With the arrival of the vacation, celebrations increase, and with them, the wrongdoings among women increase, such as wearing short and transparent clothing and other things that expose much of the body.

The questioner : Regarding the topic of marriage, the honorableThe Shaykh : With the arrival of the vacation, celebrations increase, and with them, the wrongdoings among women increase, such as wearing short and transparent clothing and other things that expose much of the body. And yet, we find that some of our sisters permit these clothes among women. They say: The scholars only prohibited it for the sake of blocking the means to harm, and that the original ruling regarding clothing is permissibility, and that a woman's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) among women is what is between the navel and the knee. Therefore, she does not cover anything in front of women except that. We ask for clarification of this matter with the evidence. We ask Allah not to deprive you of the reward and to reward you with the best reward in this world and the Hereafter. And is it true that a woman's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) among women is what is between the navel and the knee?

The Shaykh : The reality is that what was mentioned in the question can happen, meaning that women come to parties wearing thin or short clothes, or wearing strong perfume, or other causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and this is haram (forbidden) and not permissible. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . The scholars explained that, meaning his saying: , by saying that they have a covering on them, but it is short or transparent or tight. All of this was explained by the scholars. A woman's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) is not like a man's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered). Rather, it is more severe. Therefore, we say: A woman's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) with a woman is like a man's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) with a man. But that does not mean that a woman wears only what covers what is between the navel and the knee. No scholar has said this. Never. Even the women of the Franks and the disbelievers do not do this. She must have something that covers her chest or at least covers her breast. Is it conceivable that the pure, purified Islamic Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) permits a woman to cover only what is between the navel and the knee? This is inconceivable. A woman's clothing is clothing of modesty. The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The women of the Companions in the houses wear shirts that cover from the wrist to the ankle". From the wrist—the wrist of the hand—yes, from the wrist, the wrist of the hand, to the ankle, the ankle of the foot. This is in the house. But if she goes out, it is known from the prescribed ruling that the Messenger (peace be upon him) granted them a dispensation to let their garments drag to the length of a forearm, for what? For the sake of covering the foot. So a woman's clothing is not like a man's clothing. Therefore, the Messenger (peace be upon him) did not say: "Men who cover their 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered)." Although he said: . But he distinguished in clothing between men and women. So regarding women, he said: and he did not say regarding men that they are "men who cover their 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered)," because there is no harm in a man showing his chest to a man or showing his leg. There is no harm in this. But a woman, no, she is prohibited from that.
As for the statementThe questioner : This is from the category of blocking the means to harm. So we say: Let us assume it is from the category of blocking the means to harm. Do the matters remain open? Does whoever wants do whatever he wants? Never. The Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law). The Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) has regulations that regulate actions. Not everyone does whatever he wants and says this is a means. And a means, if it leads to the forbidden, becomes haram (forbidden). Every means, if it does not lead to the forbidden today, will lead to it tomorrow. For this reason, we see that these clothes mentioned in the question are forbidden clothes, even among women. Yes.