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1037804/02/2001

It is not permissible for a man to obey his parents by making his wife not wear niqaab

Question: 9155

if parents of the man wouldn’t like his wife to wear nikab,does he has a right to ask from his wife or future wife to wear it,contrary to their will?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

It is obligatory on the husband to make his
wife observe proper hijaab as prescribed in sharee’ah and cover her
face. The evidence of the Qur’aan and Sunnah indicates that it is obligatory
for women to cover their faces, for example, the aayah in which Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and
the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their
bodies…”

[al-Ahzaab 33:59]

The jilbaab (translated here as “cloak”) is a garment
which a woman places on her head and lets it drop over her face.

And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“and not to reveal their adornment except to their
husbands…” [al-Noor 24:31]

The focal point of beauty and adornment is the face,
so it is ‘awrah. So he [the husband] should fear Allaah and not obey
his parents in this matter. He should make his wife observe proper hijaab,
for there is no obedience to any created being if it involves disobedience
to the Creator, as it says in the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be
pleased with him), who said: “The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘To hear and obey
is a duty unless there comes an order to commit sin. If there comes
an order to commit sin, then there is no hearing and no obeying.” (narrated
by al-Bukhaari, al-Jihaad wa’l-Siyar, 2735).  How can he
anger his Lord by pleasing his parents? Let him fear Allaah and remember
that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) has made him responsible for his family, when
he said, “Every man is in charge of his family and is responsible for
those who are under his care.” (narrated by al-Bukhaari in al-Jumu’ah,
844). So praise Allaah for giving you a wife who is content to observe
proper hijaab. May Allaah help us and you to do all that is good.

Fataawa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 1/443-444

Source

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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