her hands from view without wearing gloves, by draping a piece of cloth over them; for the face and the hands are ʿawrah and must be concealed from men, whether one is in ihram or otherwise.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: “As for the woman, all of her is ʿawrah; therefore it is permissible for her to wear whatever garments cover her and to ride beneath a canopy. The Prophet ﷺ, however, forbade her to wear the niqab or to put on gloves—gloves being a covering manufactured for the hands. If a woman veils her face with something that does not touch it, this is unanimously allowed; and even if it does touch, the sound view is that it is still allowed. She is not obliged to hold her veil away from her face with a stick, her hand, or anything else, for the Prophet ﷺ treated her face and her hands alike, and both carry the same ruling as a man’s body, not his head. His wives ﷺ used to let their garments hang over their faces without taking pains to keep them away, and no scholar has reported from the Prophet ﷺ the statement, ‘A woman’s ihram is in her face.’ That remark is merely the opinion of some of the early generations.” End quote.

Al-ʿAllāmah Ibn al-Qayyim said in Tahdhīb al-Sunan (2/350): “There is not a single word from the Prophet ﷺ requiring a woman in ihram to uncover her face, apart from the prohibition of the niqab…” He then said: “It has been authentically reported that Asmāʾ used to cover her face while in ihram, and ʿĀʾishah said, ‘Riders would pass by us while we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a state of ihram; when they drew level…’”