What is the ruling on tucking the hijab into the collar of a medical lab coat, and not letting it hang outside, so that the coat is over the shoulders, and is similar in its condition to a shoulder abaya, due to the possibility of burning and the danger of chemical materials, knowing that the rest of the clothing is loose and wide, and does not define the body's details?
When a woman needs to enter a laboratory, she can wear a loose, wide coat that does not reveal the body, and a khimar that covers the head and chest instead of a long khimar. This way, she achieves both the benefit of concealment (satr) and the benefit of participating in experiments.
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