Is it permissible to remain at home, content with memorizing the Qur'an and learning the rules of recitation from the local radio, or is this considered a sin for abandoning the pursuit of knowledge at the Qur'anic school where niqab is prohibited and the teachers are men, and is it permissible to remove the niqab inside the school for the purpose of seeking knowledge?
The niqab (face veil) is obligatory according to the preponderant opinion. It is not permissible to remove it for study in the aforementioned school due to the presence of men there, and because the knowledge being studied is not an individual obligation (fard ayn). The questioner can seek knowledge through available alternatives, such as audio recordings.
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