The following are the Niqab definition by BBC
Niqab is the term used to refer to the piece of cloth which covers the face and women who wear it usually cover their hands also. It is worn by many Muslim women across Saudi Arabia and the Indian sub continent and is worn by many women in the West.
Based on the introduction from BBC, Niqab is not obligatory.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/beliefs/niqab_1.shtml
Here is a list of FAQ about Niqab and Niqabi.
http://members.tripod.com/niqab/WEBDOC3.htm
Posted byWebmaster on Friday, June 01 @ 09:00:39 AST
Contributed by umamr
I was converted ten years ago. alhamdlilallah I am doing fine. I have been wearing hijab, head covering, since then.. But recently, I started to confuse about hijab. Confusion is .. so called niqab. I searched lots of opinions about niqab. I found two kinds of opinion....
Hijab is just for head covering and hijab is including niqab. Should muslim women cover the face also? Some people tells covering the face is strange behavior in the US ,and covering face will effect for Dawah in the US.
I am really confused. I sometimes feels the necessity of covering face, but sometimes I feel covering the face is too much impact to the general public in the US.
If someone can give me the opinion what I am confused. I appreciate... thanks
The above post was extracted from Sistem Area
Umamr is confused whether to continue wearing niqab or not. A lot of warm hearted sisters give her very good advises.
This club was created for sisters who view niqaab as an obligatory part of proper hijab, and who follow the Qur'an and Sunnah. If you are the supporter of niqab, you can click here to Join the club.
My Niqab blog was previously hosted at http://niqab.wordpress.com. You still can visit the blog to see my previous post. I will slowly move all the post to this blog.
