Instructing one's wife to remove her niqaab
Question
I got married to a girl who wears niqab which I don't prefer, but before marriage I requested her to remove the niqab and she agreed to it and we got married. Now my questions are:
1. Is it a sin to remove the niqab?
2. Did we both commit sin?
3. Is it mandatory to wear niqab?
I personally do not prefer niqab because I am from Sri Lanka which is not a Muslim country, and I currently live in Qatar.
Answer
1 - 2. Yes, and by you instructing her your sin is compounded.
3. Yes.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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