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layout: post
title: "Ruling on wearing scarf that covers the head partially leaving some hair uncovered"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah, Fatwa no. 5007, Question1"
category: [fatwas,women]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 14, 1441
date: 2020/08/8
lang: en
note: true
group1: true
locale: en
lang: en
excerpt: "It is not sufficient to partially cover her head with a scarf, leaving some hair uncovered, in the presence of Ajanib."
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### Question: 

Is it permissible for a woman to cover her head with a scarf that covers the head partially leaving some hair uncovered?

### Answer: 

A woman's head as a whole including her hair is `Awrah (parts of the body that must be covered in public), which she must fully cover in the presence of Ajanib (men other than a husband or permanently unmarriageable male relatives). It is not sufficient to partially cover her head with a scarf, leaving some hair uncovered, in the presence of Ajanib.