Is a wife considered sinful if she uncovers her face due to harassment, knowing that she used to wear the niqab and married a man who is not religious?
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The obligation for a Muslim woman to cover her face is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the people of knowledge, and ruling the questioner sinful for uncovering her face is a branch of this ruling.
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