{"_id":"691f35e7b106200ad3235d46","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is niqāb wajib in the Shāfiʿī madhhab, and does the ruling depend on the presence or absence of fitnah?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it true that, according to the adopted position (muʿtamad) of the Shāfiʿī madhhab, niqāb is wajib? I also heard someone say that according to the Shāfiʿī school, if there is no fitnah, that removes the obligation. Is this accurate according to the muʿtamad?\\n\\nWhat exactly is the adopted position of the madhhab? Is niqab wajib regardless of whether fitnah is present or not?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"To answer your first question, please see: \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/q/676f0eedfe273d57f16f532d\"},\"insert\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/q/676f0eedfe273d57f16f532d\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nFor your second question: what you heard is not correct.\\n\\nSometimes within the same school, there are two adopted positions. This is rare but it does happen. On this matter, the position that I follow and my teachers in Yemen is the position of Ibn Hajar al-Haytami that niqab is not wajib.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fde0b76658b4c23277f","tag":"Women: Hijab","count":30},{"_id":"668d9fe10b76658b4c2327e8","tag":"Niqab","count":5}],"createdOn":"2025-11-20T15:38:15.175Z"}