Continued.. The Disadvantages Of Not Covering Your Face

Unveiling has a number of disadvantages. Some of them are as follows:
1. It is a violation of the Quran and Hadith;
2. It shows woman’s weakness in belief;
3. It is a cause of temptation for men and women;
4. It strips off her modesty that is an integral part of Faith;
5. It subjects her to adultery and sexual harassment (especially now in Egypt with the vaginal kit, adultery has become so easy. Had all the women been veiled, the government would not have so much difficulty in trying to outlaw this kit);
6. It hurts her dignity and feelings and it stains her chastity;
7. It prompts woman to take part in commercial advertisements and films as a showpiece and a source of enjoyment for the viewers.

CONCLUSION

From the aforementioned it is clear, that not only is the veiling of the face established in Islam, it is also based on concrete evidences. This has been the continuous practise of the past fourteen centuries. As the great scholar of Al-Azhar, Hafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani has said,

ولم تزل عادة النساء قديما وحديثا يسترن وجوههن عن الاجانب[102]

“It has continuously been the practice of women since time immemorial to cover their faces from strangers.”(Fath al-Bari 9/324)

Every woman should be given her human right of the freedom to practise upon her religion. We also request the Shaykh to retract his consent he gave to the French government of banning the Hijab.
Given the position of the Shaykh, he ought to be advocating and encouraging modesty. He is supposed to appreciate a girl wearing the veil in this modern day and age. Al-Azhar was once looked upon as an icon for Muslims. We cannot allow it now to stoop so low and become such an ardent promoter of compromise to serve the ideologies of some in the west.

The issue cannot be about whether there is a Shar’i basis of niqab or not. The above references and authorities clearly prove beyond doubt the Shar’i basis of niqab. No scholar can dispute this.... Mufti Ebrahim Desai Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah