young women, for they are the awātiq. Keep this firmly in mind, for the day may come when those very authors rush to repudiate what they have already admitted once they see the supporters of the Sunnah putting it into practice—driven by nothing but envy and rancor within themselves.

Now, although we encourage women to attend the congregation of Muslims in obedience to the command of the Master of the Messengers ﷺ, we must also remind them—and those responsible for them—that they are obliged to observe the lawful ḥijāb. They may reveal nothing of their bodies except the face and hands, as I have detailed in my book The Muslim Woman’s Ḥijāb in the Qur’an and Sunnah. Allah the Exalted says: “O Prophet, tell your wives, your daughters, and the women of the believers to draw their outer garments closely around them; that is more likely that they will be recognized and not harassed. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (Surah al-Aḥzāb, 59)

We have also stated there that, even so, it is preferable for them to cover the face and hands as well—contrary to what some writers, who have no fear of the Lord of all worlds, have attributed to me.

If anyone is surprised to hear that it is lawful for women to go out to the musallā for the two ‘Eid prayers, let him be certain that this is the truth.