The Shari'ah Specifications for Women's Clothing

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He asks about the correct Islamic dress for a woman according to what has come in the pure Shari'ah, noting that, as he says, there is not yet a single woman in their village who wears the niqab. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The correct dress for a woman is what covers her and does not contain fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for men. It should be loose on her body, covering her entire body, and be concealing such that it is not transparent. It should be wide and roomy, not tight, and it should not have adornment when going out of the house, so that fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) does not occur and attention is not drawn to her. These are the characteristics of the Islamic dress for a woman. It should not contain tashabbuh (imitating the disbelievers) of the disbelieving women, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It should not contain tashabbuh (imitating the disbelievers) of the men, so that it is specific to women, without any tashabbuh (imitating the disbelievers) of the men. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah curse the women who imitate the men." Yes.