The author, an eminent scholar who chaired the UK Islamic Shariah Council until his death in 1997, sheds much light on the issue of theface-veil (niqab), examining the subject from the point of view of the Qur'an, the Sunnah and Ijma (consensus of ulama). This little book also includes an Introduction by Mazheruddin Siddiqui on social restriction on men and women as well as the purdah (face-veil) to elucidate further some of the salient points by Dr Darsh.