Is it permissible for a pilgrim to wear small trousers when necessary?
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The questioner : If the pilgrim needs to wear trousers.
The Shaykh : What should he wear? What should he wear?
The questioner : Taba, short swailat, do we tell the one who does not know how to cover his awrah (part of the body that must be covered) if he wears the izar (loincloth) that we should say to him, wear this?
The Shaykh : No, we do not say that. Sometimes some pilgrims need something; some people, when walking, their thighs rub against each other and get chafed. In that case, we say there is nothing wrong with you wrapping a cloth around your thigh, wrapping it as you would wrap a cast. And it remains from the beginning of the ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) to the end. Yes.
The questioner : He does not wear short clothing, this is the point.
The Shaykh : In any case, for him, meaning if his awrah is covered, it is not an issue, because a person is able to cover his awrah.
The questioner : Thank you, may Allah do you good.
The Shaykh : But the issue is what I told you: the thighs rub against each other and then get chafed. Do we say that if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation for wearing trousers to the one who did not find an izar, this indicates that a person, whenever he needs trousers, even in a situation other than this, there is no harm?
The Shaykh : What should he wear? What should he wear?
The questioner : Taba, short swailat, do we tell the one who does not know how to cover his awrah (part of the body that must be covered) if he wears the izar (loincloth) that we should say to him, wear this?
The Shaykh : No, we do not say that. Sometimes some pilgrims need something; some people, when walking, their thighs rub against each other and get chafed. In that case, we say there is nothing wrong with you wrapping a cloth around your thigh, wrapping it as you would wrap a cast. And it remains from the beginning of the ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) to the end. Yes.
The questioner : He does not wear short clothing, this is the point.
The Shaykh : In any case, for him, meaning if his awrah is covered, it is not an issue, because a person is able to cover his awrah.
The questioner : Thank you, may Allah do you good.
The Shaykh : But the issue is what I told you: the thighs rub against each other and then get chafed. Do we say that if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation for wearing trousers to the one who did not find an izar, this indicates that a person, whenever he needs trousers, even in a situation other than this, there is no harm?
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1701 - 4600 هل للحاج لبس سروال صغير عند الحاجة؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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