Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat
Question:
How does a woman pray ṣalāh with niqāb during iḥrām or does she just give ṣadaqah for each ṣalāh?
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute.
While in iḥrām (the sacred state in pilgrimage), a woman is obligated to keep her face uncovered. Her prayers and devotional acts are valid without the niqāb (face veil).
“The woman in iḥrām is not to veil her face nor wear gloves.” – (Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī 1838)
“The iḥrām of women is in [uncovering] her face” – (Al Dār Al-Quṭnī 2761)When a woman covers her face in such a way that the veil touches the face, during iḥrām, a penalty is due upon her. If she covered her face for an entire day, then she is to arrange for a damm (animal to be slaughtered and its meat distributed to the poor). However, if she covered her face for less than a day, then she is to give charity 1.75 kilograms of wheat or its value in money to the poor. – (See: Ḥāshiyat Ḍiyā Al-Abṣār ‘Alā Mansak Al-Dur Al-Mukhtār, Page 207, Dār Al-Kutub Al-‘Ilmīyyah, Al-Jawhar Al-Nayyirah Sharḥ Mukhtaṣar Al-Qudūrī, Vol 1, Page 169)
وَلاَ تَنْتَقِبِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمُحْرِمَةُ وَلاَ تَلْبَسِ الْقُفَّازَيْنِ – رواه البخاري ١٨٣٨
عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِحْرَامُ الْمَرْأَةِ فِي وَجْهِهَا وَإِحْرَامُ الرَّجُلِ فِي رَأْسِهِ – رواه الدارقطني ٢٧٦١
المرأة اذا غطت وجهها بلا حائل يوما كاملا او ليلة فعليها دم والا فصدقة – حاشية ضياء الابصار على منسك الدر المختار ص٢٠٧ دار الكتب العلمية
وَلَيْسَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تَنْتَقِبَ وَتُغَطِّيَ وَجْهَهَا فَإِنْ فَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ يَوْمًا كَامِلًا فَعَلَيْهَا دَمٌ وَلَا بَأْسَ لِلْمُحْرِمِ أَنْ يَلْبَسَ الْخَاتَمَ وَكَذَا لِلْمُحْرِمَةِ وَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ تَلْبَسَ الْحَرِيرَ وَالْحُلِيَّ قَوْلُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ وَعَنْ أَبِي يُوسُفَ إذَا لَبِسَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ نِصْفِ يَوْمٍ فَعَلَيْهِ دَمٌ وَعِنْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ بِقَدْرِهِ إنْ لَبِسَ نِصْفَ يَوْمٍ فَعَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ شَاةٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ فَبِقَدْرِهِ مِنْ الدَّمِ – كتاب الجوهرة النيرة على مختصر القدوري ج١/ ص ١٦٩ المطبعة الخيرية
