10. HIJAB IN ISLAM

10. Hijab in Islam ~ 226 ~ 184. Ibid., p. 7 185. Ibid., p. 13. 186. Qur’an, 24:31. 187. Qur’an, 33:59. The author interprets the wording of 33:59, “to cover their adornments except such as are normally displayed,” to mean that the hands and face are exempt from covering. He draws his argument in support of this from the Hadith. After studying many ahadith in connection with the verse from surah 33 of the Qur’an, he writes: “It is clear from the instances drawn from the Qur’an and the Hadith that, although it accords with the shari’ah and it is preferable for a woman to cover her face, it is not compulsory for her to do so. It would be better if women followed this practice, but there is no harm if they do not.”188 The second rule of hijab, according to Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani’s research, is that hijab in itself should not be a source of attraction. It should not become a display of finery referred to