What is the ruling on women wearing open-backed or thigh-revealing clothes at celebrations?
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The questioner : He says: Your Eminence, I will present to you some violations in marriage. First: it has become apparent among women the wearing of open clothes.
The Shaykh : Among women.
The student: It has become apparent in women's clothing the wearing of clothes open to the thighs, and sometimes even to the back. Second: attending weddings where there are drummers singing the songs of singers. Third: the bride wearing a dress worth five thousand riyals or four thousand riyals on the wedding night that she will only wear once in her lifetime.
The Shaykh : We start with the first: women wearing open clothing means that the woman is clothed yet naked. Regarding the clothed yet naked woman, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said of her:Sahih Muslim 2128 So this is one of the characteristics of the women of Hell, may Allah protect us from it. The woman is commanded to be modest in her clothing. For this reason, we say: it is better that the upper garment, which is above the trousers, be a tunic, meaning that one leg should not be exposed separately from the other, so that she avoids being naked while clothed.
And as for the second, which is
The student: Attending the drummers who sing the songs of...
The Shaykh : Yes, attending the drummers who sing the songs of singers, this is a mistake. The prescribed or permissible songs are those that are not degrading; they are lively songs that indicate joy and happiness, such as what came in the hadith:Sunan Ibn Majah 1900Da'if (Darussalam) or words similar to that.
And as for the third: the married woman wearing a dress valued at five thousand that she will only wear on that night, this is extravagance, and it is closer to being forbidden than to being permissible.
So we ask Allah for guidance and success for everyone to what He loves and is pleased with, for He is capable of all things.
The Shaykh : Among women.
The student: It has become apparent in women's clothing the wearing of clothes open to the thighs, and sometimes even to the back. Second: attending weddings where there are drummers singing the songs of singers. Third: the bride wearing a dress worth five thousand riyals or four thousand riyals on the wedding night that she will only wear once in her lifetime.
The Shaykh : We start with the first: women wearing open clothing means that the woman is clothed yet naked. Regarding the clothed yet naked woman, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said of her:
AbU Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said this: Two are the types of the denizens of Hell whom I did not see: people having flogs like the tails of the ox with them and they would be beating people, and the women who would be dressed but appear to be naked, who would be inclined (to evil) and make their husbands incline towards it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its odour whereas its odour would be smelt from such and such distance.
صنفان من أهل النار لم أرهما بعد : نساء كاسيات عاريات مميلات مائلات رءوسهن كأسنمة البخت المائلة لا يدخلن الجنة ولا يجدن ريحهاAnd as for the second, which is
The student: Attending the drummers who sing the songs of...
The Shaykh : Yes, attending the drummers who sing the songs of singers, this is a mistake. The prescribed or permissible songs are those that are not degrading; they are lively songs that indicate joy and happiness, such as what came in the hadith:
We have come to you, we have come to you, may Allah bless you and us?
أتيناكم أتيناكم فحيانا وحياكمAnd as for the third: the married woman wearing a dress valued at five thousand that she will only wear on that night, this is extravagance, and it is closer to being forbidden than to being permissible.
So we ask Allah for guidance and success for everyone to what He loves and is pleased with, for He is capable of all things.