What about during hajj?

I have recently decided to do taqleed of Abu Hanifa(ra) so this work that we are commenting on is very beneficial. I have always been of the opinion based upon Shaykh Al-Albanee’s opinion that the niqab is mustahab but not fard. It is only fard if the sister feels her looks will cause fitnah. But I have always felt that wouldnt it be better to cover her face in the beginning to avoid the fitnah in the first place. Niqab or not, men still find ways of thinking with their other head…lol. After reading this, I am firmly stanced that niqab is wajib. May Allah be truly praised.

Firstly, sorry for the late reply.

Secondly, thank you very much for your effort. Just want to confirm that I have received the said article. Thank you again for all the trouble. May Allah reward you for your good effort.

Wassalam.JZK.

The entire article has been emailed to you. Please confirm if you have received it.

Wassalaam

I have tried all the 3 suggestions but to no avail. Do not know why..but I am also using the Mozilla Firefox. It still leads to problem loading page..

JZK.

I just checked the link again. It works fine for me. Maybe you can try typing out the whole address in your browser? Which browser are you using? I tried it in Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.10

The other thing you could do is:

1) Go to http://www.seekingilm.com
2) Type “The Shafi’i Stance on Women Covering the Face” in the Search field on the right side of the screen. Please make sure you type exactly what I typed here in the quotes.
3) Go to the article by the same name and read it.

Please post here if it still doesn’t work.

Wassalaam

JZK

The link has changed. Here is the new link for the article on the Shafi’ee position of the Niqab: http://www.seekingilm.com/archives/167

JazakiAllahu Khairan.

original post by
tahawi
March 23, 2010 at 8:00 am
Assalamu Alaikum
Here is a good article detailing the Shafi’i position on niqab–its pretty much the same as the Hanafi position.

I am sorry but the link is not working.

Please check again on the link “Here”.

JZK

Why would I go into mashoor and mu’tamid when giving a fatwa on an issue of fiqh? it does not make any sense.

You keep saying “I learned from my Shaykhs” but what you need to do before making assertions is confirm what your Shaykhs say. I don’t quote my teachers I verify their references and quote the source which is what we are obligated to do.

Everything you have mentioned in this post and the concerns you addressed, you have provided no sources amd no references at all.

The original discussion is about covering the face in times of fitnah and the article I wrote covers the topic quoting and referencing what the scholars say and the history behind it. Furthermore, the scholars I quote and their works are relied and well known.

So, there is no point in getting off topic especially when you have not provided any documentation of anything you have said.

At the outset you said we should quote the opinion of Qa’nabi and Asbagh etc., my question to you is two:

1.Provide a statement of these scholars talking about the opinion of covering the face during times of fitnah (The truth is that is not possible because they were already in they graves before the question was raised)

2.Provide an opinion concerning this matter that I did not mention?.

3. Where on my site do I avoid following the mashoor opinion?

Since these are your claims, you are now responsible for providing the references. Other than that your concerns can not be taken seriously and the discussion should end here.

May Allah bless you
Wa salam