Is it true that the founders of the four madhhabs agreed or disagreed on the non-obligation of covering a woman's face, and how can this view be reconciled with the legitimate proofs that indicate the obligation of covering, such as His —the Almighty— saying: {they should draw over themselves some of their outer garments} and {and when you ask [his women] for something, ask them from behind a partition}, and hadiths like Aisha’s hadith about lowering the jilbab over the face and Asma bint Abi Bakr’s hadith about covering faces from men?

The statement that the four imams (Abu Hanifa, Malik, Shafi'i, and Ahmad) unanimously agreed that covering a woman's face is not obligatory is incorrect. The madhhab of Imam Ahmad, and the correct opinion within the madhhab of Imam al-Shafi'i, is that covering a woman's face is obligatory. The jurists of the four madhahib agree on the obligation of covering a woman's face when there is a fear of fitna (temptation/strife) and the corruption of the times. Those who permit uncovering the face interpret the word "يدنين" (yudneen - to draw near) to mean that a woman should draw her jilbab close to her face but not strike it with it, and that she should tighten the jilbab over her forehead, not over her face. The meaning of hijab in the second verse is understood as a woman remaining secluded in her home when addressing non-mahram men. As for the narrations from Aisha and Asma, may Allah be pleased with them, they indicate permissibility, not obligation.