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Is it permissible to work as a nursing assistant in a hospital in Paris while adhering to the hijab, if the administration requires baring the forearms up to the elbows?

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It is not permissible for a woman to expose any part of her 'awrah for work, as there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.

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