Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her hair during the prostration of recitation?
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The questioner : Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her hair during the prostration of recitation?
The Shaykh : The precaution is to cover her hair and to cover everything that is required to be covered in voluntary prayer, because the prostration of recitation is considered a prayer by many scholars, and it has the ruling of voluntary prayer. Therefore, whatever is covered in voluntary prayer is covered in the prostration of recitation.
Some scholars hold that the prostration of recitation does not have the ruling of prayer. Based on this opinion, there is no harm in prostrating with the head uncovered, but the precaution is not to prostrate unless she has covered everything she covers in voluntary prayer.
The Shaykh : The precaution is to cover her hair and to cover everything that is required to be covered in voluntary prayer, because the prostration of recitation is considered a prayer by many scholars, and it has the ruling of voluntary prayer. Therefore, whatever is covered in voluntary prayer is covered in the prostration of recitation.
Some scholars hold that the prostration of recitation does not have the ruling of prayer. Based on this opinion, there is no harm in prostrating with the head uncovered, but the precaution is not to prostrate unless she has covered everything she covers in voluntary prayer.