Find me one of the salaf and saahaba who said hijab is compulsory. Find me one quran verse that says hijab is compulsory. And ask yourself why we started to call this thing a hijab when the Islamic one was called a qimar and we differentiate it. Do not confuse arab culture with islam.
Well, I prepared for you a short essay, you should get comfortable and get some popcorn, due to your extreme ignorance you have asked me one of the most easiest questions on earth, and acted as if you have caught me out.
โAnd tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, headcover, apron), and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbandโs fathers, or their sons, or their husbandโs sons, or their brothers or their brotherโs sons, or their sisterโs sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful.โ [al-Nur 24:31]
โAnd as for women past childbearing who do not expect wedlock, it is no sin on them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show their adornment. But to refrain (i.e. not to discard their outer clothing) is better for them. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.โ [al-Nur 24:60]
โO Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.โ [al-Ahzab 33:59]
1.It was narrated from Safiyyah bint Shaybah that โAishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to say: When these words were revealed โ โand to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms)โ โ they took their izars (a kind of garment) and tore them from the edges and covered their faces with them. Narrated by al-Bukhari, 4481.
2.โAishah narrated that the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to go out at night to al-Manasiโ (well known places in the direction of al-Baqiโ) to relieve themselves and โUmar used to say to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), โLet your wives be veiled.โ But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not do that. Then one night Sawdah bint Zamโah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), went out at โIsha time and she was a tall woman. โUmar called out to her: โWe have recognized you, O Sawdah!โ hoping that hijab would be revealed, then Allah revealed the verse of hijab. (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 146; Muslim, 2170)
3.โAishah narrated (may Allah be pleased with her) said: โThe riders used to pass by us when we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in ihram, and when they drew near to us we would lower our jilbabs from our heads over our faces, then when they had passed we would uncover them again. (Narrated by Abu Dawud, 1833; Ibn Majah, 2935; classed as sahih by Ibn Khuzaymah (4,203) and by al-Albani in Kitab Jilbab al-Marah al-Muslimah)
4.Asma bint Abi Bakr said: We used to cover our faces in front of men. (Narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah, 4/203; al-Hakim, 1/624. He classed it as sahih and al-Dhahabi agreed with him. It was also classed as sahih by al-Albani in Jilbab al-Marah al-Muslimah.)
5.โAsim al-Ahwal said: We used to enter upon Hafsah bint Sirin who had put her jilbab thus and covered her face with it, and we would say to her: May Allah have mercy on you. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): โAnd as for women past childbearing who do not expect wedlock, it is no sin on them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show their adornmentโ [al-Nur 24:60]. And she would say to us: What comes after that? We would say: โBut to refrain (i.e. not to discard their outer clothing) is better for themโ. And she would say: That is confirming the idea of hijab. (Narrated by al-Bayhaqi, 7/93)
Hafsah bint sireen is one of the salaf if you didnt already know, she was also a scholar
What the scholars of tafseer have said, before the 18th century
Ibn katheer 1300-1373
The Rulings of Hijab
This is a command from Allah to the believing women, and jealousy on His part over the wives of His believing servants. It is also to distinguish the believing women from the women of the Jahiliyyah and the deeds of the pagan women. The reason for the revelation of this Ayah was mentioned by Muqatil bin Hayyan, when he said: "We heard -- and Allah knows best -- that Jabir bin `Abdullah Al-Ansari narrated that Asma' bint Murshidah was in a house of hers in Bani Harithah, and the women started coming in to her without lower garments so that the anklets on their feet could be seen, along with their chests and forelocks. Asma' said: `How ugly this is!' Then Allah revealed:
ููููู ูููููู
ูุคูู
ููููุชู ููุบูุถูุถููู ู
ููู ุฃูุจูุตููุฑูููููู
(And tell the believing women to lower their gaze...)" And Allah says:
ููููู ูููููู
ูุคูู
ููููุชู ููุบูุถูุถููู ู
ููู ุฃูุจูุตููุฑูููููู
(And tell the believing women to lower their gaze) meaning, from that which Allah has forbidden them to look at, apart from their husbands. Some scholars said that it is permissible for women to look at non-Mahram men without desire, as it was recorded in the Sahih that the Messenger of Allah was watching the Ethiopians playing with spears in the Masjid on the day of `Id, and `A'ishah the Mother of the believers was watching them from behind him and he was concealing her from them, until she got bored and went away.
