Is covering part hair hijaab
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Dear Brother
As Salam. Hope fine there.
Thanks for serving muslim
brothers by propagating the message of Islam. I have a question which arised recently. I know to wear Hijab
is mandatory. If someone uses hijab but don`t cover all of their hair like 1/5th portion of hair or
less than that is always visible, is it okay? Is she obeying the lord`s order correctly? Is there any benefit for using this
type of Hijab?Is it haram to cover the hair partially?I
would be very much appreciative if you please write in details about it.
I am totally well aware about using complete hijab,
but these points, I thought, I should know.
Thank you very much for your help.
Sincerely
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Answer:
Is covering part hair hijaab
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nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
May Allah
Subhanah reward you with the best of this world and
the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble efforts in
the propagation of the Truth. We humbly hope, beg,
and pray the Merciful Lord
accepts our humble and weak efforts,
forgives us our shortcomings, and
saves you, us, and all the believers
from the torment of the Hell Fire. Ameen.
Q-1: I know to wear Hijab is mandatory.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah Al Ahzaab verse 59:O Prophet! Tell your
wives and daughters,
and the women of the believers,
that they should cast their outer garments over their persons. It is expected that they will be recognized
and that they will not be molested. And
Allah is Oft Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah An-Noor verse 31:And
O Prophet, enjoin the believing women to
restrain their gaze and guard their private parts and not to display their
adornment except that which is displayed of itself, and to draw their veils
over their bosoms and not to display their adornment except before
their husbands, their fathers, the
fathers of their husbands, their sons and the sons of their husbands, their brothers, their brothers sons, their sisters’ sons, their female associates, and those in their
possession and male attendants incapable of sexual desire, and those boys who have not yet attained
knowledge of sexual matters. Also
forbid them to stamp their feet on the ground lest their hidden ornaments
should be displayed.
Q-2: If someone uses hijab but don`t cover all of
their hair like 1/5th portion of hair or less than that is always visible, is
it okay? Is she obeying the lord`s order correctly?
Is there any benefit for using this type of Hijab?Is it haram to cover the
hair partially?I would be very much appreciative if
you please write in details about it.
The above commands of the All-Mighty Lord in the Glorious Quran
regarding the ‘hijaab’ are not restricted to the
believing woman’s hair alone; but it includes covering her whole body and her
full adornments. The more a woman covers
her body, her hair, and her adornments, the closer she will be to obeying the
command of her Creator, and the larger will be her reward in the presence of
the All Mighty Lord on the Day of Judgment.
If a
believing woman chooses to cover only 1/5th of her hair, while
completely covering the rest of her body and her adornments in obedience to the
command of her Lord; she should be advised by her elders, or her husband, or
her sincere well-wishers that if she would cover the balance part of her hair
she would be closer to the command of Allah Subhanah,
and receive a huge reward from the Merciful Lord for her obedience.
Q-2B: Is she obeying the lord`s order correctly?
The woman
who covers only 1/5th of her hair will obviously not be in complete
obedience of the command of her Lord.
Q-2C: Is there any benefit for
using this type of Hijab?
It all
depends on where one uses one’s judgment!
If the woman was not wearing a veil at all, and starts by covering 1/5th
of her hair, it should be deemed as progress.
But if a woman was covering her full hair and subsequently decided to
cover only 1/5th of her hair, it should be deemed as a regress!
Q-2D: Is it haram
to cover the hair partially?
If a
believing woman does not cover her full body, her hair, and her adornments
completely in obedience of the clear command of her Lord, she would obviously
be in disobedience of the command; and any disobedience of any command of
the All-Mighty Lord would be deemed haraam or
forbidden for the believers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 208:O ye who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and
follow not the footsteps of the Evil One; for he is to you an avowed enemy.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister