I was reading Ibn Kathir and came across this in his tafsir of Al-Ahzab 59:
قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: أَمَرَ اللَّهُ نِسَاءَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إذا خرجن من بيوتهن في حَاجَةٍ أَنْ يُغَطِّينَ وُجُوهَهُنَّ مِنْ فَوْقِ رُؤُوسِهِنَّ بِالْجَلَابِيبِ، وَيُبْدِينَ عَيْنًا وَاحِدَةً.
What I could understand from it:
Ali ibn Abu Talha reported from Ibn Abbas: Allah commanded the women of the Muslims when the exit from their homes for some reason that they cover their faces from above their heads with their Jilbabs and only show one eye.
On the other hand, for the tafsir of An-Nur 31, he says:
وَقَالَ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَير، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: ﴿وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا﴾ قَالَ: وَجْهُهَا وَكَفَّيْهَا وَالْخَاتَمُ.
What I could understand from it:
A'mash reported from Saeed ibn Jubair from Ibn Abbas on the words "And do not show from their adornments except what is apparent from it" He said: "Her face, and her hands, and الْخَاتَمُ."
The first quotation seems to say that the whole face should be covered except one eye, and the second seems to say the face can be shown.
My Arabic is not that strong, so am I understanding something incorrectly? If not, what is the reconciliation between these two mentioned things? Is one narration weak?
