The ruling on wearing the Arab garment in lands where it is not worn, and the clothing of showing off
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from Russia says: In Russia, people do not wear what is called the Saudi thobe or the Arab shirt. What is the ruling on a young Muslim wearing it there? And does it count as the clothing of showing off?
Answer:
The requirement is that he covers his awrah (part of the body that must be covered) and wears what the people of the country wear, unless the clothing is forbidden, in which case he does not wear it. As for if it is permissible and the people of the country do not wear it, and it is not specific to certain clothes, then it does not count as showing off among them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from Russia says: In Russia, people do not wear what is called the Saudi thobe or the Arab shirt. What is the ruling on a young Muslim wearing it there? And does it count as the clothing of showing off?
Answer:
The requirement is that he covers his awrah (part of the body that must be covered) and wears what the people of the country wear, unless the clothing is forbidden, in which case he does not wear it. As for if it is permissible and the people of the country do not wear it, and it is not specific to certain clothes, then it does not count as showing off among them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أعظم مكايده التي كاد بها أكثر الناس — islamhouse.com (1:11:36)
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