The ruling on wearing the French abaya or the abaya worn on the shoulder

Question : Yes. May Allah reward you with good. In her second question, Honorable Shaykh, many of the sisters are inquiring about the ruling on wearing the French abaya, which is not for adornment. Perhaps you have some guidance on that, Shaykh Muhammad (may Allah preserve him)?

Answer : I do not know it, but if these abayas, I mean the French abayas, are worn on the shoulders and have sleeves, then I do not think women should wear them, because that leads to the matter becoming worse than revealing the contours of the body. It is well known that the more a woman covers herself, the better it is. The abaya on the shoulder reveals the contours of the body; the shoulders become visible, and the length of the neck, whether long or short, becomes visible. Perhaps the women will also expand on this, as is the custom of many of them, that they progress from the lesser to the greater in what should be