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She is studying in a mixed university and she wants to leave it and wear niqab even though her parents object

Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

We ask Allaah to protect you and keep you and increase you in faith and

guidance, and we say: May Allaah love you for Whose sake you love us.

Secondly:

Women are required to cover their entire bodies in front of non-mahram men,

because of the evidence that we have previously discussed in the answer to

question number 11774.

Thirdly:

It is haraam for men and women to mix in educational institutions and

elsewhere, because of what that leads to of falling into many things that

are forbidden in sharia, and because of the evils that result from it. See

the answer to question number

1200 and 103044.

Fourthly:

Because of the situation in which Muslims are living in your country, and

the open war against niqab and hijab, and because of what you have mentioned

about the parents refusing to let their daughter give up her studies and

because she is about to finish her studies, then we hope that there will be

no blame on her if she continues her studies, whilst striving to reduce the

evil as much as possible. So she should not converse with men, or give

anyone any reason to speak to her or get to know her, and she should not go

out to the University except when she has to.

See the answer to question number

113431.

Fifthly:

It is not permissible to copy discs whose authors have not given permission

to copy them, so as to protect copyright, which is a legitimate right which

it is not permissible to transgress against, and in accordance with the

conditions agreed to by both parties to the transaction, unless the discs

belong to a company in a country which is in a state of war against the

Muslims, in which case there is nothing wrong with it, or the copy is for

personal use, especially when the original is not available and one cannot

afford to pay for it.

See the answer to question number

72848.

We ask Allaah to guide us and you, and to make us and you steadfast.

And Allaah knows best.

Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)
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