Sahabiyat And The Niqab
It only tells that some women did cover faces (at times), but not does not prove that it was done with a religious purpose. There is no directive for that in Quran or Sunnah. what we know for sure, is that it was not generally practices by the women of the time of the prophet. you can find the authentic account of the social life of the women of the era of the prophet in the book of the renowned scholar, Dr Mazhar Yasin Siddiqui, “Nabi-e-Akram and Khawateen: Aik Samaji Mutala'”