Wearing Hijab When Parents Strongly Object - Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 3

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Question 109

I have a twelve-year-old sister who, praise be to God, has believed in the truth and wants to follow God's law. I told her some time ago that she became legally responsible from the age of nine according to the Hijri calendar, and she wants to wear hijab. But our father and mother strongly object, and every discussion of the subject leads to a serious argument. I know that in other situations you have advised brothers and sisters not to act in ways that repel people from the call, but I do not know the limits of this. Hijab is obligatory and part of God's law, while the Quran also commands goodness toward parents but says not to obey them in associating partners with God. Should we continue discussing the matter even though it always leads to an argument, try another way to persuade them, or should she simply wear the hijab and place them before the accomplished fact?

Source: Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 3; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 109; Page 37; FIQH-MISC-V3-Q109. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