Among the things that increase during the summer vacation are the many weddings and occasions, but it is observed that women wear transparent and tight-fitting clothing.

The questioner : He says: O esteemed Shaykh, among the things that increase during the summer vacation are the many weddings and occasions. But it is observed that women wear transparent and tight-fitting clothing, there is extravagance in the wedding feasts, and singing takes place outside the palace.

The Shaykh : Takes place?

The Shaykh : Singing outside the palace, and such gatherings are not utilized for good and benefit.

The Shaykh : Yes. It is as he said.The questioner : During the vacation days, weddings increase. We ask Allah to increase them and to increase the offspring; we ask Allah for that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Look at the address of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); he did not address the old men or the middle-aged, but the young men: . That is: to cut off [the desire]. It reduces the lust and connects the servant to his Lord, and he is occupied with His remembrance and his fasting from thinking about the opposite sex. I say: People, praise be to Allah, have many weddings during the vacation days. But it is obligatory that we make these weddings lawful weddings, with the hand drum and singing for women, as was known in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The hand drum is the drum that has only one face. And one must avoid lewd songs or music or what is similar to that; it must be avoided. Second: It is obligatory that the woman comes in clothing of modesty, clothing of shyness, and the woman is the example of shyness. For this reason it is said: "More shy than a virgin in her chamber." Her clothing is not like the clothing of men, nor is her shyness like the shyness of men, nor is her work like the work of men. And Allah the Exalted distinguished between the woman and the man in everything except in the rulings of the Shari'ah, in which they are equal. That is, for example: prayer is obligatory for men and women, zakah is for men and women, fasting is for men and women. Jihad? It is for men, not for women. That is, the woman is weak and cannot face [the enemy]. Okay. The clothing differs between men and women. And whoever says that the 'awrah of the woman is like the 'awrah of the men has erred. For this reason, the women of the Companions in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when they went out to the markets, the woman would have a wide jilbab like an abaya. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) permitted her to let it hang down by a span. They said: . All of that so that the foot of the woman is not exposed and so that she does not hurry in walking, because if her jilbab is to the elbow, she cannot be hasty. Then some people were confused by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The matter was confused for them. They thought that the meaning of the hadith is: that the woman may wear in front of the woman what covers only what is between the navel and the knee. And this is wrong. It is a mistake in understanding the hadith. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not speak about clothing at all in this hadith. Reflect on the hadith, my brother; did the Messenger speak about clothing? Answer, O people. No, it is about looking; the woman does not look at the 'awrah of the woman. He did not say: "For the woman to wear clothing that covers what is between the navel and the knee," not at all, and he did not touch upon it, because it is known that the clothing of women in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the market, as you heard, was the wearing of wide, hanging jilbabs. In the houses, it is the usual clothing. The woman does not go out in her house except with what she needs for cooking and the like; this is her clothing. So much so that when the women were ordered to go out for the festival, they said: . What is the jilbab? What is it? It is like the abaya, O brothers. You are with me in ... without ... or what? He said: The important thing is that the mistake in understanding the texts is a great danger. And when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: he did not speak about clothing at all, and it does not mean: that women wear only what covers between the navel and the knee. Do you imagine, O Muslim, that the women of the Companions, among themselves, would sit with one of them having on her only a sarong that covers what is between the navel and the knee? Do you imagine this? Answer, O servants of Allah. No, never. Even the Western countries did not do this. Even the Western countries whose women are naked put something on the breast to cover it. And this one who imagined wants to make it so that the women of the Companions, among themselves, the woman wears nothing but what covers between the navel and the knee. Glory be to Allah! Wonders, wonders, wonders! We say with ease and with simplicity: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did not speak about clothing at all in this hadith. Rather, he spoke about what? Say, O people, about the woman looking at the woman, and this is possible. For example, the woman is undressing and there is a woman around her. We say: It is not permissible to look at the 'awrah. A woman is relieving herself and there is a woman around her. We say: It is not lawful for her to look at the 'awrah. A woman is sleeping and her 'awrah is exposed; we say to the other woman: Do not look at her 'awrah. A woman is sitting without a sarong and has raised her legs so the 'awrah is visible. We say to the second one: What? Do not look at her 'awrah. This is how the hadith comes down. And there is no mention of clothing in the hadith at all, but most of what people err in is understanding or defective analogy. Yes.

The questioner : Buraydah, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Buraydah.

The Shaykh : Buraydah.