31/12/2015
Proof From The Scholars Regarding The Obligation Of Niqaab
Allaah says:
âO Prophet (saw)! Tell your wives and your daughters and the believing women to cast their jilbaabs upon themselves (i.e. their bodies). Thats is better, that they should be known so as not to be bothered. And Allaah is Ever Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.â [Al-Ahzaab: 59]
Ibn âAbbaas said:
âAllaah has commanded the believing women, when they come out of their homes, due to a necessity, to cover their faces by placing their jalaabeeb over their heads, and only expose one eye.â [Mukhtasar Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 2/114
Muhammad Ibn Sireen (d.110?) said:
âI asked âUbaydah As-Salmaanee about Allaahâs saying, â⌠to cast their jalaabeeb upon themselvesâŚâ so he veiled his face and head and only exposed his left eye.â [Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 6/470]
Abu âUbayd As-Salmaanee and others mentioned that:
âThe believing women used to cast their jilbaabs from (over) the top of their heads downwards, to the point that nothing was visible except their eyes, for the purpose of seeing the road.â [Ibn katheer, 6/470]
Aboo Suâaad said:
âWhat is mean by the ayah is that they should cover their faces and bodies with it.â
Imaam As-Suddee said:
âShe should cover one of her eyes, her forehead and the other (lower) portion of her face, except one eye.â
Shaykh Bin Baaz says:
âShaykh Al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, as well as oter scholars held this view (of the obligation for women to cover their faces), and it is the truth in which there is no doubt.â
Aboo Bakr Al-Jassaas Al-Hanafee said:
âIn this ayah is evidence that a young woman is commanded with (a) covering her face in front of male strangers, (b) remaining covered, and Š refraining from going out (without it) so that the people will not place any doubt upon her.â [Ahkaamul Quraan, 3/371-372]
Jalaal Ud-Deen As-Suyootee said:
âThis is the ayah of the hijaab applying to all women. There is proof in it that covering the head and the face is obligatory.â [Al-Ikleel, p.180]
âImaad Ud-Deen At-Tabaree said:
âSo He commanded the women to veil their faces and cover their heads.â [Tafseer Ilkiyaa Al-Haras At-Tabaree, 4/135]
Jalaal Ud-Deen Al-Mahallee said:
âIt means that they should let some of it fall over their faces, except for one eye, when they go out for their necessities.â [Qurratul-âAinayn âAlaa Tafseeril-Jalaalayn, p.560]
Ibn Al-Jawzee said concerning this ayah (ahzaab:59)(1):
âIt means that they must cover their heads and faces so that they may be known as free women. The definition of a jilbaab is a loose outer garment, as has been stated by Ibn Qutaybah.â [Rawaaâi Al-Bayaan, 2/382]
Jamaal Ad-Deen Al-Qaasimee said:
â⌠By them wearing loose outer garments (ardiyah) and cloaks (malaahif) and by covering their heads and faces so that they can guard and protect their chastity and no one will look at them with desire.â [Mahaasin Al-Taâweel, 13/4908-4909]
âAlaamah Ash-Shinqeetee said:
âFrom the Quraanic evidences that indicate that a woman must wear hijaab and cover her entire body, even her face, is Allaahâs saying: âO prophet! tell your wives and your daughters and the believing women to cast their jilbaabs over themselves.â This is because several scholars have stated that a woman must veil her whole face and not reveal anything from it except for noe eye with which she can see. Among those who held this opinion were: Ibn Masâood, Ibn âAbbaas, âUbaydah As-Salmaanee and othersâŚ
There is no disagreement amongst the Muslims on the fact that the Prophetâs wives were obligated to wear the hijaab and veil their facesâŚ
Also, in Allaahâs saying: âtell your wives and your daughtersâ is a further proof that the understanding of the ayah is not that women expose their faces, since the Priphetâs wives veiled their faces, and there is no disagreement amongst the Muslims about this.â [Adwaa Al-Bayaan Fee Eedaah Al-Quraan Bil-Quraan, 6/586]
Shaykh âAbdur-Rahmaan As-Saâdee said:
âAllaah commanded His Prophet (in it) to order (all) women generally. And He begins by mentioning his wives (first), then his daughters since they are firmer (in the religion) than others. Another reason (for this) is because his ordering someone must be preceded byhis first ordering his family members, as Allaah says: âO you who believe, save yourselves and your families from a Fire.â So, âTo cast their jilbaabs over themselvesâ refers to the garments that go over the inner garments, such as a cloak, the khimaar, the loose outer garment, and so on. This means they must cover their faces and chests with them. Then Allaah mentions the wisdom for this, saying: âThat will be better, that they should be known so as not to be bothered.â This indicates that a woman will always find harm and trouble if she doesnât wear the hijaab.â [Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan, 6/122]