Re: A question for the ladies
Well I worked on a pharmaceutical plant a couple of years ago and I was often required to go into what’s called a Pures Area that is required to be absolutely 200% contamination free. Nothing from the outside is allowed into the room, including your clothes, and we’re required to dress up like this when going in:
Now, no one told me to take off the hijab, as long as I was covered from head to toe with the overalls, they were perfectly okay with that. So I tried this a few times and used to find it difficult to breathe inside the enclosed area because there are no windows or vents in there. I used to feel the scarf tightening around my neck suffocating me lol. One day I came out feeling dizzy, I kid you not. From then on, I decided to take off the hijab before putting on the PPE. That made a huge difference. I could stay in there for more than 30 minutes without feeling nauseous.
I didn’t feel too bad about it though because (a) I’m sure Allah taala understood and (b) I was mostly on my own when putting on the PPE.
I would classify it as a safety reason and I can understand where you are coming from. Although I don’t know what I would do in that situation. I guess I would take it off for things like getting some sort of test or x-ray done which required me to remove the scarf.