What is the ruling on saying: "Do not wear hijab if your hijab is like this" to women who consider hijab a mere formality and show the front of their hair?
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Your statement that covering part of the head is less severe than uncovering all of it is incorrect. Rather, women must be taught the correct description of the , which covers the entire head and hair, by agreement. It should also be unadorned and not attention-grabbing, because the purpose of the hijab is concealment. Let enjoining good and forbidding evil be done with wisdom and good admonition, and in a situation where there is no fear of temptation.
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