Actually, I think only the Hanafis make a distinction between wajib and fardh. However, both are such that one is sinful for leaving the act. http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...&ID=972&CATE=4 I was just using it in the linguistic sense, but thanks for pointing this out. Anyway, I think I've gotten my point across about the whole women working/hijab issue. I don't plan to post anymore in this thread.