ููููุญูููุธููู ููุฑููุฌูููููู
(and protect their private parts). Sa`id bin Jubayr said: "From immoral actions." Abu Al-`Aliyah said: "Every Ayah of the Qur'an in which protecting the private parts is mentioned means protecting them from Zina, except for this Ayah --
ููููุญูููุธููู ููุฑููุฌูููููู
(and protect their private parts), which means protecting them from being seen by anybody."
ูููุงู ููุจูุฏูููู ุฒููููุชูููููู ุฅููุงูู ู
ูุง ุธูููุฑู ู
ูููููุง
(and not to show off their adornment except that which is apparent,) means, they should not show anything of their adornment to non-Mahram men except for whatever it is impossible to hide. Ibn Mas`ud said: "Such as clothes and outer garments," Meaning what the Arab women used to wear of the veil which covered their clothes and whatever showed from underneath the outer garment. There is no blame on her for this, because this is something that she cannot conceal. Similar to that is what appears of her lower garment and what she cannot conceal. Al-Hasan, Ibn Sirin, Abu Al-Jawza', Ibrahim An-Nakha`i and others also had the same view as Ibn Mas`ud.
ููููููุถูุฑูุจููู ุจูุฎูู
ูุฑูููููู ุนูููู ุฌููููุจูููููู
(and to draw their veils all over their Juyub) means that they should wear the outer garment in such a way as to cover their chests and ribs, so that they will be different from the women of the Jahiliyyah, who did not do that but would pass in front of men with their chests completely uncovered, and with their necks, forelocks, hair and earrings uncovered. So Allah commanded the believing women to cover themselves, as He says:
ูุฃููููููุง ุงููููุจูููู ููู ูุงููุฒูููุฌููู ููุจููููุชููู ููููุณูุขุกู ุงููู
ูุคูู
ูููููู ููุฏูููููู ุนูููููููููู ู
ูู ุฌููููุจููุจูููููู ุฐูููู ุฃูุฏูููู ุฃูู ููุนูุฑููููู ูููุงู ููุคูุฐููููู
(O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks all over their bodies. That will be better, that they should be known, so as not to be annoyed) 33:59 And in this noble Ayah He said:
ููููููุถูุฑูุจููู ุจูุฎูู
ูุฑูููููู ุนูููู ุฌููููุจูููููู
(and to draw their (Khumur) veils all over their Juyub) Khumur (veils) is the plural of Khimar, which means something that covers, and is what is used to cover the head. This is what is known among the people as a veil. Sa`id bin Jubayr said:
ููููููุถูุฑูุจููู
(and to draw) means to pull it around and tie it securely.
ุจูุฎูู
ูุฑูููููู ุนูููู ุฌููููุจูููููู
(their veils all over their Juyub) means, over their necks and chests so that nothing can be seen of them. Al-Bukhari recorded that `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: "May Allah have mercy on the women of the early emigrants. When Allah revealed the Ayah:
ููููููุถูุฑูุจููู ุจูุฎูู
ูุฑูููููู ุนูููู ุฌููููุจูููููู
(and to draw their veils all over their Juyub), they tore their aprons and Akhtamar themselves with them." He also narrated from Safiyyah bint Shaybah that `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, used to say: "When this Ayah:
ููููููุถูุฑูุจููู ุจูุฎูู
ูุฑูููููู ุนูููู ุฌููููุจูููููู
(and to draw their veils all over their Juyub) was revealed, they took their Izars (waistsheets) and tore them at the edges, and Akhtamar themselves with them."
