Pseudo-fiqh taught by western imams, neo-Azharis etc:

"Hijab is a JoUrNeY culminating with a foulard covering one's hair, a caked-up face, a flirting smiling face for her boss (but never for her husband) and empowering a Muslim woman to enter the public social sphere".


Actual take of the four madhahib:

A woman should not emerge from her home unless it's necessary, and in those circumstances she should cover completely; niqab (I.e. leaving eyes uncovered) is not permissible - it doesn't cover enough!

Question (9): Women wear niqabs where only their eyes are visible. Is wearing a niqab in this manner permissible?

Answer (9): It is not permissible for women to wear a niqab in such a manner. According to the Hanafi school of thought, whether or not there is social safety, it is obligatory for beautiful and young women to completely cover their faces when going out to prevent potential fitna (temptation). Neglecting this makes them sinful. When the face is covered but the eyes remain exposed, it causes even greater fitna, as the eyes are more alluring. (The attire deemed obligatory by the Sheikh, as shown in the image, is called a "burqa." When going out, a woman must at least cover her face in this manner.)

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

Ignoramuses' claim:
"A woman covering her face is makruh in the Maliki madhhab"..

Reality:
For Malikis the karahah is in the "niqab" style, which is technically defined as covering the lower part of the face and leaving the eyes and eyebrows uncovered! And the karahah is because this is not the proper way for a woman to cover her face, which is instead achieved by completely covering her face by letting her veil fully hang down.

Basically, for Malikis "niqab" (as per the above technical definition) is makruh ...because it's not covering enough; the whole face has to be covered!

Yet, you'll see coffee Sîdîs and bay area "Malikis" totally misunderstand, butcher and twist this ruling to promote uncovering of the face.

Question (13): If a woman does not cook for her husband, clean the house, or wash her husband's clothes, does she commit a sin?

Answer (13): Yes, she commits a sin because serving her husband is obligatory for her.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

Question (15): A mu'min woman kisses her husband's hand every morning. Is it permissible for her to do this according to Sharia?

Answer (15): It is permissible. Does a woman like this still exist? (The Sheikh expresses amazement at the existence of this kind of woman, as finding one in this era is very rare)

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

I chuckled :)

مقدمة العلامة زاهد الكوثري على (التبصير في الدين وتمييز الفرقة الناجية عن الفرق الهالكين) للعلامة ابي المظفر الاسفرايني ، مقدمات الكوثري ، ص ١١٩ ، ط. دار السلام

"And being gentle with the people of deviation after their stubbornness has been established in the face of the well-established proof, and after their deceit and ignorance have clearly manifested as corruption: this is not the manner of the zealous 'Ulamā', who defend the sanctity of the dīn. History, in its pure form, has its own matter, and guarding the truth has its own separate matter."

Muqaddimah al-‘Allāmah Zāhid al-Kawtharī ‘alā (At-Tabsīr fī ad-Dīn wa Tamīz al-Firqa an-Nājiyah 'an al-Firāq al-Hālikīn) lil ʿAllāmah Abī al-Muẓaffar al-Asfarā’īnī, Muqaddimāt al-Kawtharī, p. 119, ed. Dār al-Salām.

Question (24): Is it permissible for a woman to go to cafes?

Answer (24): Our school’s imams do not permit women to go to a mosque, so think for yourself about cafes.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

May Allāh preserve the Shaykh! 😂

I have no words.

Not to get all conspiratorial here, but…

This kid is a clown.