walaikumasslam
if u read the fatwa carefully you will get the answer.
--- Abdeen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Assaalamualaikum Saba,
This is the question: Is it necessary for a woman
to cover her face in the presence of strangers (who
are not her designated
Mahaarim) ?
In performing Umrah/Haj - you know that they cannot
cover their faces.Here
they are before millions of strangers.
According to famous jurists of Islam :-
IMAM MALIK...-The entire body of a woman is included
in satr (i.e. parts
which should be kept covered) except the hands
and face.
IMAM SHAFII Also makes an exception in favour of
the face and hands.
IMAM AHMED - Entire body of a woman should be kept
fully covered except the
face.
IMAM HANBAL Entire body of a woman should be kept
fully covered except the
face.
IMAM ABU HANIFAH says it is not lawful for a
stranger to see any part of a
womans body, but he can
See her face and hands.
IMAM ABU YUSUF...In addition to the face and the
hands, the wrists of a
woman may also be lawfully
Seen.
According to Ibn Hazm in his book al - Muhalla that
the Quranic words they
should not display their beauty and ornaments except
what (must ordinarily)
appear thereof, expressly permit the uncovering of
the face and the hands.
abdeen
---Original Message---
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 04/14/06 18:47:12
To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World
Subject: [IslamCity] FATWA ON WOMAN COVERING HER
FACE IN PRESENCE OF
STRANGERS
Is it necessary for a woman to cover her face in the
presence of strangers (who are not her designated
Mahaarim) according to Shariáh?
Answer 15617 2005-09-07
This question is answered in this article in the
context of the claim that the veil or Niqaab is
primarily a social requirement and custom according
to the environment and custom and according to the
environment and customs of a particular country. In
endeavouring to answer the question, we will confine
ourselves to a brief examination of the relevant
Qurãnic verses.
Surah An-Nur, Verses 30 and 31
And Say to the believing women to lower their gaze
(from looking at forbidden things), and protect
their
private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to
show off their adornment except only that which is
apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the
way,
or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like
veil,
gloves, head-cover, apron), and to draw their veils
all over Juyubihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces,
necks
and bossoms) and not to reveal their adornment
except
to their husbands, or their fathers, or their
husbands fathers, or their sons, or their husbands
sons, or their brothers or their brothers sons, or
their sisters sons, or their (Muslim women) (i.e.
sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their
right hands possess, or old male servants who lack
vigour, or small children who have no sense of
feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so
as
to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all
of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers,
that
you may be successful
It is apparent that upon a plain reading the purpose
of the verse is to eradicate promiscuity,
fornication
and adultery and all the preliminary steps that lead
directly to the commission of such shameful acts.
The
references to lowering their gaze, drawing their
veils over their bosoms and striking their feet to
draw attention indicate that all acts or omissions
which, in the ordinary course leads directly to
sexual
promiscuity and FITNAH are forbidden.
In order to totally eradicate sexual promiscuity and
FITNAH, the verse goes on to say that a woman is not
permitted to display her beauty and charms except in
degrees to her husband, father and the other classes
of person specified in the verse. The exempt class
would constitute the MAHAARIM, and any other would
qualify as strangers or GHAIR MAHRAM. The principle
fixed by the verse is, therefore, that a woman
cannot
display her beauty to any male person other than the
persons exempted by the verse. It goes without
saying
that the face is the focal-point of a womans
beauty,
and the main source of attraction. Hence, the face
of
a woman cannot be displayed or shown to a stranger
in
normal circumstances whether in public or private
according to the general principle fixed by the
verse
as stated above. She is permitted to display her
beauty to the exempt class (the MAHAARIM) for
obvious
reasons of close contact, and because of the
considerably lesser danger of sexual promiscuity and
FITNAH within that class. (Zamakhshari)
The Shariáh, however, is practical, dynamic and
takes
into account the real situations of life. A woman
may
- in the case of genuine need - be forced to expose
her face in the presence of strangers. For example,
when she appears in court to give witness, etc.
It is
