Niqab! Wajib or Sunnah?

as salaamu alaykum

Angela that is also called a niqaab there is a half niqaab that shows the eyes it is made with elastic in the back or ties and there is full niqaab that most sisters wear that has the flap that allows them to flip that part down to shield thier eyes if they want more privacy. As for everyone elses talk about niqaab I have read some really good post and some really subhana Allah posts that I would never want to actually hear coming out of a muslims mouth. If the women of the prophet's Sallawho Alayhe wa Salaam Days didnt wear the niqaab why did he go out of his way to say not to wear it during hajj. Also When Surah Nur Was revealed the women tore the bottom of the skirts off and came from the tents unreconized.

When the ayah in Surah an Nur (24:31) was revealed, 'Aaisha (RAA) narrated: "May Allah bestow His Mercy on the first Muhajirat (emigrants). When Allah revealed, '...and draw their Khumur over their Juyubihinna...', (i.e. the women) tore their material and covered themselves with it." [Saheeh al Bukhari]. Ibn Hajar al Asqalanee, who is known as Ameer al Mu'mineen in the field of hadeeth, said that the phrase, "covered themselves", in the above hadeeth means that they "covered their faces." [Fath al Bari]

Clearly many of our contemporary 'Ulama, such as Shaikh 'Abdul-'Azeez bin Baaz, Shaikh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen, may Allah give them both life (ameen), feel that the Niqaab is indeed Waajib upon the believing women and their argument is strong and convincing, in my humble opinion. Others from amongst our 'Ulama, such as the Muhaadith of our time, Shaikh Muhammad Nassirudeen al Albaanee, may Allah give him life (ameen), clearly feel that the Niqaab is not Waajib but rather Mustahaab (highly recommended). Refer to his book, "Jilbaabul Mar'atul Muslimah". This argument is also strong and convincing.

I found this statement and I thought masha allah I should share this as it kinds of sums up what is being said here:

Regardless of which opinion one follows, I would say that there is no doubt concerning the benefits of Niqaab, and the scholars do not differ in this regard. In fact, today we hear many cries against the Niqaab for many reasons which do not make much sense. For example, the argument that the Niqaab is counterproductive to Da'wah in non-Muslim lands. After having established that the Niqaab is indeed an authentic part of Islam, we must then conclude that to hide it is what is counterproductive to Da'wah. No one would dare think that the Sahabah spread Islam throughout the lands of the earth by concealing the practices they learned from the Messenger of Allah (saaws); thus, as Umar ibn al Khattab (raa) declared: "LET THE SUNNAH GO FORTH AND DON'T STOP IT WITH OPINIONS." Other modernist Du'at claim that Niqaab is in fact Makruh or disliked!! How strange! They stand upon their own 'Aql (intellect) which is weak in light of the authenticated reports we have above

If I have said anything haraam then truly it is from Shaitan and If I have said anything good That is truly from Allah

Have a blessed Ramadan

umm yasmeen

I found this website. It has loads of daleel, hadiths etc about niqaab. Most of them are inclined towards niqaab being compulsory or recommended. it might be useful in helipng you to decide what to do inshallah.

http://members.tripod.com/~ibnfarooq/niqaab.htm#quran

Asalamu Alaykum

ok some of you are going of topic and starting to insult each other for some reason when all I asked for was just to give me a simple daleel stating if the niqab was wajib or sunnah, and I personally can't understand what's with all these off topic arguments. In the Name of Allah, if I knew that this thread would cause problems at all I would have never mentioned the niqab. I wanted to know if it was wajib or sunnah because I was interested in wearing it and also I had to write an essay about it over the summer with evidence from the Prophet's sayings. One thing that I forgot to do was close this thread after I got what I wanted and that's my fault and forgive me for that. All I'm asking write now is for the moderators to close this thread, please, it's causing problems.

Saido wrote:   Asalamu Alaykum I would like to know whether the niqab is wajib or not. Please tell me your thoughts and reason why.                                                                Salaam.

I don't believe niqab is wajib/fard.  To my knowledge it was only mandatory for the wives of the prophet s.a.w.  However, his wives were not like other believing women.  Allah has clearly stated this in the Quran.  There are some restrictions/rules that apply only to the wives of the prophet s.a.w.  For example, his wives were not allowed to marry after him; however, widows are allowed to remarry in Islam.

Personally, I think niqab is a beautiful thing.  With all the fitna we have in the world there is a need for it.  Any woman that wants to wear it and is able to wear it should wear it.  But just because it's good doesn't mean it's fard.

Salaam