{
 "id": "concept/burqa",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "burqa",
 "label": {
  "ar": "البرقع",
  "en": "The burqa",
  "ur": "برقع"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "البرقع في اصطلاح الفقهاء لباس تستر به المرأة وجهها؛ تذكره الموسوعة الفقهية ضمن الألفاظ ذات الصلة بالحجاب مع الخمار والنقاب واللثام {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}.",
  "en": "The burqa in juristic usage is a garment by which the woman veils her face; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia lists it among the terms related to hijab alongside khimar, niqab and litham {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "dress",
  "development-of-law-theology-institutions"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q167884"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "wikidata-import deferred Q167884; Kuwaiti enc burqa/niqab entries verified in OCR",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)",
   "run": "wd-deferred-5"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "البرقع في اصطلاح الفقهاء لباس تستر به المرأة وجهها؛ تذكره الموسوعة الفقهية ضمن الألفاظ ذات الصلة بالحجاب {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "في الفقه",
     "markdown": "تذكر الموسوعة البرقع والنقاب والخمار واللثام ضمن الألفاظ ذات الصلة بمادة الحجاب {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/burqa",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The burqa in juristic usage is a garment by which the woman veils her face; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia lists it among the terms related to hijab {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "In the sources",
     "markdown": "The encyclopedia names burqa, niqab, khimar and litham among the terms related to the hijab entry {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/burqa",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "فقہاء کی اصطلاح میں برقع وہ لباس ہے جس سے عورت اپنا چہرہ ڈھانپتی ہے؛ کویتی فقہ دائرۃ المعارف اسے حجاب سے متعلقہ الفاظ میں شمار کرتی ہے {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مآخذ میں",
     "markdown": "دائرۃ المعارف برقع، نقاب، خمار اور لثام کو مضمونِ حجاب کے متعلقہ الفاظ میں ذکر کرتی ہے {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3}۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/burqa",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-22",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/hijab",
  "concept/add",
  "concept/adl",
  "concept/adwa",
  "concept/afw",
  "concept/ahd",
  "concept/ajal",
  "concept/ajir"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}