Izhar al-Haqq wa al-Sawab fi Hukm al-Hijab
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- 1440 AH
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Izhar al-Haqq wa al-Sawab fi Hukm al-Hijab (Clarifying the Truth and Rightness Regarding the Ruling on the Hijab) is an Islamic legal treatise authored by Saeed bin Wahf al-Qahtani (d. 1440 AH / 2018 CE), examining the rulings governing the veil, unveiling, immodesty, seclusion, travel without a mahram, and gender mixing in light of the Quran, the Sunnah, and ancestral traditions .
Background and Composition
The book represents the 92nd entry in Saeed bin Wahf al-Qahtani's collected series of works . The author completed writing the treatise on the afternoon of Sunday, 9 Sha'ban 1432 AH (10 July 2011 CE) .
The work received an introductory commendation (taqdim) from Salih bin Fawzan al-Fawzan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars and the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta, dated 6 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1432 AH (4 October 2011 CE), who endorsed the treatise for its coverage of issues related to safeguarding women against Westernized calls .
Structure and Contents
The author divided the treatise into eight thematic sections (mabahith):
- The Hijab (al-Hijab)
- Display of adornment (al-Tabarruj)
- Unveiling (al-Sufoor)
- Seclusion with a non-mahram woman (al-Khalwah bi-al-mar'ah)
- Women's travel without a mahram (Safar al-mar'ah bidun mahram)
- Specious arguments of advocates of unveiling and their refutation (Shubah du'at al-sufoor wa-al-radd 'alayha)
- Verified authoritative legal rulings on the veil and unveiling (al-Fatawa al-muhaqqaqah al-mu'tamadah fi al-hijab wa-al-sufoor)
- Gender mixing (al-Ikhtilat)
Related Publications
The author subsequently extracted the eighth section on gender mixing and published it as an independent standalone tract titled Al-Ikhtilat bayna al-Rijal wa-al-Nisa' (Gender Mixing Between Men and Women) to facilitate broader dissemination and ease of reading .
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