The Rulings of
Hijab............continued
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 on her lower garment and what she cannot conceal. Al-Hasan, Ibn Sirin, Abu Al Jawza, Ibrahim An Nakhai and others also had the same view as Ibn Mas'ud.
(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 the 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 say:
