Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Performing Salah (Prayer) In One Piece of Cloth, How Much clothing a woman Needs, Salah (prayer) of Naked People and Putting One’s Clothes in a Certain Manner, Garb with a Sash َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َرْأَةُ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ إِزَارٍ وَدِرْعٍ وَخِ٠َارٍ وَلاَ يَضُرُّهَا بِأَنْ تُقَنِّعَ بِالْخِ٠ْ تَجِدْ فَثَوْبَيْنِ تَتَّزِرُ بِأَحَدِهِ٠َا وَتُقَنِّعُ بِالآخَرِ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ دِرْعٌ وَ٠ِلْحَفَةٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا ٠ِقْنَعَةٌ فَقَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ إِذَا تَقَنَّعَتْ بِالْ٠ِلْحَفَةِ فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ تَكْفِهَا فَلْتَلْبَسْهَا طُولاً.

It is not harmful if she uses the Yashmak as a veil and if she does not find, she can use two pieces of clothes using one as loincloth and the other as a veil.’ I (the narrator) then asked, ‘Can she use an outer garment and a sheet without a head scarf?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not an offense if she uses the sheet as a head scarf and if it is not enough, she can wear it lengthwise.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/304))