clothing of the jaheli period woman and the possibility of legal hijab in time of prophet mohammad –pbuh-

regardless of the variation of ideas among religious authorities concerning the covering of face and hands –from wrist till down-, the present hijab of muslim woman is deemed to be perfect. an important source to approve the necessity of this hijab is definitely the verses of holy quran. through the interpretation of the related verses, it should be clarified whether the present status of women’s hijab has been developed since the time of prophet mohammad or in that time there existed just an ordinary hijab to the extent of the facilities of that time, and it has been consequently developed resembling the well-known present hijab by the followers of religion. in order to approve the presence of this very perfect hijab in time of prophet mohammed, it should be answered to this question in regard with the presence of the social and cultural elements of that time such as the conditions of women’s clothing being possibly as an obstacle towards the fulfillment of such hijab. through searching in the lexical, narrative, historical and literary sources, this article has investigated the cultural-social possibilities of that time and clarified whether the culture of clothing of that time has been an obstacle towards the fulfillment of legal hijab of the majority of people or not.