How sound is the saying that the reason for the revelation of the verses of Hijab was to differentiate between slave women and free women in order to prevent harm to the latter, and therefore it is not obligatory in our present era due to the absence of its cause?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
This misconception has been addressed in the following fatwas, with numbers: 62672, 31349, 56972, 77104.
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