The Difference Between the Chapter on Entering Water Without a Garment and the Chapter on Covering Up
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement, “Chapter on Entering Water Without a Garment,” what is the difference between this and the previous chapter before it, which is “Covering Up from the Eyes of Those Bathing and the Permissibility of Being Naked in Privacy”? Is there a difference between them?
Answer:
He means that the command to wear a garment is a matter of recommendation, not obligation. It is not permissible to enter without a garment; it is permissible. This clarifies that the command to wear a garment is a matter of recommendation. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement, “Chapter on Entering Water Without a Garment,” what is the difference between this and the previous chapter before it, which is “Covering Up from the Eyes of Those Bathing and the Permissibility of Being Naked in Privacy”? Is there a difference between them?
Answer:
He means that the command to wear a garment is a matter of recommendation, not obligation. It is not permissible to enter without a garment; it is permissible. This clarifies that the command to wear a garment is a matter of recommendation. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الدخول في الماء بغير إزار — islamhouse.com (50:56)
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