Is making a slit in the izar and sewing the side opening of the izar considered sewn?
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The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this person says: We observed a phenomenon during this year's Hajj regarding which we do not know the ruling of the Shari'ah. Some of the people in ihram made a slit in their izar and sewed it, and then sewed the side opening of the izar. Does this count as being sewn or not?
The Shaykh:
This resembles the sewn garment, and it is a trick to circumvent the prohibition of the sewn garment. What is the reason for this? The izar is wrapped around the lower body, from the navel and below down to the ankles, and then it is secured by tightening a belt over it, or by tucking one end into the other to hold it in place, without making a slit or a knot like the Salaf did. If one makes it a slit, the izar becomes like ordinary sewn shirts or trousers. And the fact that he uses buttons is the meaning of being sewn, whether with a needle or otherwise, and it is the specific sewing done with sewing needles. Whatever is in the meaning of it takes its ruling, so this action is not permissible. And if some scholars are attributed with issuing a fatwa permitting this, that is an error. This matter was presented to the Committee of Senior Scholars, and a decision was issued prohibiting it, because some companies tried to open a factory for this item and brought samples of it to the Committee of Senior Scholars, so they issued a decision forbidding it and prohibiting it.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this person says: We observed a phenomenon during this year's Hajj regarding which we do not know the ruling of the Shari'ah. Some of the people in ihram made a slit in their izar and sewed it, and then sewed the side opening of the izar. Does this count as being sewn or not?
The Shaykh:
This resembles the sewn garment, and it is a trick to circumvent the prohibition of the sewn garment. What is the reason for this? The izar is wrapped around the lower body, from the navel and below down to the ankles, and then it is secured by tightening a belt over it, or by tucking one end into the other to hold it in place, without making a slit or a knot like the Salaf did. If one makes it a slit, the izar becomes like ordinary sewn shirts or trousers. And the fact that he uses buttons is the meaning of being sewn, whether with a needle or otherwise, and it is the specific sewing done with sewing needles. Whatever is in the meaning of it takes its ruling, so this action is not permissible. And if some scholars are attributed with issuing a fatwa permitting this, that is an error. This matter was presented to the Committee of Senior Scholars, and a decision was issued prohibiting it, because some companies tried to open a factory for this item and brought samples of it to the Committee of Senior Scholars, so they issued a decision forbidding it and prohibiting it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل عمل مغاط في الإزار وتخيط فتحة الإزار الجانبية يعتبر مخيطاً؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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