Guidelines for the clothing of young girls and covering the 'awrah
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The questioner:
The first question is about the bare clothing of young girls, meaning those who are eight or nine years old. They wear bare and tight clothes, and this is common in the markets. Is this bare or tight clothing permissible for girls who are nine years old or younger? The question is clear. And the second question. The second question is: If a person misses his witr prayer from the night prayer due to fatigue or sleep, is it valid for him to make it up between the midday and afternoon prayers as twelve rak'ahs? Okay, thank you.
The Shaykh:
Clothing, my brother, requires attention to several matters. It must be covering and not transparent. It must be loose and not short, so that it does not reveal any part of the 'awrah. The 'awrah of a man is from the navel to the knee, and the woman is entirely 'awrah. So we must adhere to this, cover our 'awrah, and avoid nudity, looseness, and moral decay.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two types of people from the people of the Fire whom I have not seen:Muwatta Malik 48:8 Sahih Muslim 2128. This is a great danger. Much of this has occurred in the lands of the Muslims. We must be alert to this and adhere to covering clothing, the Shari'ah-prescribed, thick, loose clothing that covers what is beneath it. We must avoid the clothing of adornment for a woman when she goes out, [Al-Ahzab 33:33]. She should not display her adornment when going out, but rather cover herself [Al-Ahzab 33:59]. Covering provides safety from the harm of open sinners. They do not covet her if they see her covered; they avoid her and do not covet her. But if they see her laxity in hijab, they covet her. Yes.
The first question is about the bare clothing of young girls, meaning those who are eight or nine years old. They wear bare and tight clothes, and this is common in the markets. Is this bare or tight clothing permissible for girls who are nine years old or younger? The question is clear. And the second question. The second question is: If a person misses his witr prayer from the night prayer due to fatigue or sleep, is it valid for him to make it up between the midday and afternoon prayers as twelve rak'ahs? Okay, thank you.
The Shaykh:
Clothing, my brother, requires attention to several matters. It must be covering and not transparent. It must be loose and not short, so that it does not reveal any part of the 'awrah. The 'awrah of a man is from the navel to the knee, and the woman is entirely 'awrah. So we must adhere to this, cover our 'awrah, and avoid nudity, looseness, and moral decay.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two types of people from the people of the Fire whom I have not seen:
Women who are naked even though they are wearing clothes, go astray and make others go astray
نساء كاسيات عاريات مائلات مميلاتinclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its odour
المائلة لا يدخلن الجنة ولا يجدن ريحهاand do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance
وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰO Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (098) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-08-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (20:48)
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