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Is it permissible for someone for whom the evidence or scholarly opinions regarding the ruling on the niqab are equally balanced, to adopt the easier opinion, which is that it is not obligatory, due to its prevalence in her country?

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There is no blame upon one who has not ascertained the prevalence of the opinion that covering the face and palms is obligatory, if she imitates the opinion that permits their uncovering.

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