The Ruling on the Prayer and the Hands of the One Praying Outside the Sleeves of the Coat or the Robe

Question:
This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah from Abha, says: What is the validity of the prayer of one whose hands are outside the sleeves of a coat or a shalwar, or something similar?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with praying while the sleeves are outside, with the hands outside the sleeves of the coat or the shalwar, because this is among the matters that follow custom. The prohibition was mentioned regarding a man praying in a single garment that he throws on without putting his hands in the sleeves, out of fear that his 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) might be exposed. However, if he is wearing clothes other than the shalwar or the coat, and he is wearing covering clothes, then there is nothing wrong with it.