Advice to those who forbid permissible modern clothing and vehicles

Question:
May Allah keep you safe. Some of the common people exert effort in forbidding what Allah has made lawful from modern clothing and vehicles. How do we advise such people, Your Eminence the Shaykh?

Answer:
One should advise that clothing and vehicles are ordinary matters that are not permissible to forbid. Just as when cars became a new thing, people rode in cars, and when airplanes became a new thing, people rode in airplanes, so it is with new ships and the like. These are ordinary matters, and there is nothing wrong with them, whether in clothing or vehicles, except for what Allah has forbidden. For example, it is not permissible for a man to wear silk or gold. Likewise, it is not permissible to ride in a stolen car or a stolen camel. The point is to avoid what Allah has forbidden, and there is no harm in that. As for ordinary vehicles and ordinary clothing, there is nothing wrong with them.