Wearing Short Trousers and Looking at the Awrah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It has become widespread among some young men to wear short trousers in the markets and in some mosques. He asks: Is the one who sees the awrah of a man who has done this sinful for looking at it? And what is the advice in this matter?
Answer:
If he does not have a garment covering his awrah, covering his thighs or covering his knees, then his prayer is not valid; because he is not covering his awrah. As for if the short trousers are under a covering garment where the color of the skin is not seen with it, then his prayer is valid. And as for looking at the awrah of a man, it is forbidden in prayer and in other than prayer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It has become widespread among some young men to wear short trousers in the markets and in some mosques. He asks: Is the one who sees the awrah of a man who has done this sinful for looking at it? And what is the advice in this matter?
Answer:
If he does not have a garment covering his awrah, covering his thighs or covering his knees, then his prayer is not valid; because he is not covering his awrah. As for if the short trousers are under a covering garment where the color of the skin is not seen with it, then his prayer is valid. And as for looking at the awrah of a man, it is forbidden in prayer and in other than prayer. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأول كيده ومكره : أنه كاد الأبوين بالأيمان الكاذبة — islamhouse.com (1:12:05)
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