The Ruling on Wearing the Abaya on the Shoulder
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Question : Honorable Shaykh, a woman is inquiring about the ruling on wearing the abaya on the shoulder. Please guide us in light of this question.
Answer : I hold that a woman should not wear her abaya on her shoulder when she goes out of her house, because wearing it on the shoulder reveals something of the contours of her body, and reveals whether her neck is long or short?
And it opens the door to laxity in hijab for the woman. However, if she is in her house and stands to pray, there is no harm in placing the abaya on her shoulders. Likewise, if she is in the mosque and is secluded from men, there is no harm in placing her abaya on her shoulders. Many women ask about this issue, and they claim that we issued a ruling permitting the wearing of the abaya on the shoulder in the market, and this is a misconception on their part.
Perhaps they understood the answer other than what we intended, because our previous answer, which they based this on, was in response to a question in which a woman asked whether it is permissible for a woman to place her abaya on her shoulders while praying? So I answered that there is no harm in that, but some women understood it incorrectly and thought that there is no harm in doing so even in front of men, and this is a misconception with no basis in
Answer : I hold that a woman should not wear her abaya on her shoulder when she goes out of her house, because wearing it on the shoulder reveals something of the contours of her body, and reveals whether her neck is long or short?
And it opens the door to laxity in hijab for the woman. However, if she is in her house and stands to pray, there is no harm in placing the abaya on her shoulders. Likewise, if she is in the mosque and is secluded from men, there is no harm in placing her abaya on her shoulders. Many women ask about this issue, and they claim that we issued a ruling permitting the wearing of the abaya on the shoulder in the market, and this is a misconception on their part.
Perhaps they understood the answer other than what we intended, because our previous answer, which they based this on, was in response to a question in which a woman asked whether it is permissible for a woman to place her abaya on her shoulders while praying? So I answered that there is no harm in that, but some women understood it incorrectly and thought that there is no harm in doing so even in front of men, and this is a misconception with no basis in
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2382- حكم لبس العباءة على الكتف/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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