There is no concept of hijab in Shafafi Islam. Wear whatever you like. There is no religious dress, and there is no Shafafi uniform. People may wear whatever clothing they wish, according to their own choices, norms, and culture. There is no compulsion in Islam to dress like an Arab/bedouin person.
Shafafis are not identifiable by clothing. We are represented by a symbol, not by a costume.
Clothing is mentioned in the Quran:
And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their chastity, and not to reveal their adornments except what normally appears. Let them draw their veils over their chests, and not reveal their hidden adornments except to their husbands, their fathers, their fathers-in-law, their sons, their stepsons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons or sisters’ sons, their fellow women, those bondwomen in their possession, male attendants with no desire, or children who are still unaware of women’s nakedness. Let them not stomp their feet, drawing attention to their hidden adornments. Turn to Allah in repentance all together, O believers, so that you may be successful.
Quran 24:31
Many Islamic clerics wrongly interpret the definition of “adornments” as any body parts other than the face and hands.
“What normally appears” is defined by local norms — by what is ordinary to show in a given place and time. That is the entire exception the verse makes. Since normal dress is cultural and changes by geography and era, the verse itself builds in no fixed universal rule. There is no Shafafi dress code to derive from it.
There is a common misconception that the mention of “veil” means that women must wear an Arabian hijab outfit. Arabs – both men and women – wear loose clothing and cover their heads to protect themselves from the desert sun and blowing sand. This commandment was supposed to make sense to the Arabs 1400 years ago, therefore the term “veil” was used. Furthermore, veils were a part of the fashion among the Byzantines and Persians – people who the Arabs liked to emulate – around the time of Muhammad.
