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Chapter 1 Introductory Notes |
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Why we do not use `hijab' for this volume's title |
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1 | (6) |
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The objectives of the Islamic dress code for women |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (2) |
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Any requirements of style or colour? |
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11 | (2) |
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Conditions of the women's Islamic dress code (when meeting unrelated men) |
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13 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 The First Condition of Women's Clothing Features of Women's Dress Code in the Qur'an |
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14 | (33) |
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Feature 1 The Hijab applies to the Prophet's wives only |
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14 | (1) |
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Feature 2 Distinction between free and slave woman |
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15 | (8) |
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Distinctive attire for free women |
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23 | (1) |
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The cloak is for distinction |
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23 | (2) |
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Feature 3 The adornment women may show |
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25 | (10) |
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Feature 4 The order to cover women's necks and chests |
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35 | (1) |
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Feature 5 To whom may a woman reveal her hidden charms? |
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36 | (4) |
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Feature 6 Hiding leg adornments |
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40 | (4) |
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Feature 7 A concession for older women |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Women's Faces uncovered during the Prophet's Time |
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One Evidence from the Qur'an and its hadith explanation |
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47 | (6) |
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53 | (8) |
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Three Evidence provided by several texts |
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61 | (23) |
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Four Scholar's statements indicating face exposure |
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84 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Further evidence endorsing face uncovering |
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Foreword: The difficulty of citing evidence for the permissible |
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87 | (4) |
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Secondary Evidence 1 No clear statement in the Qur'an or the Sunnah requires covering the woman's face |
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91 | (2) |
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Secondary Evidence 2 Had covering the face truly been a duty, it would have been widely practised and become an aspect of religion that is essentially known to both the general public and society's elite |
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93 | (4) |
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Secondary Evidence 3 Leaving the woman's face uncovered is the normal practice in human life |
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97 | (1) |
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Secondary Evidence 4 Life needs require that women uncover their faces |
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98 | (10) |
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Secondary Evidence 5 Covering the woman's face causes hardship and uncovering it makes things easer |
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108 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Early Scholars' agreement in uncovering Women's faces |
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Scholars' statement on leaving women's faces uncovered |
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110 | (1) |
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110 | (8) |
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Two Scholars explain the views of Fiqh Schools |
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118 | (1) |
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Three Statements by some scholars |
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119 | (2) |
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Early scholars' agreement on the status of women's faces |
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121 | (14) |
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Scholars of later Generations agree on the permissibility of uncovering women's faces |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 The veil, prior to Islam and after it In Pre-Islamic Days |
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141 | (16) |
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143 | (4) |
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The Niqab in Islamic History |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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One Wearing the niqab and its import |
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148 | (1) |
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Two Discarding the niqab and its import |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (6) |
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Chapter 7 Other Conditions of women's attire and adornment |
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Condition 2: Moderate adornments of face, hands, feet and clothing |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (6) |
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The General evidence for the second condition |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (4) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (2) |
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A word of comment on adornments |
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170 | (1) |
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Frequently asked questions about women's adornments |
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171 | (6) |
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What scholars say about women' apparent adornment |
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177 | (4) |
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Condition 3 Clothing and adornments must be socially acceptable |
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181 | (2) |
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Condition 4 That in total, women's attire should be different from men's |
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183 | (3) |
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Condition 5 That in total, women's attire and adornments much be different from what is distinctive of unbelievers |
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