What is the ruling on wearing pants and imitating the disbelievers in clothing?

The questioner : There is a man from the American girls' list.

The Shaykh : The same pants are not permissible in the religion of Islam for two reasons. The first is that they are the clothing of the disbelievers, and the second is that they fit the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) and describe it, especially when the worshipper bows or prostrates, for then the major 'awrah becomes visible. Therefore, that is not permissible in the religion of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).

The questioner : Some people tell you today that there is no specific clothing for Muslims. So everyone wears, for example, in Sudan now, it is widespread, they tell you it is the Sudanese style, like Egypt and such, in some countries the pants are as if they are their specific dress, meaning this is the argument of some.

The Shaykh : This is a refuted argument. This is a refuted argument.

The questioner : Well, how is it?

The Shaykh : It is true that there is no specific clothing or dress in Islam, but in Islam, one must not imitate the disbelievers. It came in Sahih Muslim that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he threw it off him, saying, "This is from the clothing of the disbelievers, so do not wear it. This is from the clothing of the disbelievers, so do not wear it." So we wear what we wish of clothing with two conditions. One of them is stated in the hadith in Sunan al-Nasa'i and Musnad Imam Ahmad, narrated by 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his father from his grandfather, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a person wears what he wishes, but with the condition that he does not wear anything that involves extravagance and arrogance. This is the first condition. The second condition is to avoid imitating the disbelievers, based on the previous hadith and the famous hadith, which is his saying (peace be upon him):


The questioner : Specifically regarding this during prostration in prayer, regarding the pants, now there are some modern pants, of course, the modern fashion considers them to be wide and loose.

The Shaykh : I do not think this is a new thing.

The questioner : Now our professor is present.

The Shaykh : So that we can see and witness it.

The questioner : This is what we have.

The Shaykh : My brother, I think he is still in his country wearing the wide pants, and they are called in those countries "muhkamaji" pants. And I, when I was here in the past, used to wear them too, but we do not find a similar one. You say this was found, where was it found, for example, in Jordan? Did you see it there?

The questioner : Yes, but this is of course a fashion job, it fits well at the waist, but for example, from here, from the hip, it is wide and broad, and the thigh is wide and broad.

The Shaykh : I have seen some women now wearing this kind of clothing, when we see it, we judge it. Yes.

The questioner : They tell you it is fashion, meaning some of them call it that.

The Shaykh : This is true, this is true, this observation must be noted, but the research was regarding the fitting, meaning if we assume two clothes, both from the clothing of the disbelievers, one is wide and loose and the other is tight, then the latter is worse than the former. The first does not fit, so the evil of fitting is gone, what remains? The evil of imitation. If the imitation is realized here, then one should also avoid it, like for example the clothing of the Christian nuns, they wear a protective garment, it is not permissible for the Muslim woman to wear such clothing to avoid imitation. And so we said in the book "The Hijab of the Muslim Woman" that the conditions of this hijab are eight, one of which is that it does not resemble the clothing of the disbelievers. Yes, the time is almost over, so seize the opportunity for her.