You mentioned in your comment in the book "The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) Pilgrimage" that ihram does not prevent covering
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The Shaykh : You mentioned in your comment in the book "The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) Pilgrimage" that ihram does not prevent covering, but rather it prevents the niqab, the burqu', and the like; so how is the covering to be done? And what is the burqu' of the niqab?
I just said: It is not permissible for a woman in ihram to tie the burqu' over her face. As for how the permissible covering is achieved, it is by draping; the hijab is behind her, and she drapes it like this over her face, without tying it on her head. This is a permissible covering, based on the statement of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that they used to be in ihram, and when a group of men would pass by them, they would drape their jilbabs over their faces. When those men passed by, they would raise them as they were before. So what is prohibited is what resembles clothing, namely: tying a specific burqu' either here on the forehead, as is our custom in this land, or the niqab, as is the custom of the Bedouins in many lands. And due to their ignorance, we find in Hajj women by the dozens, if not hundreds, who are pilgrims like this, with no one to inform them and no one to remind them. Tying the burqu' from here or the niqab from here is what is not permissible for a woman.
I just said: It is not permissible for a woman in ihram to tie the burqu' over her face. As for how the permissible covering is achieved, it is by draping; the hijab is behind her, and she drapes it like this over her face, without tying it on her head. This is a permissible covering, based on the statement of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that they used to be in ihram, and when a group of men would pass by them, they would drape their jilbabs over their faces. When those men passed by, they would raise them as they were before. So what is prohibited is what resembles clothing, namely: tying a specific burqu' either here on the forehead, as is our custom in this land, or the niqab, as is the custom of the Bedouins in many lands. And due to their ignorance, we find in Hajj women by the dozens, if not hundreds, who are pilgrims like this, with no one to inform them and no one to remind them. Tying the burqu' from here or the niqab from here is what is not permissible for a woman.
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