Is it true that you issued a ruling that wearing a garment down to the middle of the calf is a garment of showing off?
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Question:
He says: Is it true that Your Eminence issues a ruling that wearing a garment down to the middle of the calf is a garment of showing off?
Answer:
Yes, yes. I say this if the people of the country wear their garments down to the ankles, then you do not wear yours down to the middle of the calf, because that is showing off. But if they all wear theirs down to the middle of the calf, then you do the same. Do not oppose the community in a permissible matter, because wearing a garment down to the ankles is a permissible matter. How can you oppose them and become a show-off among them, so that they look at you with a strange and surprised gaze? Yes.
He says: Is it true that Your Eminence issues a ruling that wearing a garment down to the middle of the calf is a garment of showing off?
Answer:
Yes, yes. I say this if the people of the country wear their garments down to the ankles, then you do not wear yours down to the middle of the calf, because that is showing off. But if they all wear theirs down to the middle of the calf, then you do the same. Do not oppose the community in a permissible matter, because wearing a garment down to the ankles is a permissible matter. How can you oppose them and become a show-off among them, so that they look at you with a strange and surprised gaze? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3052- 4717] هل صحيح أنكم أفتيتم بأن جعل الثوب إلى نصف الساق من لباس الشهرة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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