What is the ruling on a woman whose husband has died wearing a white garment? Is it a custom or an act of worship?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
What is the ruling on a woman whose husband has died wearing a white garment? Is it a custom or an act of worship?
Answer:
A woman whose husband has died wears what is her custom to wear, provided it is not adornment, because she is prohibited from wearing adornment during the waiting period. As for the mourning rites, among the rulings of mourning is that she avoids wearing adornment. So she wears what is the custom of the women of her country to wear, and she does not wear anything she claims is specific to the waiting period after death, because there are no specific garments for the waiting period after death. Rather, she wears what is her custom to wear and the custom of her country, not because it contains adornment. May Allah reward you with good.
What is the ruling on a woman whose husband has died wearing a white garment? Is it a custom or an act of worship?
Answer:
A woman whose husband has died wears what is her custom to wear, provided it is not adornment, because she is prohibited from wearing adornment during the waiting period. As for the mourning rites, among the rulings of mourning is that she avoids wearing adornment. So she wears what is the custom of the women of her country to wear, and she does not wear anything she claims is specific to the waiting period after death, because there are no specific garments for the waiting period after death. Rather, she wears what is her custom to wear and the custom of her country, not because it contains adornment. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماحكم لبس الثوب الأبيض للمرأة المتوفى زوجها هل هو عادة أم عبادة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.