while others held that it refers to kohl, rings, bracelets, the face, and similar items—opinions transmitted by Ibn Jarīr in his Tafsīr, 18/84, from a number of Companions and Successors. He then chose the view that what is excepted in the verse is the face and the two hands¹, and he said:
“The statement closest to the truth is that which says the verse intends the face and the hands. This, if accepted, would naturally include kohl, rings, bracelets, and henna. We declare this the soundest interpretation because everyone agrees that every worshipper must cover his private parts during prayer, that a woman may uncover her face and hands in prayer, and that she must cover the rest of her body—apart from what has been reported² from the Prophet ﷺ permitting her to expose up to half of her forearm. Since there is unanimous agreement on this, it is therefore clear that she may show any part of her body that is not ʿawrah, just as men may, for whatever is not ʿawrah is not forbidden to display. If she is allowed to display it, then it is obvious that it is among what Allah, exalted be He, excepted in His words: ‘except what ordinarily appears thereof’ (al-Nūr 31), because all of that is, by nature, visible.”