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AnonyMouse~
JazakAllah Khair...
Almost all the masjids around my area believe the niqab is fardh especially the salafi one and I believed it. But jazakAllah khair to all of you!
Asalamu Alaykum sis May Allah bless you for this great reply
Ameen ok someone said earlier that the majority of the scholars say it is not fardh well i beg to differ from what i know the correct view say it is Fardh now when i say the correct viem of course i am talking about the scholars who are upon the salaf
The correct view is that a woman is obliged to cover her entire body, even the face and hands. Imam Ahmad said that even the nails of a woman are ‘awrah, and this is also the view of Maalik (may Allaah have mercy on them both). Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“… It seems that the view of Ahmad is that every part of her is ‘awrah, even her nails, and this is also the view of Maalik.”
(Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 22/110).
Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“Allaah commands women to let the jilbaab come down (over their faces) so that they will be known (as respectable women) and not be annoyed or disturbed. This evidence supports the first opinion. ‘Ubaydah al-Salmaani and others stated that the women used to wear the jilbaab coming down from the top of their heads in such a manner that nothing could be seen except their eyes, so that they could see where they were going. It was proven in al-Saheeh that the woman in ihraam is forbidden to wear the niqaab and gloves. This is what proves that the niqaab and gloves were known among women who were not in ihraam. This implies that they covered their faces and hands.”
(Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 15/371-372)
and many of the scholars most of them who are upon the salaf say it is fardh but there is still a diff in opinions
so May Allah make our eman strong and hearts firm Islam Ameen