The Ruling on Tight Clothing in Prayer for Men and Women
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The questioner:
The common practice.
The Shaykh:
Banstik, banstik.
The questioner:
The answer regarding tight clothing.
The Shaykh:
For the woman.
The questioner:
And she is in...
The Shaykh:
Her prayer.
The questioner:
A man.
The Shaykh:
When wearing the pants.
The questioner:
How is it?
The Shaykh:
In his performance of the prayer, the tight clothing that reveals the parts of the body, this is not permissible because it involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and also the one praying becomes constrained in bowing and prostration by it and is unable to bow, prostrate, and sit in the required manner. The woman is more severe because the woman is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation); the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) with her is more severe. She does not wear tight clothing to pray in. Rather, she does not wear it at all, not in prayer and not between her [prayers], because she is in need of covering and in need of what preserves her modesty, and it should be wide and loose. So the woman’s clothing should be loose and wide, and not tight, not transparent so that what is behind it is seen, not short so that it does not cover the body, not containing tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment) or adornment that attracts gazes. It should be ordinary clothing that does not draw attention. This is when going out.
The common practice.
The Shaykh:
Banstik, banstik.
The questioner:
The answer regarding tight clothing.
The Shaykh:
For the woman.
The questioner:
And she is in...
The Shaykh:
Her prayer.
The questioner:
A man.
The Shaykh:
When wearing the pants.
The questioner:
How is it?
The Shaykh:
In his performance of the prayer, the tight clothing that reveals the parts of the body, this is not permissible because it involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and also the one praying becomes constrained in bowing and prostration by it and is unable to bow, prostrate, and sit in the required manner. The woman is more severe because the woman is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation); the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) with her is more severe. She does not wear tight clothing to pray in. Rather, she does not wear it at all, not in prayer and not between her [prayers], because she is in need of covering and in need of what preserves her modesty, and it should be wide and loose. So the woman’s clothing should be loose and wide, and not tight, not transparent so that what is behind it is seen, not short so that it does not cover the body, not containing tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment) or adornment that attracts gazes. It should be ordinary clothing that does not draw attention. This is when going out.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/208 — archive.org (9:36)
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