Editing Burqa (section)

===Classical jurisprudence===

When veiling was discussed in early [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]] beyond the context of [[Salah|prayer]], it was generally considered an "issue of social status and physical safety". Later, during the medieval era, Islamic jurists began to devote more attention to the notion of {{transliteration|ar|[[Intimate parts in Islam|awra]]}} (intimate parts) and the question of whether women should cover their faces.<ref name=bucar54>{{Cite book|first=Elizabeth|last=Bucar| year=2013 | title=The Islamic Veil: A Beginner's Guide |publisher=[[Oneworld Publications]] (Kindle edition)|pages=54–55}}</ref> The majority opinion which emerged during that time, predominant among [[Maliki]] and [[Hanafi]] jurists, held that women should cover everything except their faces in public. In contrast, most medieval [[Hanbali]] and [[Shafi'i]] (two of the four islamic madhabs) jurists counted a woman's face among the {{transliteration|ar|awra}} (parts that shouldn't be shown), concluding that it should be veiled, except for the eyes.<ref name=siddiqui/><ref name=bucar54/> The Hanbali jurist [[Ibn Taymiyyah]] (d. 1328 CE) was an influential proponent of the latter view, while the Hanafi scholar [[Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani]] (d. 1197 CE) stressed that it was particularly important for a woman to leave her face and hands uncovered during everyday business dealing with men. There was a difference of opinion on this question within the legal schools.<ref name=bucar54/> Thus, [[Yusuf al-Qaradawi]] quotes Shafi'i and Hanbali jurists stating that covering the face is not obligatory.<ref name=qaradawi/>

In the [[Ja'fari|Shi'a Ja'fari]] school of {{transliteration|ar|fiqh}}, covering the face is not obligatory.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.al-islam.org/modestdress/ |title= The Islamic Modest Dress |date= 7 March 2008 |publisher = Mutahhari |access-date = 2 June 2008 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615234312/http://www.al-islam.org/modestdress/ |archive-date = 15 June 2008}}</ref>