What is the ruling on wearing a short jilbab?

The questioner : I got to know a group of girls ... but they are the type who wear short clothes ... and I read "The Muslim Woman's Clothing" and found, I mean, multiple books and I don't know.

The Shaykh: I was thinking about your question because you are rushing the question and I missed some words.

The questioner : Excuse me.

The Shaykh: You are saying you want to wear the hijab.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : I want to wear a jilbab, the question is about girls who wear their jilbabs short and it shows approximately a hand's width of the body.

The Shaykh: And what do you want regarding them.

The questioner : I want to ask if it is forbidden, I mean.

The Shaykh: Of course, of course, the jilbab is forbidden, the jilbab in the Shari'ah is the garment that the woman throws over her head, and she covers with it her entire body from her head to her feet except the face and the hands.

The questioner : I read a hadith.

The Shaykh: Listen, may Allah guide you, what did you read, you are asking me, take the answer, and after that if you have a problem or a question, raise it, but what you read, I do not care about what you read, I read it before you and I read more than what you read, the important thing is that you know the ruling of Allah, the jilbab is the garment with which the woman covers her entire body except the face and the hands if she wishes, meaning that the face and the hands are not obligatory for her to cover, but covering them is better for her, as for your companions and colleagues wearing short skirts or the short jilbab until something of the leg is shown, even if there are socks above it, this is contrary to the Shari'ah, do you know what is obligatory?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh: Okay, now do you have something.

The questioner : I mean, I know a lot of people who wear this ... I mean, I almost agreed with what they say.

The Shaykh: What do they say?

The questioner : I mean, they talked about the hadith of Abu Hafsah and they brought me the book "The Woman's Clothing".

The Shaykh: What did they say? What did they say?

The questioner : That she went to the Messenger and asked him about.

The Shaykh: And you, daughter of the halal, what did they tell you, what is the summary, what did they tell you.

The questioner : That it is permissible.

The Shaykh: What is permissible?

The questioner : I mean, it is not forbidden ... and I said I want to talk to you.

The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except by Allah, are you confused? I am asking you a question and answer briefly so that I understand you and you understand me.

The questioner : They made it permissible, I said.

The Shaykh: What did they make permissible?

The questioner : The short permissible Shari'ah clothing ... I mean, that wearing it is not forbidden.

The Shaykh: Okay, did you understand what I told you about the jilbab?

The questioner : I did not know the talk that you spoke.

The Shaykh: Then how did they make it permissible for you, do they make things permissible and forbidden, or is it Allah who makes things permissible and forbidden?

The questioner : Of course Allah, of course - (Glorified and Exalted is He) - .

The Shaykh: Okay, then why do you say they made it permissible for you, and those who made it permissible for you, are they scholars?

The questioner : No, of course.

The Shaykh: And what do you want regarding them, Allah - (Mighty and Majestic) - says in the Noble Qur'an: , so you are now applying this verse, you do not know, so you asked the scholar, and the scholar answered you, you must cover your entire body, but the face and the hands are your choice, so that the woman knows how to act so that she can walk on the road, Allah - (Mighty and Majestic) - permitted her to reveal only the disk of her face, and only her hands, to be able to handle needs and carry out affairs and the like, but anything other than that is not permissible, so how are you saying that they made it permissible for you.