Short answer
Not on its own. A turban or bandana style usually leaves the neck, ears and the shape of the chest uncovered, and these are part of a woman's awrah. Worn with a turtleneck and a loose top so that everything is covered, it can meet the conditions. In front of mahrams and other Muslim women, any style is fine.
The neck, ears and hair are awrah before non-mahram men, so a head covering that leaves them bare does not fulfil the fard covering, and showing them is sinful. The command to draw the khimar over the chest also means the covering should reach down over the chest.
The four schools agree on this.
Explanation
Turban, bandana and wrap styles have become popular, sometimes for fashion and sometimes because a woman feels safer or more accepted at work with a smaller head covering. The question is not the name of the style but whether it covers what must be covered.
The Quran tells believing women to draw their khumur (head covers) over their juyub, the openings at the neck and chest. A covering that sits only on the head, like a turban, leaves the neck and throat open, and often the ears and the hairline too. The Hanafi school counts all of these as awrah in front of non-mahram men.
How to make it work:
- Wear a turtleneck or high-necked top under it so the neck is fully covered.
- Make sure the ears and all the hair, including the back of the neck, are inside.
- Add a loose top or scarf so the chest shape is not on display.
- Keep the rest of the outfit loose and opaque. See the conditions of a correct hijab.
If you wear a turban style because full hijab feels hard right now, that step still counts, and covering more is better than covering less. Keep the intention to complete it. With your husband, mahram relatives and other Muslim women you may wear any style you like. See hair showing from your hijab and the hijab guide.
The evidence
Quran, Surah An-Noor 24:31
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفْلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَوْرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
Commands believing women to draw their head covers over their chests.
Sahih Muslim 2128
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"Women who are clothed yet naked, who sway and make others sway."
A covering that leaves the awrah exposed does not fulfil hijab.
Where the ruling is recorded
- Radd al-Muhtar (Ibn Abidin), Kitab al-Salah, chapter on the conditions of prayer, covering the awrah. The hair, ears and neck are part of a free woman's awrah.
- al-Hidaya, Kitab al-Karahiyya, chapter on looking and touching. Only the face and hands are excepted before non-mahram men.
Checked by our team. For a more accurate answer to your own situation, consult a scholar. Quran translation by Sahih International. Hadith Arabic from the standard editions of the six books and the Muwatta, with gradings as recorded there; the English is our own rendering. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.