The Face of a Woman
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For the purpose of Salaat, the Fuqaha have excluded a female’s face, hands (from below the wrists) and feet (from below the ankles) from the requisite of satr. If these parts are exposed, Salaat will be valid.
However, this ruling does not apply when a female is in the presence of ghair mahram males. It is then waajib for her face to be also concealed. This ruling is based on fitnah.
The face of a woman is a distinguished part of her body. Revealing it in the presence of males is a cause of great fitnah.
(Malfoothaat, Part 4)