What is the ruling on my wife wearing her adornment clothes when she wants to visit someone or when someone comes to visit us, even though I have forbidden her from doing so, but to no avail?
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The questioner : He says: My wife wears her adornment clothes when she wants to visit someone or when someone comes to visit us, even though I have forbidden her from doing so, but to no avail. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with a woman adorning herself and beautifying herself for her female counterparts, provided that no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is feared from it. You should not forbid her from this matter, for this is something women are naturally inclined to do, and even men. A man loves to appear in a beautiful appearance in his clothing, and so does a woman.
However, if fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is feared from it, such as there being men around her who watch her, or some women describing her to her husband—meaning the woman describes this woman to her husband, i.e., the husband of the woman doing the describing—then this is also prohibited. For example, saying, "So-and-so's wife has such and such, and such and such, and such and such," describing her to her husband as if he were looking at her. But if there is no prohibition involved, you have no right to prevent her from beautifying herself with what is customary in front of her female friends.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with a woman adorning herself and beautifying herself for her female counterparts, provided that no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is feared from it. You should not forbid her from this matter, for this is something women are naturally inclined to do, and even men. A man loves to appear in a beautiful appearance in his clothing, and so does a woman.
However, if fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is feared from it, such as there being men around her who watch her, or some women describing her to her husband—meaning the woman describes this woman to her husband, i.e., the husband of the woman doing the describing—then this is also prohibited. For example, saying, "So-and-so's wife has such and such, and such and such, and such and such," describing her to her husband as if he were looking at her. But if there is no prohibition involved, you have no right to prevent her from beautifying herself with what is customary in front of her female friends.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.