dead man walking
20-12-2006, 11:13 AM
asalam alaykum wr wb
this is my first post- please be kind :cheesygri
i have several questions to ask today and they are mainly on madhabs.
Basicially someone asked me on importance of madhab and then asked me on issue of niqab.
Imaam Shaafi, Maalik and Hanbal hold the view that niqaab (covering the face and the hands completely with only a small area for the eyes to see) as being compulsory (fard). Imaam Abu Hanifa says that niqaab is Wajib and the face and hands can be exposed provided that there is not fear of desire if one looks at the female face, otherwise if there is the slightest chance of desire developing in the looker (the meaning of desire is that the looker would see the female face and think that she is beautiful, sexual thought is not what is meant) then exposing the face and hands is Haraam. (This is from the fatwaa issued by Mufti Anwar Ali Adam Al Mazahiri on 13/9/99. He derived the opinions of the 4 Imaams from these sources Tafseer Ibn Katheer, Tafseer Ma'rifatul Qur'aan, Durre Muhtaar, Fatawa Shami, Al Mabsoot, Fathul Qadeer. And the opinion of Imaam Abu hanifah is a directly derived from his statements in the Famous book of hanafi Fiqh Fatwaa Shami)
Not alot of women in west follow this practice, so is it safe to say on some situations you dont have to follow madhabs ruling- i understand that some rulings were given to that exact time and place, so is hijab still sufficient (minimum)?
(this question is purely on niqab according to madhabs- [hanafi])- not a general ruling on niqab
this is my first post- please be kind :cheesygri
i have several questions to ask today and they are mainly on madhabs.
Basicially someone asked me on importance of madhab and then asked me on issue of niqab.
Imaam Shaafi, Maalik and Hanbal hold the view that niqaab (covering the face and the hands completely with only a small area for the eyes to see) as being compulsory (fard). Imaam Abu Hanifa says that niqaab is Wajib and the face and hands can be exposed provided that there is not fear of desire if one looks at the female face, otherwise if there is the slightest chance of desire developing in the looker (the meaning of desire is that the looker would see the female face and think that she is beautiful, sexual thought is not what is meant) then exposing the face and hands is Haraam. (This is from the fatwaa issued by Mufti Anwar Ali Adam Al Mazahiri on 13/9/99. He derived the opinions of the 4 Imaams from these sources Tafseer Ibn Katheer, Tafseer Ma'rifatul Qur'aan, Durre Muhtaar, Fatawa Shami, Al Mabsoot, Fathul Qadeer. And the opinion of Imaam Abu hanifah is a directly derived from his statements in the Famous book of hanafi Fiqh Fatwaa Shami)
Not alot of women in west follow this practice, so is it safe to say on some situations you dont have to follow madhabs ruling- i understand that some rulings were given to that exact time and place, so is hijab still sufficient (minimum)?
(this question is purely on niqab according to madhabs- [hanafi])- not a general ruling on niqab