By Asma bint Shameem
A LOT of women have this BASELESS *MISCONCEPTION* that NOTHING can TOUCH their FACE during ihraam.
This misconception is so common, not just among everyone but even the niqaabi sisters put a CAP on their head and then drape a piece of cloth over the cap in such a way that the cloth stays away from their face and does not touch it.
That’s because they think it is “forbidden” for anything to touch their face during ihraam.
But in reality, they go through all this trouble for NOTHING!
In order for anything in our Deen to be “allowed” or “not allowed”, we have to look at the Qur’aan and the authentic teachings/practice of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam.
But we find that there’s NO PROOF in the Sharee’ah that says that a woman cannot “touch” or “wipe” or “rub” her face while in ihraam.
There’s NO Aayah in the Qur’aan
There’s NOTHING in the authentic ahaadeeth to prevent that.
So if there’s nothing in these sources to prevent a woman from touching her face, why IMPOSE something that’s NOT proven and in the Sharee’ah?
Why make life difficult?
Proof:
Our Mother Aaishah radhi Allaahu anhaa said:
“The riders used to pass by us when we were with the Messenger of Allaah (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa sallam) in ihraam.
When they came alongside us we would lower our jilbaabs from our heads over our faces, and when they had passed by we would uncover them.”
(Abu Dawood--saheeh by al-Albaani)
This above hadeeth PROVES that if it was some UNACCEPTABLE thing for anything to touch the face, then WHY would Aaishah radhi Allaahu anhaa pull her Hijaab over her face to cover herself when other nonmahram men passed by?!
Surely such a pious, knowledgeable Sahaabiyah would have taken care of this ruling.
And the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam would have CORRECTED her, if she was wrong.
But he DIDN’T.
Shaikh Ibn Baaz said:
"Many women wear a headband under the veil to keep it away from the face. *This action has NO BASIS*." (Fataawa bin Baaz)
So What to Do?
GO AHEAD and WIPE your face if you need to.
TOUCH your face if you want to.
Scratch or rub it when you’re itchy.
Alhamdulillaah there’s NO restriction on you in this regard.
And Allaah knows best
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