Conditions of the Shari'ah Hijab

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Question:
The questioner, who used the code name (Mona A. A.) from Aleppo, Syria, asks: What are the conditions of the Shari'ah hijab? We ask for a detailed explanation.

Answer:
The condition of the hijab is that it covers the entire body, including the face and the body. It must not be thin or torn; it must cover the entire body. This is because the woman is an 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) and a source of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

A woman is an awrah

المرأة عورة

, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

I have not left behind me a trial more injurious to men than women.

ما تركت بعدي فتنة أضر على الرجال من النساء

Mishkat al-Masabih 3085

, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: :

And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.

وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ذَلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ

[Al-Ahzab: 53], and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:

O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ جَلابِيبِهِنَّ

[Al-Ahzab: 59] ... the verse. The jilbab (the outer garment) is what the woman drapes over her head and face, and it is the covering jilbab. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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