Is the niqab considered to be among the things about which the Lawgiver remained silent, as stated in the hadith: "What Allah has made lawful is lawful, and what He has forbidden is unlawful, and what He has remained silent about is pardonable, so accept Allah's grace"? And is it, therefore, not obligatory?
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The , "What Allah has made lawful is , and what He has made unlawful is , and what He has remained silent about is pardoned," has been declared (good) by some scholars and da'if (weak) by others. Covering the face does not fall under what Allah has remained silent about; rather, it has been enjoined in the Qur'an and , and thus uncovering it has become unlawful.
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