Is there a specific garment for prayer?
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Question:
This questioner says: Is there a specific garment for prayer? She sees some women taking off their undergarments and wearing special clothes for prayer, on the assumption that these undergarments, which are in contact with the awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), may have been affected by or have something of ritual impurity stuck to them, and they do not know. Is this correct in the Shari'ah? Please guide us, may Allah bless you.
Answer:
There is no specific garment for a woman for prayer; rather, it is whatever clothes cover her, provided they contain no adornment that attracts attention. She may pray in what women are accustomed to wearing, as long as it covers her body and is not tight-fitting. She prays in it and is not restricted to a specific garment or setting aside clothes exclusively for prayer. It is not obligatory for her to take off the clothes she is wearing, even if they are in contact with her inner parts, unless she is certain that there is ritual impurity on them. If she is certain that there is ritual impurity on them, she washes them and prays. As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided the woman who asked him about menstrual blood that gets on a garment, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to wash the place where the blood was and to pray in it. She prays in this garment in which she had her menstruation. This indicates that wearing the garment does not harm her, even while she is menstruating, unless blood gets on it. In that case, she washes it and prays in it. The matter in this is broad, and praise be to Allah. Yes. May Allah reward you and bless you.
This questioner says: Is there a specific garment for prayer? She sees some women taking off their undergarments and wearing special clothes for prayer, on the assumption that these undergarments, which are in contact with the awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), may have been affected by or have something of ritual impurity stuck to them, and they do not know. Is this correct in the Shari'ah? Please guide us, may Allah bless you.
Answer:
There is no specific garment for a woman for prayer; rather, it is whatever clothes cover her, provided they contain no adornment that attracts attention. She may pray in what women are accustomed to wearing, as long as it covers her body and is not tight-fitting. She prays in it and is not restricted to a specific garment or setting aside clothes exclusively for prayer. It is not obligatory for her to take off the clothes she is wearing, even if they are in contact with her inner parts, unless she is certain that there is ritual impurity on them. If she is certain that there is ritual impurity on them, she washes them and prays. As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided the woman who asked him about menstrual blood that gets on a garment, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to wash the place where the blood was and to pray in it. She prays in this garment in which she had her menstruation. This indicates that wearing the garment does not harm her, even while she is menstruating, unless blood gets on it. In that case, she washes it and prays in it. The matter in this is broad, and praise be to Allah. Yes. May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل هناك لباس خاص للصلاة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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