What does a woman wear in prayer?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the default ruling regarding what a woman wears in prayer?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
What is the default ruling regarding what a woman wears in prayer?
The Shaykh:
The default is that it is not permissible. Allah does not accept the prayer of a menstruating woman without a khimar, meaning she covers her head with it. It is all the more necessary that she wear clothes that cover her body and cover her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered). Covering the 'awrah is a condition for the validity of the prayer for both men and women. As for the man, his 'awrah is what is between the navel and the knee. As for the woman, her entire body is 'awrah in prayer. The scholars are in consensus on this. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the default ruling regarding what a woman wears in prayer?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
What is the default ruling regarding what a woman wears in prayer?
The Shaykh:
The default is that it is not permissible. Allah does not accept the prayer of a menstruating woman without a khimar, meaning she covers her head with it. It is all the more necessary that she wear clothes that cover her body and cover her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered). Covering the 'awrah is a condition for the validity of the prayer for both men and women. As for the man, his 'awrah is what is between the navel and the knee. As for the woman, her entire body is 'awrah in prayer. The scholars are in consensus on this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [568] ما الذي تلبسه المرأة في الصلاة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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