I thought wearing a hijab was going to be a challenge for me and that I might struggle but its been the 2 years and I haven't looked back since! I really enjoy wearing it now because at first I was afraid that I might lose interest and just take it off plus it made things worse having friends who didn't wear hijab. Allhamdullillah I haven't been under any influence to take it off instead its opened my eyes more towards Islam and I've influenced my friends to wear it too.
I have a aunts wedding coming up in January and the wedding is fully segregated however there may be some non-muslim women present at the wedding (there my aunts workmates). Me and my sister have planned that we want to look really glamorous and do our hair nicely for the day but im confused if were allowed to show our hair in front of non-muslim women?
Its no problem if Im not allowed thanks to the beautiful range of scarves out in stores these day!
Sisters and Brothers, please answer my question and Inshaallah may Allah reward you for it
mashallah sister for takeing that great step in wearing a scarf, may allah bless you...and regarding your question, i think this answer can benifit inshallah.
Do Muslim women have to wear hijaab in front of kaafir women?
I have heard that a kaffir woman id forbidden to look at a muslim woman withpu her hijab. Is this applicable to my mother-inlaw who is an unbeliever
Praise be to Allaah.
The scholars differed concerning the ruling on whether Muslim women can take off their hijaab in front of non-Muslim women, because they differed in their interpretation of the aayah in Soorat al-Noor (interpretation of the meaning):
“… and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands… or their women…” [al-Noor 24:31].
There are three views concerning the Tafseer of this phrase:
That it means Muslim women;
That it means all women, Muslim and non-Muslim;
That it means Muslim women preferably but this is not binding.
The more correct view – and Allaah knows best – is that it is permissible for a Muslim woman to appear (without hijaab) in front of a kaafir woman, unless she fears that the woman may describe her to her husband or to any other stranger (non-mahram man). In that case she has to keep her hijaab on in front of that woman. There is no difference between a kaafir woman and a corrupt Muslim woman in this case.
Among the evidence (daleel) that it is permissible to take off hijaab in front of a kaafir woman is the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) in which she mentions that a Jewish woman came in to see her and said, “May Allaah protect you from the torment of the grave…” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1007; Muslim, 584).
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“It is not obligatory to wear hijaab in front of them – non-Muslim women – because they are like all other women according to the more correct of the two scholarly views.”
(Fataawaa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 2/582).
What the Muslim woman can uncover in front of a kaafir woman is the same as what she can uncover in front of her mahrams, i.e., the places of adornment or the places of wudoo’.
Shaykh Muhammad Saalih ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: “In front of her mahrams she can uncover her face, head, neck, hands, forearms, feet and calves, and she should cover everything else.”
(Fataawaa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 1/417).
And Allaah knows best.
Fataawaa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 1/417
