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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on praying in a single thin garment

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Question:
Our discussion stopped at the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement: “Chapter on the recommendation of praying in two garments and the permissibility of praying in one.” We read these hadiths. There are these questions regarding this chapter, Your Eminence the Shaykh. If the single garment is thick, is the prayer valid with it? If the single garment is not thick, is the prayer valid with it?

Answer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2]
And may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon whoever follows his guidance. As for what follows, the prayer is not valid in a garment unless it covers the body. If the garment does not cover due to its thinness, the prayer is not valid in it, because it does not cover the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered). However, if it is light but covers, that is sufficient if it covers the 'awrah, provided there is a cloak over the shoulders or one of them, either the right or the left.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أسئلة في باب استحباب الصلاة في ثوبين وجوازها في الثوب الواحد — islamhouse.com (0:38)

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