tailored exactly to the shape of the limb, and she has no need of it… He then mentioned that she should cover her face with something other than these items in the presence of men… until he concluded:

‘Once it becomes clear that men’s dress must be distinct from women’s dress—so that each sex is recognisably different—and that women’s clothing must ensure the degree of concealment and seclusion that fulfils this purpose, the underlying principle of this whole discussion becomes evident. It also becomes clear that when a garment is predominantly worn by men, a woman is forbidden to wear it…’ He then said: ‘When lack of coverage and imitation come together in a single garment, it is prohibited on both counts. Allah knows best.’ End of quotation.⦗1⦘

5 – Her clothing must not contain adornment that attracts attention when she goes out of the house, lest she be counted among the women who flaunt their finery.

Secondly: the veil—its meaning, evidences, and benefits

Hijab means that a woman covers her body from men who are not her maḥrams, as the Exalted said: ‘…and let them not expose their adornment except what [necessarily] appears thereof; and let them draw their head-coverings over their bosoms and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands’ fathers, or their sons, or their husbands’ sons, or their brothers…’ (al-Nur 31).⦗2⦗ He, Most High, also said: ‘And when you ask them for any article, then ask them from behind a screen…’ (al-Ahzab 53).