Can one remove the hijab if it causes insecurity? | Mufti Abu Layth

muftis hukm ahkam hukum hukam ahkaam wajib waajib wajibat fard farz faraid fard ayn fard kifayah fardh sunna sunnat sunan prophetic practice jahannam jahanam jahannum koran quraan al-quran hijaab hejab hijabi alhamdulilah al-hamdu lillah alhumdulillah alhamdulillaah hamdulillah

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mufti should i take my hijab off i feel insecure with or without i feel insecure with or without you see mariam the first her name is miriam the first this one trying to sting operation you know this one not nice my friend so you see you know the hijab is a very personal choice okay if people want to wear the hijab

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they should discuss it i mean they should wear it if they don't want to wear it i don't feel it's an obligation i feel modesty is the obligation you know i will be having on this coming friday uh bushra who was on the what's the bloody hell oh oh my god see this is where i'm having that moment i can't remember what he called the what's that the apprentice she was on the apprentice and she also ran the experiment

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the the nikab experiment she ran that as well so i'll be and she's an entrepreneur so i'll be having her on uh friday and we'll discuss things like this nikab hijab now she's is perceptibly is from her facebook pro or social media profile doesn't wear hijab so be interesting to discuss that what her findings were what her thoughts are i mean i don't believe that the head covering is uh mandatory anyway i believe that it is um you know if somebody wants to do it that's good alhamdulillah if it makes if it helps them if i recognize it's part of the

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muslim culture and many people feel it's obligatory i've i recognize that but i don't feel that from the quran alone you can establish its obligation and you know if something is so important how can it be that the quran was sunnah weren't clear on it i just to me that's a you know it gets stuck there

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, October 2). Can one remove the hijab if it causes insecurity? | Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cfpzwysamf0/

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@misc{abulayth-cfpZwYsAMf0,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Can one remove the hijab if it causes insecurity? | Mufti Abu Layth}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {10},
  date = {2020-10-02},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/cfpzwysamf0/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}