Jilbab As Temporary Protection
Women used to wear the Jalbab even before Islam, when they go out, Ishahi sahib has quoted a couplet to tell the same. This very garment was prescribed as a distinction for them to avoid the mischief making of the hypocrites. This was just like the Chaadar that our women in the subcontinent use, when they go out. So they needed not to stop it. It was their usual way to dressing when they go out.