Fatwa ID: 06354

Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque

Question:

How does a woman pray Salah with Niqab during Ihram or does she just give Sadaqah for each Salah?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Women should not cover their faces in Ihraam in such a way that the cloth touches their face (Al Muhit Al Burhani, Vol 3, Pg 430)⁽¹⁾

When praying Salah in the state of Ihraam, a woman can remove her Niqaab and pray without it if she is in such a position that men will not see her face. If she cannot remove her Niqab due to a reasonable chance of men seeing her face, she may pray with her face covered. In such a situation, she should give Sadaqah once for it. She will not need to give Sadaqah for every prayer, as it is a need unless the cloth touches her face for longer than the need (i.e., outside of Salah, in this case) (Fatawa Hindiyyah, Vol 1, Pg 267-268)⁽²⁾

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و المحرمة لا تغطي وجهها ، و إن فعلت ذلك إن كانت يوما إلي لليل فعليها دم ، و إن كان أقل من ذلك فعليها صدقة

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وَلَوْ اُضْطُرَّ الْمُحْرِمُ إلَى لُبْسِ ثَوْبٍ فَلَبِسَ ثَوْبَيْنِ فَإِنْ لَبِسَهُمَا عَلَى مَوْضِعِ الضَّرُورَةِ فَعَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وَهِيَ كَفَّارَةُ الضَّرُورَةِ بِأَنْ اُضْطُرَّ إلَى قَمِيصٍ وَاحِدٍ فَلَبِسَ قَمِيصَيْنِ أَوْ قَمِيصًا وَجُبَّةً أَوْ اُضْطُرَّ إلَى الْقَلَنْسُوَةِ فَلَبِسَ قَلَنْسُوَةً وَعِمَامَةً، وَإِنْ لَبِسَهُمَا عَلَى مَوْضِعِ الضَّرُورَةِ وَغَيْرِهِ كَمَا إذَا اُضْطُرَّ إلَى لُبْسِ الْعِمَامَةِ أَوْ الْقَلَنْسُوَةِ فَلَبِسَهُمَا مَعَ الْقَمِيصِ أَوْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَتَانِ كَفَّارَةُ الضَّرُورَةِ وَكَفَّارَةُ الِاخْتِيَارِوَلَوْ لَبِسَ ثَوْبًا لِلضَّرُورَةِ ثُمَّ زَالَتْ الضَّرُورَةُ فَدَاوَمَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَوْمًا أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ فَمَا دَامَ فِي شَكٍّ مِنْ زَوَالِ الضَّرُورَةِ لَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ إلَّا كَفَّارَةُ الضَّرُورَةِ، وَإِنْ تَيَقَّنَ بِزَوَالِ الضَّرُورَةِ فَعَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَتَانِ كَفَّارَةُ ضَرُورَةٍ وَكَفَّارَةُ اخْتِيَارٍ هَكَذَا فِي الْبَدَائِعِ وَالْأَصْلُ فِي جِنْسِ هَذِهِ الْمَسَائِلِ أَنْ الزِّيَادَةَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الضَّرُورَةِ لَا تُعْتَبَرُ جِنَايَةً مُبْتَدَأَةً بَلْ يُجْعَلُ الْكُلُّ لِلضَّرُورَةِ وَالزِّيَادَةُ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِ الضَّرُورَةِ تُعْتَبَرُ جِنَايَةً مُبْتَدَأَةً كَذَا فِي الْمُحِيطِ وَالذَّخِيرَةِ

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Alimah Zakiratul Hoque

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham