and socks. The material of the gloves and socks should not be thin and should not reveal the colour of her skin. Wherever there is a chance of being seen by men, she should abstain from lifting her face-veil; such as on the stairs of her own or somebody else’s house, in the alley, neighbourhood etc. She should also abstain from raising the lower part of her Burqa’ and from allowing men to see her attractive and colourful clothes beneath.
Remember! Without a valid Islamic reason, a woman should not reveal any part of her body from her head to the soles of her feet – including her head-hair, arms, wrists, neck, stomach, shin etc. – to any non-Maḥram man (whom it is not permanently prohibited for her to marry). In fact, if the outfit is so thin and transparent that it reveals her skin colour or it is so tight that it reveals the shape of any of her body limbs or her head scarf is so thin that it reveals the blackness of her hair, then this is also unveiling.
My master A’lā Ḥaḍrat, Imām-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat, reviver of Sunnaĥ, eradicator of Bid’aĥ, scholar of Sharī’aĥ, guide of Ṭarīqaĥ, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Al-Ḥāj Al-Ḥāfiẓ Al-Qārī Ash-Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن said: Dressing in a manner which is common these days; i.e. wearing thin see-through clothes that reveal the skin colour or any part of the hair, neck, arms, wrists, stomach, or shins; is Ḥarām-e-Qaṭ’ī [strictly prohibited] in front of anyone excluding a woman’s specific Maḥārim, i.e. relatives whom she is never allowed to marry. (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ unreferenced, vol. 10, pp. 196; Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ referenced, vol. 22, pp. 217)
Question: Which men must Islamic sisters observe veil from?
Answers: It is necessary for a woman to observe veil from all non-Maḥram males who have reached puberty. Maḥram men are those