Is hijab obligatory for reciting the Qur'an and prostrating in recitation?
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Question:
Your Eminence! This is a message received from the Eastern Region from the female listener (M. S. S). She says, Your Eminence: Is it obligatory for a woman to wear hijab when reciting the Qur'an, or not? And if she comes upon a verse of prostration, does she have to cover herself?
Answer:
It is not obligatory for her to wear hijab if there is no non-mahram present. No, even if she removes her head covering from her head and recites, there is nothing wrong with it, provided there is no non-mahram present. And she should prostrate if she comes upon a prostration of recitation; this is what is best. And if she comes upon a verse of prostration, it is better for her to keep her head covering on her head when prostrating. Yes.
Your Eminence! This is a message received from the Eastern Region from the female listener (M. S. S). She says, Your Eminence: Is it obligatory for a woman to wear hijab when reciting the Qur'an, or not? And if she comes upon a verse of prostration, does she have to cover herself?
Answer:
It is not obligatory for her to wear hijab if there is no non-mahram present. No, even if she removes her head covering from her head and recites, there is nothing wrong with it, provided there is no non-mahram present. And she should prostrate if she comes upon a prostration of recitation; this is what is best. And if she comes upon a verse of prostration, it is better for her to keep her head covering on her head when prostrating. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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