Reference: Jilbāb al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah by al-Albānī (p. 37)
By examining the āyāt of the Qur’ān, the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, and the narrations from the Salaf on this important subject, it becomes clear to us that when a woman leaves her home, it is obligatory for her to cover her entire body and not show anything of her adornment except her face [1] and hands – if she wishes.
[This is permitted with] any type or style of clothing, provided it fulfills the following conditions:
- It must cover the entire body except what has been exempted.
- It must not be an adornment in and of itself.
- It must be thick and not transparent.
- It must be loose and not tight.
- It must not be perfumed with fragrance.
- It must not resemble men’s clothing.
- It must not resemble the clothing of disbelieving women.
- It must not be clothing of fame and vanity.
Some of these conditions are absolutely prohibited for her whether inside her home or outside it, such as the last three conditions.
However, since the subject under discussion is her clothing when she leaves the house, our words have been limited to that, so no one should misunderstand it as being exclusive.
Footnotes
[1] The view of Shaykh al-Albani regarding the niqāb (the covering of the face) is that it is encouraged and not obligatory, unless it is a place of fitnah, in which case covering the face is obligatory. His view was in opposition to many other contemporary scholars who deem covering the face to be obligatory whenever a woman leaves her house or is in front of non-Mahram men. This was the view of Shaykh Ibn Baz, Ibn Uthaymin, al-Fawzan amongst many other contemporary scholars. However, the scope of this article is not to discuss the ruling of covering the face, nor the views of the madhhabs and their related proofs. [TN]
شروط الجلباب الشرعي للمرأة
المرجع: جلباب المرأة المسلمة ص٣٧
إن تتبُّعنا الآيات القرآنية والسنة المحمدية والآثار السلفية في هذا الموضوع الهام قد بيَّن لنا أن المرأة إذا خرجت من دارها وجب عليها أن تستر جميع بدنها وأن لا تُظهر شيئًا من زينتها حاشا وجهها وكفيها – إن شاءت – بأي نوع أو زي من اللباس ما وجدت فيه الشروط الآتية:
شروط الجلباب:
استيعاب جميع البدن إلا ما استثني.
أن لا يكون زينة في نفسه.
أن يكون صفيقًا لا يشف.
أن يكون فضفاضًا غير ضيق.
أن لا يكون مُبخَّرًا مطيبا.
أن لا يشبه لباس الرجل.
أن لا يشبه لباس الكافرات.
أن لا يكون لباس شهرة.
وبعضها يحرم عليها مطلقًا سواء كانت في دارها أو خارجها كالشروط الثلاثة الأخيرة، ولكن لما كان موضوع البحث إنما هو في لباسها إذا خرجت انحصر كلامنا فيه فلا يُتوهمنّ منه التخصيص.
