The Ruling on a Woman Wearing Trousers
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Your Eminence! The wearing of trousers by people has become widespread, especially in the markets. What is the ruling on a woman wearing them, whether in her home with her husband, in the presence of women, or in the markets? Is there any imitating of men in this? May Allah guide you.
By Allah, this issue has become a problem. I see that it must be forbidden for a woman to wear trousers absolutely, even in the presence of her husband, because of the imitating of men in it, and because of what is feared from the prohibited in the future; for perhaps one day women will wear tight trousers, then move from tight trousers to trousers colored the color of the skin. If they are tight and their color is the color of the skin, the woman becomes as if she is naked. And praise be to Allah, now the magazines and newspapers show that this is forbidden. But unfortunately, there is a fatwa that Al-Jazeera transmitted from Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz that it is forbidden, and a fatwa from Shaykh ibn Jibrin that it is forbidden, and a fatwa from the Permanent Committee that it is forbidden, and a fatwa from me also that it is forbidden. And I do not know where people are going now, if their scholars say it is forbidden and they insist on doing it. Who will lead the ummah (the Muslim community)? If the scholars do not lead the ummah, who will lead it? The ignorant? Or the desires? Or those who want to destroy us so they can corrupt our morals, as they corrupted the morals of many nations? I do not know.
It is obligatory for students of knowledge to launch a campaign against such clothing, and to make it clear to people that a woman is not a plastic image to be looked at only, nor is she the best doll to be looked at! The woman is like the man, except that she differs from him in the matter of adorning herself for her husband, and what is similar to that which Allah the Exalted made a means for her husband to connect with her, so that the offspring increases and the ummah increases. So now I have given you four,They all say: that it is forbidden.
By Allah, this issue has become a problem. I see that it must be forbidden for a woman to wear trousers absolutely, even in the presence of her husband, because of the imitating of men in it, and because of what is feared from the prohibited in the future; for perhaps one day women will wear tight trousers, then move from tight trousers to trousers colored the color of the skin. If they are tight and their color is the color of the skin, the woman becomes as if she is naked. And praise be to Allah, now the magazines and newspapers show that this is forbidden. But unfortunately, there is a fatwa that Al-Jazeera transmitted from Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz that it is forbidden, and a fatwa from Shaykh ibn Jibrin that it is forbidden, and a fatwa from the Permanent Committee that it is forbidden, and a fatwa from me also that it is forbidden. And I do not know where people are going now, if their scholars say it is forbidden and they insist on doing it. Who will lead the ummah (the Muslim community)? If the scholars do not lead the ummah, who will lead it? The ignorant? Or the desires? Or those who want to destroy us so they can corrupt our morals, as they corrupted the morals of many nations? I do not know.
It is obligatory for students of knowledge to launch a campaign against such clothing, and to make it clear to people that a woman is not a plastic image to be looked at only, nor is she the best doll to be looked at! The woman is like the man, except that she differs from him in the matter of adorning herself for her husband, and what is similar to that which Allah the Exalted made a means for her husband to connect with her, so that the offspring increases and the ummah increases. So now I have given you four,They all say: that it is forbidden.