Question: Is it allowed for a woman advanced in age, say 70 or 90 years old, to uncover her face in front of relatives who are not mahram? Answer: Allaah says: {And as for women past child-bearing who do not expect marriage, it is no sin upon them if they discard their (outer) clothing in …
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The hijaab of a young girl
Question: What is the ruling concerning the young girls who have not reached the age of puberty? Is it allowed for them to go out without covering themselves? Can they pray without wearing a head covering? Answer: It is a must that their guardians bring them up and teach them the manners of Islaam. They …
A Muslim woman does not wear hijaab in front of non-Muslim women
Question: We have non-Muslim female servants in our house. Is it obligatory upon us to wear hijaab in front of them? Is it allowed for me to give them my clothes to wash and then I pray in them? Is it allowed for me to explain the falsehood of their religion to them and to …
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The Islaamic hijaab
Question: What is the Islaamic hijaab? Answer: The Islaamic hijaab is for the women to cover everything that is forbidden for her to expose. That is, she covers everything that she must cover. The first of those bodily parts that she must cover is her face. It is the source of temptation and the source …
Does the prohibition on isbaal include women too?
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz said: The point is that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) explained all that is good and called us to all that is good, and he warned us against all that is evil. He (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whatever of the …
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What is the ruling on isbaal?
Question: Is it permissible to obey my father when he wants me to let my clothes hang below the ankles? Answer: Isbaal is haraam, indeed it is one of the major sins. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever allows his garment to trail along the ground out of pride, …
Muslim woman’s hijaab in front of kaafir women
Question: What are the things that a Muslim woman may uncover in front of a kaafir woman, such as a Buddhist woman for example? Is it true that she is not allowed to uncover her face? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. The correct view is that a woman may uncover what is above the navel …
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