Niqab : an introduction of later days ?

[psyah]

@Code_Red

Walikum salam

These are some casual observations. Of course i have no objection on niqab or hiding face from strangers. Oddly enough, i find it attractive :k:

Just comming back to dynamics of evolution of religious traditions… If Islam had emerged from subcontinent instead of Arabia, Ghoonghat would have taken precedence over any other form of face covering because of its nativity.

But now, nowhere it is offered as an alternate to niqab (since it serves the same purpose ) just because this noble tradition comes from pagan india. But we shall happily follow the tradition of pagan Arabia because it is duly stamped and re-inforced by islamic clergy

Peace bro Code_Red

I don’t think there is enough evidence to deem niqab a pre-Islamic practice, but I believe it was developed into a greater hijab due to some jurists who interpret the ‘beauty’ to include the face, but other jurists who not opposed the view but relaxed it on the basis of ‘except what is apparent’.

I truly do think it to be an Islamic innovation rather than an adopted element of pre-Islamic Arabic.