10. HIJAB IN ISLAM

10. Hijab in Islam ~ 223 ~ After quoting this tradition the author quotes Ibn Hazm: Ibn ‘Abbas saw the hands of women in the presence of the Prophet. This proves that the face as well as the hands are not included in the parts of the body to be covered. Indeed all other parts except these have to be veiled.183 He further writes: My heart bleeds to see the way many women of today adorn themselves, crossing all limits of decency. But the remedy does not lie in declaring forbidden what Allah has permitted. 182. Islam and the Modern Age, Urdu Edition (New Delhi), January 1973. 183. Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Hijab al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah fil Kitab was-Sunnah (1914), p. 31. He goes on to say that it is clear from the Qur’an, the Hadith and the practice of the Companions and tabi’un (companions of the Prophet’s Companions)