What is the ruling on praying in trousers with a long shirt over them that covers the buttocks?
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The questioner : Regarding the trousers, Shaykh, if a person wears a long garment over them, a long shirt that goes past the knees, does this also fall under imitating the disbelievers?
The Shaykh : Who is wearing it, a woman or a man?
The questioner : A man, like the army now and workers who wear trousers, but they wear a shirt over them that goes past or reaches the knee, and they pray in it.
The Shaykh : If he prostrates, does part of his private parts become exposed or not?
If the answer is yes, then there is no difference; this shirt must be long, like the robe of the scholars, so that it covers completely. But if it is short, that reminds us of what came in the authentic Sunnah in *Sunan Abu Dawud* and others: "That a man from the Companions traveled with a delegation from the people of Madinah to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was in Makkah before he migrated. This man had a son who was intelligent and a good memorizer. Whenever a man from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) side came to Madinah, he would ask about anything new that had come down of the Qur'an, and he would pick it up and memorize it just as a magnet picks up iron. When his father returned with the delegation, they brought a new ruling, which was the congregational prayer. They used to pray individually before, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) established a new practice for them, because rulings come not as a sudden burst but in a sequence. And among these rulings was his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): And his age, as the narrator says, was between seven or nine years old. So they put him forward to lead the men in prayer, with the women behind them. When this boy finished the prayer with the taslim, a woman from behind the rows of women shouted: 'Will you not cover your imam's buttocks from us?' This boy was wearing an izar of this heavy fabric—I do not know what you call it—?
The questioner : A garment.
The Shaykh : No, it does not have that softness so that it would be stiff. So when he prostrates, it becomes exposed from behind like this because of the stiffness of the garment, meaning it has no softness.
The questioner : Dutt.
The Shaykh : Dutt?
The questioner : That is its name, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : The important thing is, it appears that when the boy prostrated, naturally the women would delay their prostration, and the exposed part came into the sight of one of them, and the garment had opened up over his buttocks, over his rear. So she shouted: 'Will you not cover your imam's buttocks from us?' So this imam, when he is wearing the shirt I mentioned, reminds me of the story of this boy. And the completion of the hadith, for the benefit, he said: He is small but he is a memorizer, glory be to Allah. He said: Sahih al-Bukhari 4302 Because he is a small child.
The Shaykh : Who is wearing it, a woman or a man?
The questioner : A man, like the army now and workers who wear trousers, but they wear a shirt over them that goes past or reaches the knee, and they pray in it.
The Shaykh : If he prostrates, does part of his private parts become exposed or not?
If the answer is yes, then there is no difference; this shirt must be long, like the robe of the scholars, so that it covers completely. But if it is short, that reminds us of what came in the authentic Sunnah in *Sunan Abu Dawud* and others: "That a man from the Companions traveled with a delegation from the people of Madinah to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was in Makkah before he migrated. This man had a son who was intelligent and a good memorizer. Whenever a man from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) side came to Madinah, he would ask about anything new that had come down of the Qur'an, and he would pick it up and memorize it just as a magnet picks up iron. When his father returned with the delegation, they brought a new ruling, which was the congregational prayer. They used to pray individually before, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) established a new practice for them, because rulings come not as a sudden burst but in a sequence. And among these rulings was his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
He leads the people in prayer, the one among them who is most reciting of the Book of Allah. This boy said: So they looked in Madinah and did not find anyone more memorizing of the Qur'an than me.
يؤمُّ القوم أقرأهم لكتاب الله، قال هذا الغلام: فنظروا في المدينة فلم يجدوا أحفظ مني للقرآنThe questioner : A garment.
The Shaykh : No, it does not have that softness so that it would be stiff. So when he prostrates, it becomes exposed from behind like this because of the stiffness of the garment, meaning it has no softness.
The questioner : Dutt.
The Shaykh : Dutt?
The questioner : That is its name, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : The important thing is, it appears that when the boy prostrated, naturally the women would delay their prostration, and the exposed part came into the sight of one of them, and the garment had opened up over his buttocks, over his rear. So she shouted: 'Will you not cover your imam's buttocks from us?' So this imam, when he is wearing the shirt I mentioned, reminds me of the story of this boy. And the completion of the hadith, for the benefit, he said: