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What is the ruling on wearing short and transparent sleeves in front of mahrams, and advice from the Shaykh

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Question : Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. The regular free segment. Yes, you are asking about the ruling on wearing short and transparent sleeves in front of mahrams. This sister questioner, Honorable Shaykh?

Answer : I ask my sisters, daughters, and mothers, the women, to fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And to prefer guidance over desire. And not to run after what comes to us from other countries that contradicts the Islamic Shari'ah. In fact, even what does not contradict the Islamic Shari'ah, I call upon them to avoid it, because the most it is, is the custom of other people. So what makes the custom of other people preferable to our customs? This is nothing but defeat. Behind the sweeping currents that are sweeping through our lands today, we ask Allah to protect us from their evil.
I say that the woman is commanded to cover herself, commanded to stay away from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) as much as possible. For this reason, Allah the Exalted said:
And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance.وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰ
[Al-Ahzab 33:33]
. Allah the Exalted commanded the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who are the most chaste of women and the furthest from fitnah, to stay in their homes, and not to display themselves with the display of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(peace and blessings be upon him) regarding women: Do not prevent the women of Allah from the mosques of Allah, and their homes are better for them.صلى الله عليه وسلم في النساء لا تمنعوا إماء الله مساجد الله وبيوتهن خير لهن.
He said it this way. The home is better than the woman coming to the mosque to pray in it.
And he spoke about the description of the women of the Fire, and he said:
Two are the types of the denizens of Hell whom I did not see: people having flogs like the tails of the ox with them and they would be beating peopleصنفان من أهل النار لم أرهما قوم معهم سياط كأذناب البقر يضربون بها الناس
Sahih Muslim 2128
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and the women who would be dressed but appear to be naked, who would be inclined (to evil) and make their husbands incline towards it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side.ونساء كاسيات عاريات مميلات مائلات رؤوسهن كأسنمة البخت المائلة
Sahih Muslim 2128
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They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its odour whereas its odour would be smelt from such and such distance.يدخلن الجنة ولا يجدن ريحها وإن ريحها ليوجد من مسيرة كذا وكذا
Sahih Muslim 2128
, I call upon the women of the believers to fear Allah and to stay away from the causes of fitnah. It is well known that light or tight clothes that reveal the size of the body are among the causes of fitnah. Satan runs through the sons of Adam like blood. They come to the mahrams, especially the distant ones among them. Perhaps it affects them that they see this woman in light or short clothing. Rather, let them fear Allah. And let them stay away from the causes of fitnah.
And let them know. And I mean by that men and women. That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I have not left behind me a trial more injurious to men than women.ما تركت بعدي فتنة أضر على الرجال من النساء.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3085
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said it this way. The matter is serious, serious, extremely serious. We ask Allah to protect our lands from the schemes of our enemies, and to turn their schemes back upon them, and to protect us from their evils, for He is Able to do all things. May Allah reward you with the best reward for us and for the Muslims, and thank you, sister.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2432- ما حكم لبس الكم القصير والشفاف أمام المحارم ونصيحة من الشيخ — youtube.com

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