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Question : #563

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Subject:	is Hijab haram if not worn?
Question:	Is it actually Haraam to not wear a Hijab?
Answer:	Hijab is mandatory for a woman and she can not leave it after reaching the age of puberty which is completing the age of nine lunar years. She must continue to wear it till she reaches the time of discontinuing the monthly cycle of menstruation which is known as the age of despair.

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