Is hijaab a farz?

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@hareem01

You can bring other ahadith in favour of your argument but Still Qura’n doesn’t say to common women to wear niqab.

lol, for sake of argument, so what if the Qur’an does not say it. When did you start to take everything from the Qur’an. And surely you do not claim that you understand the Qur’an better than Abdullah ibn Abbas (radiAllahu anho) or any of these today’s scholars!?

khayr, whatever the case maybe, the difference of opinion among scholars on this issue is valid and you cannot say that niqab is not fardh/wajib when there is a valid difference of opinions among scholars.

@hareem01

there are opinions for niqab in others schools except Hanafi

actually, that is not entirely correct, even according to your sunnipath fatawa most hanafis scholars endorse niqab. And I bet only the latter hanafis went against it as there is nothing from the early scholars

@hareem01

but in Western societies it cannot be made obligatory and even in most muslim countries it cannot be made obligatory because of the norms where most women don’t even dress up decently.

that is just your opinion and has no basis in sharee’ah. So what if women don’t dress up modestly in west, how is that an argument or evidence against niqab? If we were to use this argument then you cannot even wear hijab - dressing modestly, covering hair, etc. because the kuffaar do not do this in west

@hareem01

but in some places you have to wear niqab to follow the culture and norm so you don’t attract the attention by showing your face where everyone is wearing niqab.

If one is to choose niqab as an obligatory then it does not matter whether you live in Muslim land or kafir land. Secondly, it is simply your opinion and I am being a Ahl al-hadith a statement of a companion is more beloved to me then opinion of latter men.

Thirdly, actually never mind, I am going to research when this cultural argument can be used in fiqh and post my comments later, insha’Allah

@hareem01

Also, the majority of muslims are hanafi and hanafis don’t consider niqab an obligation.

so what? most hanafi scholars endorse niqab so you do not really have a leg to stand. secondly, when was sharee’ah limited only to hanafi uslul al-fiqh? If we are to follow this argument then every Muslim should do whatever hanafis do and even in issues when they are against the sharee’ah. What are you calling for?

@hareem01

Most scholars of today, don’t consider niqab an obligation.
Do i have to wear the niqab?

In fact it says, the shafi’i and most hanfi scholars say that niqab is an obligation. In addition, the most scholar of today you talk about are known for their errors and serious mistakes. Thirdly, when did scholars of today become infallible or hujjah for everything? When there is dispute among khalaf scholars we refer to the Salaf as they are the best and most knowledgeable among the ummah.

PS: **I am not saying that niqab is obligatory because I know there is a valid difference of opinion among scholars and I personally take the niqab being obligation view. However, no one can say that “niqab is not an obligation” or “we cannot wear it in the west” or “niqab is an obligation”. Just acknowledge difference among scholars and choose the opinion which you trust the most. And stop promoting your view as if it is only valid view. **

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