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Allahu musta'aan, how many times will I need to repeat myself, Allah has sent you to test my patience severely

I took up issue with calling the niqaab extreme and saying we shoudlnt defend our sisters right to wear it. The only difference of oppinion is whether its an obligation or "merely" a good thing. Eiether way its good and we should defend it inshAllah. To conside rit anything except mustahabb or waajib is to leave the oppinions of the salaf and would become an innovation, as noone from the salaf held it to be mubah, makruuh or haraam. There is ijma on it being a good thing, the only difference is on "how good".

Im not telling you to believe it is waajib but you must consider it "at least" mustahabb and should defend it.

Sister idil disagreed wth the reasoning of the sister in the blog and not to do with the niqaab itself. But i would suggets that although sister idil is married to a decent righteous and trustworthy man, that many in the west arent like this. There are now even dating websites taht you arent allowed to join unless you are married and its for arranging affairs between married couples. Many men would like to commit adultery with their recptionist, if they are even married in the first place as 50% of marriages end in divorce. So in society immodesty is rampant and a beautiful girl in niqaab wont be a fitnah for teh weak men in westenr society. Its a valid point

and where did i insult muaqlids? I quoted their position as proof, thats not insulting them is it? I believe in taqleed akhi