touch their faces. It is worth remembering here that the Ṣaḥābiyyāt رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُنَّ concealed their faces and observed veil strictly even in normal situations. This is why the blessed Ḥadīš declared prohibition from covering faces in the state of Iḥrām.

A Ḥadīš of Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī states that the Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘وَلَا تَنۡتَقِبِ الۡمَرۡأَةُ الۡمُحۡرِمَةُ وَلَا تَلۡبَسِ الۡقُفَّازَيۡنِ’ In the state of Iḥrām, a woman must neither cover her face nor wear gloves.

(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 1, pp. 607, Ḥadīš 1838)

2. Black shawls of Anṣārī Ṣaḥābiyyāt

Mother of the believers, Sayyidatunā Umm-e-Salamaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا narrated: When this blessed verse of the Glorious Quran was revealed:

یُدۡ نِیۡنَ   عَلَیۡہِنَّ   مِنۡ   جَلَا  بِیۡبِہِنَّ   ؕ

To cover their faces with a part of their headgear.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 22, Sūraĥ Al-Aḥzāb, verse 59)

So the women of the Anṣār covered themselves with black shawls whenever they exited their homes. From afar, it looked as though crows were sitting on their heads. (Sunan Abī Dāwūd, vol. 4, pp. 84, Ḥadīš 4101)

3. Tearing a garment and turning it into two scarves

Mother of the believers, Sayyidatunā ‘Āishaĥ Ṣiddīqaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا narrated: When this holy verse was revealed:

وَ  لۡیَضۡرِبۡنَ    بِخُمُـرِ   ہِنَّ   عَـلٰی   جُیُوۡ  بِہِنَّ   ۪

And to keep putting their head-coverings over their bosoms.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 18, Sūraĥ An-Nūr, verse 31)