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Can she wipe over her headscarf during wudu?
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The scholars differed concerning the ruling on a woman wiping over her head cover; there are three views:
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The majority – which was also narrated from Ahmad – are of the view that it is not permissible for her to wipe over it only, and they ruled that if she does that, her wudoo’ is invalid, unless the head cover is thin and the water can penetrate it.
In al-Mudawwanah (1/124) it says:
Maalik said concerning a woman wiping over her head cover: She had to repeat her wudoo’ and her prayer. End quote.
We should point out here that ash-Shaafa‘i (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the permissibility of wiping over the head cover depends on whether the report that mentions it is saheeh. There are some saheeh reports concerning that, such as the hadeeth of Bilaal in Saheeh Muslim (275), according to which the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) wiped over his khuffayn (leather socks) and head cover. So ash-Shaafa‘i (may Allah have mercy on him) should be included among those who allow wiping over the head covers of both men and women.
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The Hanbalis, according to the other report from their imam, are of the view that it is permissible to wipe (over the head cover) and the wudoo’ is valid. This is also the view of Ibn Hazm, who said:
Anything that is worn on the head, such as a head cover, cap, helmet and chain-mail, and so on, it is permissible to wipe over it, and women and men are the same in that regard, whether there is a reason to do so or not.
Al-Muhallah (1/303).
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A third group are of the view that a distinction should be made between that which is difficult to remove and that which is easy. In the first case they regard it as permissible to wipe over it, but not in the second case. This is the view of Ibn Taymiyah and, among contemporary scholars, Shaykh al-‘Uthaymeen.
