Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville

What is the ruling of eating without a topee and a female without a scarf?

Published as Eating Without The Head Being Covered

· 19 Rabiʻ I 1443 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

What is the ruling of eating without a topee and a female without a scarf?

Answer

To eat bare headed is Khilafe Awla (undesirable), and it is proven from a Hadith. A Sahabi narrated that he ate with Rasulullah H and he saw a white Topee placed on the center of His blessed head.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

اكلت مع رسول الله H و رايت عليه قلنسوة بيضاء في وسط راسه ) رواه ابن السكن في المعرفة عن محمد بن سلام عن الحسن، ذكره الشامي في سبل المدي ٧/٢٨٤ و نقله الحافظ في الاصابة ٥/٢٠٧ و سكت عنه

وَلَا بَأْسَ بِالْأَكْلِ مُتَّكِئًا أَوْ مَكْشُوفَ الرَّأْسِ فِي الْمُخْتَارِ) رد المحتار على الدر المختار-ج ٦ ص ٣٤٠ – دار الفكر-بيروت

في رد المحتار فكلمة لا باس وان كان الغالب استعمالها فيما تركه اولي )شامي -ج ١ ص ١١٩ – سعيد

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