What is the ruling on a silk design on a garment?
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Question : The important point is that if there is a design on the garment, meaning a line of
Answer : silk, it is permissible, but with a condition. He said, or it is up to the width of four fingers or less, meaning the design should be four fingers or less. Now, four fingers: the fingers of a child, or the fingers of a person with thick fingers, or average? This is referred back to the average. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of the best of their wealth."
So that we do not take the upper limit, nor the lower limit, but we take the average: four fingers. If the design is four fingers in one place or less, there is nothing wrong with it, based on the hadith of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He did not permit silk except when it was a design of four fingers or less.
There is no difference between the design being rectangular on the garment or in a patch of it; the important thing is that it does not exceed, it does not exceed four fingers. Now, three. And two. And five is not permissible.
Answer : silk, it is permissible, but with a condition. He said, or it is up to the width of four fingers or less, meaning the design should be four fingers or less. Now, four fingers: the fingers of a child, or the fingers of a person with thick fingers, or average? This is referred back to the average. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of the best of their wealth."
So that we do not take the upper limit, nor the lower limit, but we take the average: four fingers. If the design is four fingers in one place or less, there is nothing wrong with it, based on the hadith of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He did not permit silk except when it was a design of four fingers or less.
There is no difference between the design being rectangular on the garment or in a patch of it; the important thing is that it does not exceed, it does not exceed four fingers. Now, three. And two. And five is not permissible.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 652هل يجوز للرجل أن يلبس ثوباً...📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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