Is Hijab Wajib?

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

According to all four mathahib(schools of thought) i.e Maliki[1], Hanbali[2], Shafi[3] and Hanafi[4] it is necessary (wajib)for a woman to cover her face.

The face of a woman is the central point of her beauty and features. The attraction to beauty is the first point of an advanced relationship. Shariah prohibits all immoral relationships and everything that leads to immorality.

The covering of a woman’s face is meant to close the doors to the attraction of the woman, thereby closing the doors to immorality and shamelessness. A woman is sacred and Shariah wishes her to be regarded as such and to be approached with purity and dignity.

A woman’s face left open is vulnerable to impure eyes and degrading a woman to be merely objectified. As mentioned, a woman is sacred and is far beyond being objectified. She is a human being that deserves to feel personal and important within her feminine self.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Ismail Dawoodjee

Student Darul Iftaa
Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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