Ruling on the Niqab in Islam

The Niqab in the language from the linguistic root is niqab, and the
niqab.Niqab the mask is on the nose, and the plural of it is niqab.
The meaning of the niqab in the legal terminology does not depart
from what the language people mentioned in their dictionaries, as it
is what the woman puts of cloth on the face to cover it, and it is
abundant.
Scholars of jurisprudence differed in the ruling on the niqab in
Islam for women some of themwent to say that it is obligatory ,
And some of them went to the fact that it is a Sunnah,and there are
those who separated and separated so he went to say that it is a
duty for young women in the case of sedition and its insecurity, and
otherwise it is not obligatory.
The majority of jurists went to the fact that the awrah of a woman is
all her body except for the face and hands; That is, the face and
hands are not awrah and it is permissible to uncover them.
The Scholars’ view of the niqab ruling can be summarized as
follows.
The saying of the majority of scholars from the Hanafi, Maliki,
Shafi’i and Hanbali narration in a narration that the face and hands
are not ourah,(covering parts).So it is permissible to uncover them,
and they stipulated for the young girl the safety of sedition.And its
insecurity, and otherwise it is not obligatory.
Perhaps the reason for the difference of jurists in the ruling on the
niqab is due to the determination of the woman’s awourah. From the
jurists who count the woman’s face and her palms as awourah as the rest
of her body, and therefore they must be covered and covered. The
majority ofjurists went to the fact that the awrah of a woman is all her
body except for the face and hands; That is, the face and hands are not
awrah and it is permissible to uncover them.
 The opinion of the majority of scholars from the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i
and Hanbali narrations in one version is that the face and hands are not
awrah, so it is permissible to uncover them, Followers which is the
opinion of a group of contemporary scholars.
They interpreted the words of God Almighty: (And they do not display
their adornment except what appears from it) that the apparent
adornment is permitted is the face and hands.
The Egyptian Dar Al-Iftaa said, that the niqab is not an obligation and it
is not part of the veil, but it is a custom. Plus, a woman should not abide
by it.
The evidence for this was the hadith: “Asma’ daughter of Abu Bakr
entered upon the Prophet in thin clothes, so he turned away from her
and said: O Asma’, when a woman reaches menstruation, it is not
suitable for her to be seen except this and this and he pointed to his face
and hands.

Ruling on the niqab in Ihram,

The jurists went to say that it is forbidden for a woman to wear the
niqabwhile she is forbidden to perform Hajj or Umrah, and they cited
what Abdullah bin Omar - may God be pleased with him - narrated on
the authority of the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him
,that he said’’ Allah Almighty has prescribed general and specific
provisions, rules and principles that regulate people’s lives with its
various affairs and fields. Of acts of worship, transactions, morals,
behaviors and etiquette, and the legal texts have clarified and clarified
these provisions and rules. S of them are what came to all Muslims
As the assignment of worship and what was related to rights, and the
arrangement of reward and punishment,they are equal in that.

Also, the reward for the actions is similar, and that is what came in
many evidences from the Holy Qur’an, including the words of Allah
Almighty: (Whoever does righteousness from the male or female and is a
believer, let us give him a good life)

Among the rulings and rules are what came related to women and
specificto their affairs, such as the rulings on adornment, dress and the
like. The jurists agreed that hijab is an obligation on every adult Muslim
womans .

The scholars stipulated several conditions for the veil that covers the
private parts of a woman regardless of the aforementioned dispute
regarding regardless of the aforementioned dispute regarding the fact
that the face and hands are part of private parts of woman.