Does the wife refuse to wear the niqab or the khimar despite wearing the loose, non-transparent, sharia-compliant hijab?
Covering the face and hands for a woman is obligatory, according to the more correct of the scholars' opinions. This becomes even more emphasized if her husband commands her to do so, because obedience to him is binding in what is good and permissible.
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