yes, covering the hands with gloves is not permissible, but with the jilbab there is nothing wrong.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a woman during Hajj to perform tawaf and sa'y wearing a khimar, meaning wearing the head covering?
The Shaykh : The tawaf you mean first, is it the tawaf of Hajj and 'Umrah, or voluntary tawaf?
The questioner : No, the tawaf of Hajj and 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : That is one thing. The second, do you mean by khimar the niqab?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So do not make a mistake again, because the niqab is not a khimar. The khimar is only the head covering. The khimar is the garment a woman wears in her house to pray, in which she does not cover her face. So you...
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So you mean the niqab, then.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So the answer is that it is not permissible for her to do so, because the Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say:
a woman in ihram should wear neither a veil nor gloves
لا تنتقب المرأة المحرمة ، ولا تلبس القفازينThe questioner : Meaning, also, covering the hands is not permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Also, covering the hands is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Yes, covering the hands with gloves is not permissible, but with the jilbab there is nothing wrong.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
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