The Ruling on Wearing Revealing Abayas

Question:
May Allah reward you. This sister, the questioner Umm Salma, says: Some women, may Allah guide them, wear strange and revealing abayas. Is it permissible for them to go out in these abayas? And do they commit a sin?

Answer:
The issue of women’s clothing in this time has become a great problem, because many women, especially the young ones, especially those who go out to schools or for education or otherwise, want the clothing of the West and wear Western clothes out of imitation. This is forbidden for two reasons. First, imitating the disbelievers is forbidden, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever .” Second, the lack of covering. For such Western clothes, which mimic the clothes of Western women, do not cover the body; rather, they expose it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that women will come who are clothed yet naked, swaying and causing others to sway, their heads like the sloping humps of camels. They will not enter Paradise and will not smell its scent. We ask Allah for safety.
So the Muslim woman should fear Allah Mighty and Majestic, and wear loose, wide, covering clothes. If she fears Allah and the Hereafter, and fears the Fire, she should fear Allah, especially when going out. She should be covered and not adorned, and not wear clothes of adornment, but rather wear covering clothes that have no adornment. The abaya is not for adornment; the abaya is for covering. It must be covering and loose, with no adornment, and not thin and clinging to the body, so that it is a covering abaya that is not revealing.

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