The recent and striking spread among women, with the approval of their guardians who even assist them in it, of what is called the niqab and the abaya.
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The Shaykh : It is narrow and tiring. So what I see is that it is better to pray the tarawih prayer in the mosques, just as the obligatory prayers are prayed. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence. It has recently spread in a striking manner among women, with the approval of their guardians who even assist them in it, including what is called the niqab, the French abaya, and the trousers, especially among guardians who appear to be committed to religion. I ask for your advice. May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : As for the niqab, the niqab was known in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The evidence for this is:. However, this permissible thing, if it leads to something forbidden, it is better to prohibit it, because every permissible thing that leads to a forbidden thing becomes forbidden, or at least we say it is prohibited. If we permit the niqab for women today, what would be the result? They would expand it, and for a week or a month they would wear the known annual niqab. Then they would expand it, as is the reality now. Now, instead of the niqab, women wear a mask, meaning in common terms: they cover their faces completely. Therefore, we do not issue a ruling permitting it, even though we believe it is permissible in its original form.
As for the trousers, the reality is that this is an inspiration from Satan. Otherwise, all the great scholars in this country have issued rulings forbidding it. The speaker is issuing a ruling forbidding it, and I am the one speaking. Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) issues a ruling forbidding it. The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta issues a ruling forbidding it. Shaykh Abdullah ibn Jibrin issues a ruling forbidding it. These are the symbols of the scholars of the country. If the common people do not turn to such people, to whom do they turn? Therefore, I affirm that it is obligatory to prevent a woman from wearing trousers, even in the presence of her husband. And praise be to Allah, the husband does not need trousers. Nor does he need to wear clothes. It is permissible for him to spend the night with his wife in the bed without anything. Why trousers? If not for the fact that Satan inspires some people to beautify the ugly thing. Do trousers not reveal the joints of the legs? Is this a leg? This is a leg? And it may also reveal the chest. And perhaps a day will come when they flood our country with trousers that are the color of skin, as thin as skin, and very tight. If a woman wears them, it would be as if she were naked, and this is not far off. The third. What is the third?
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes. No, what is the third question? The third paragraph? The abaya. The French abaya.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The French abaya. I do not imagine it. But I think it is worn on the shoulder and has sleeves, so the woman is as if she has worn the cut-off part and not her abaya. And I do not like us to open the door, so the issue develops, or rather deteriorates, into something worse. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence. It has recently spread in a striking manner among women, with the approval of their guardians who even assist them in it, including what is called the niqab, the French abaya, and the trousers, especially among guardians who appear to be committed to religion. I ask for your advice. May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : As for the niqab, the niqab was known in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The evidence for this is:
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) forbade the woman in the state of ihram from wearing a niqab.
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم نهى المحرمة أن تنتقبAs for the trousers, the reality is that this is an inspiration from Satan. Otherwise, all the great scholars in this country have issued rulings forbidding it. The speaker is issuing a ruling forbidding it, and I am the one speaking. Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) issues a ruling forbidding it. The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta issues a ruling forbidding it. Shaykh Abdullah ibn Jibrin issues a ruling forbidding it. These are the symbols of the scholars of the country. If the common people do not turn to such people, to whom do they turn? Therefore, I affirm that it is obligatory to prevent a woman from wearing trousers, even in the presence of her husband. And praise be to Allah, the husband does not need trousers. Nor does he need to wear clothes. It is permissible for him to spend the night with his wife in the bed without anything. Why trousers? If not for the fact that Satan inspires some people to beautify the ugly thing. Do trousers not reveal the joints of the legs? Is this a leg? This is a leg? And it may also reveal the chest. And perhaps a day will come when they flood our country with trousers that are the color of skin, as thin as skin, and very tight. If a woman wears them, it would be as if she were naked, and this is not far off. The third. What is the third?
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes. No, what is the third question? The third paragraph? The abaya. The French abaya.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The French abaya. I do not imagine it. But I think it is worn on the shoulder and has sleeves, so the woman is as if she has worn the cut-off part and not her abaya. And I do not like us to open the door, so the issue develops, or rather deteriorates, into something worse. Yes.