The Ruling on Clothing Imported from the Lands of Disbelievers
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The questioner:
Are we required to always and forever inquire about everything that is sent to us from abroad, whether it is any garment or anything else? We do not inquire about what is forbidden.
The Shaykh:
The default is permissibility, and praise be to Allah. There is no issue with these clothes; the default is that they are permissible. We do not ask; we wear them, and praise be to Allah. Even the Companions, during wars and in the spoils of war, wore the clothes of the disbelievers without inquiring about them, because the body of a human being is pure, even if he is a disbeliever. His sweat is pure, and whatever touches his neck is pure. So the default is purity, and the default is permissibility. They did not inquire about the dyed or woven goods imported from the disbelievers. This is part of Allah’s (Glorified and Exalted is He) facilitation for this ummah (the Muslim community), unless we know that the garment is impure, in which case we do not use it until we wash it. But if we do not know, the default is purity, even if they wore and used it. Yes.
Another questioner:
Under the ground.
The Shaykh:
And shoes, everything. Whatever they wove, dyed, beaded, or made is pure. The default is purity, unless you know of impurity.
Are we required to always and forever inquire about everything that is sent to us from abroad, whether it is any garment or anything else? We do not inquire about what is forbidden.
The Shaykh:
The default is permissibility, and praise be to Allah. There is no issue with these clothes; the default is that they are permissible. We do not ask; we wear them, and praise be to Allah. Even the Companions, during wars and in the spoils of war, wore the clothes of the disbelievers without inquiring about them, because the body of a human being is pure, even if he is a disbeliever. His sweat is pure, and whatever touches his neck is pure. So the default is purity, and the default is permissibility. They did not inquire about the dyed or woven goods imported from the disbelievers. This is part of Allah’s (Glorified and Exalted is He) facilitation for this ummah (the Muslim community), unless we know that the garment is impure, in which case we do not use it until we wash it. But if we do not know, the default is purity, even if they wore and used it. Yes.
Another questioner:
Under the ground.
The Shaykh:
And shoes, everything. Whatever they wove, dyed, beaded, or made is pure. The default is purity, unless you know of impurity.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 1 — islamhouse.com (7:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.