"Muslim jurists consistently argued that the laws mandating the covering of the full body did not apply to slave-girls. In fact, it is reported that ‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb prohibited slave-girls from imitating free women by covering their hair."
Hijab

January 1, 1970

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