# Is it wrong for a hijabi YouTuber to take off her hijab? *Amena Khan (Pearl Daisy) removes her hijab: her choice, and whether hijab is obligatory* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qdiqiwiz1my/s/1/ - Date: 2020-07-02 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Amena Khan (Pearl Daisy) Removes Hijab | Mufti Abu Layth (0:01–2:37) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdIQiwiz1mY&t=1s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qdiqiwiz1my/ **Topics:** Hijab and niqab; Current events commentary; Social media **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Removing the hijab is her own choice and her own business, Mufti Abu Layth says; he adds that some scholars hold hijab is not obligatory and that he finds their argument stronger. ## Longer summary In what he calls the masala segment, Mufti Abu Layth introduces Amena Khan, known as Pearl Daisy, a hijabi YouTuber who has removed her hijab, and plays a clip in which she says people have the right to choose what they do with their bodies, that she is a massive believer in female autonomy, that others' decisions should not affect what you do, and that she has said from day one that she is not a religious figure. Mufti says that removing the hijab is her own business and her choice, and that there is in any case a difference of opinion on whether hijab is obligatory at all: several scholars hold that it is not, he sees more strength in their argument than in the other, and he points to his detailed YouTube video on the verses of Surah al-Nur. He says that what he supports is not her as such but her right to decide. ## Sources and names cited - Amena Khan (Pearl Daisy) - hijab ## Transcript (machine tier, 0:01–2:37) [0:00] I bring to you a hijab a youtuber people the masala segment the masala segment the masala segment okay so people going down so I bring to you people let me introduce pearl Daisy I think unless I've got it the wrong way around unless it's Daisy pearl is it basically I think it's pearl Daisy but are meenahan right the hijabi youtuber who removed [0:35] her hijab so so she took it off people she dis he jumped and here she is in a premium have a right to choose what they do with like we have a choice with what we do with our bodies and that choice is entirely 100% ours I'm a massive believer in female autonomy especially where it comes to our bodies and the way that we live our lives so you know don't just stick to your guns and don't let anybody else's decisions affect what you [1:13] do look I'm not a religious figure I've said that from day one it's a yeah Ethel problem hey mama problem yeah yeah you see this is the nice you know this on [Music] you see what is the problem there first of all I want to say look about Daisy pearl removing her hijab I think look that's her own business you [1:51] know that's not a problem that's her and it's her life she wants to wear a hijab she wants to take off the hijab she wants to do whatever she wants to do it's her life it's her choice and yep I agree that you know there's that difference of opinion anyway that hijab is not even obligatory it's what an obligation is is more he has several a certain orlimar feel and I see more strength in their argument than I do in the other and I've got a detail video on that on youtube if you want to watch it about surah noor the verses in surah noor and hey job now you see coming back to this our meenahan [2:30] removing the hijab i support but it's not that I support her but I support that fine nothing to me she is a human being who has the right to do whatever the hell she wants if she wants to come back with glow-in-the-dark green Punk hairstyle tomorrow it's her life she can do it that's absolutely fine but there is a problem some mercy I had belief a bit ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment qdIQiwiz1mY/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qdiqiwiz1my/s/1/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.