Is it required for a woman to cover her head when reciting the Quran or during the sujud of recitation?

And to be in a state of wudu.

The difference of opinion is about whether the sujud of recitation is considered prayer or not. The scholars differed regarding the sujud of recitation and the sujud of gratitude.

Is it prayer or not? So among the scholars,

those who said that the sujud of recitation and the sujud of gratitude are considered part of prayer,

said: the same conditions as prayer apply to it, such as facing the qibla, being in a state of wudu, and covering the awrah.

And other conditions of prayer. And whoever says that the sujud of recitation and the sujud of gratitude are not prayer, but rather just sujud,

separate, not considered as

prayer, because the minimum for prayer is a rak'ah, which is witr.

And the least that one draws near to Allah with is two rak'ahs.

So they said it is not prayer, so they did not require for it

ablution, facing the qiblah, and covering the awrah. And this is closer to the truth, and knowledge is with Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.

That the sujud of recitation and the sujud of gratitude do not require ablution, nor facing the qibla, nor covering the awrah, so for a woman,

she can perform the sujud of recitation while reading the Quran at home in her house clothes, even if her hair or

her hand, forearm, or leg is showing, for example, as house clothes.

And she can perform the sujud of recitation, there is no problem inshaAllah the Exalted, and likewise if a person is not in a state of ablution but is reciting the Quran from memory or from a book other than the mushaf, as long as he does not touch the mushaf

with his hand, it is also permissible for him to perform the sujud of recitation.

While he is not in a state of ablution, and facing the qibla is also not required for the sujud of recitation or the sujud of gratitude, although it is preferable.

A person performs sujud for recitation, faces the qibla, and is in a state of purity—there is no doubt about this. But we are discussing whether it is a condition.

Meaning, if I am reading the Quran and I am not in a state of wudu, and I come across a verse of sujud, should I refrain from performing sujud?

Or should I perform sujud? What if I, or a woman at home,

and her hair is showing, or her arm, or something similar, and she comes across a verse of sujud—do we tell her not to perform sujud until she puts on the proper prayer clothing, or is it not required?

Prayer clothing, because sujud is not prayer. And the knowledge is with Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.