From what age should we encourage our daughters to wear hijaab?

MashaAllah we applaud you to be caring parents, concerned for the child's well being. Islam is a beautiful "way" of life. Imaan is a great bounty to the believer. Hence being a way of life a parent's beautiful example is more effective than merely lecturing, placing rules and enforcing the requirements of deen.

By this we don't only mean wearing Hijaab but an exemplery beautiful character in Hijaab. A wonderful kind loving mother fiqure plus father fiqure who becomes a friend and confidant of her offsprings that her/his example and advices will be become desirous to the child. Such a child will even in play and want to emulate her mother's hijaab when she leaves the household (or follow the father's desires of hijaab for her) is evident in many children we see. Encouragenment and showing pleasure is an affirmation to the child and becomes a natural attire when it becomes incumbet upon her (In other words she will need a beautiful role model in her life). In this way we have observed Allhumdulliah many young girls in our environmnent adopting Hijaab including the veil even before adopting turning of age that is becoming baalig. May Allah Ta'ala accept these youth and your efforts and your child too. Hence instill the beauty of Hijaab from an early age, Insha Allah when it is farz on her she w'ont find it a difficulty or rebel.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

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CHECKED & APPROVED: Mufti Ebrahim Desai