Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
10. Hijab in Islam
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After quoting this tradition the author quotes Ibn
Hazm:
Ibn ‘Abbas saw the hands of women in the
presence of the Prophet. This proves that the
face as well as the hands are not included in
the parts of the body to be covered. Indeed all
other parts except these have to be veiled.
183
He further writes:
My heart bleeds to see the way many women
of today adorn themselves, crossing all limits
of decency. But the remedy does not lie in
declaring forbidden what Allah has
permitted.
182.
Islam and the Modern Age,
Urdu Edition (New
Delhi), January 1973.
183. Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani,
Hijab
al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah fil Kitab was-Sunnah
(1914), p. 31.
He goes on to say that it is clear from the Qur’an,
the Hadith and the practice of the Companions and
tabi’un
(companions of the Prophet’s Companions)
