Graduation ceremonies in schools and the special attire
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Question:
Some female students in secondary schools hold a ceremony called a graduation ceremony, in which they wear a special robe and walk past the teachers. Is there any harm in this?
Answer:
If this attire involves imitating the clothing of disbelieving women, it is not permissible. Imitating the clothing of disbelieving women is not permissible.Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani), and the apparent and predominant case is that it is imitation. Therefore, they wear the clothing of Christian nuns, which came to us only from there. This is what came to us only from there, imported from them.
Some female students in secondary schools hold a ceremony called a graduation ceremony, in which they wear a special robe and walk past the teachers. Is there any harm in this?
Answer:
If this attire involves imitating the clothing of disbelieving women, it is not permissible. Imitating the clothing of disbelieving women is not permissible.
He who copies any people is one of them.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب الميت — islamhouse.com (1:08:05)
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