What is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view, O honorable Shaykh, regarding wearing clothes imported from Europe in front of mahrams?
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The questioner : From the questions of a female listener from Benghazi, Libya, this question: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view, O honorable Shaykh, regarding wearing clothes imported from Europe in front of mahrams?
The Shaykh : In front of mahrams?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Clothes coming from Europe or from any other land of disbelief are not free from two possibilities: either they are clothes specific to the disbelievers, which only disbelievers wear.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden for a Muslim to wear these, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) However, if the imitation is not in belief or in an action that leads to disbelief, then it is only forbidden.
As for if these clothes are not specific to the disbelievers, but are worn by Muslims and others, then they are examined: if they contain something forbidden, such as having images of animals, or being tight for a woman, or being short, then they are forbidden; otherwise, there is no harm in them. We said that tight and short clothes are forbidden because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said This indicates the prohibition of clothing that is a covering which does not conceal the 'awrah, either due to its tightness or shortness, as the scholars said, or because it is transparent and the 'awrah is seen through it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : In front of mahrams?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Clothes coming from Europe or from any other land of disbelief are not free from two possibilities: either they are clothes specific to the disbelievers, which only disbelievers wear.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden for a Muslim to wear these, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who copies any people is one of them.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهمAs for if these clothes are not specific to the disbelievers, but are worn by Muslims and others, then they are examined: if they contain something forbidden, such as having images of animals, or being tight for a woman, or being short, then they are forbidden; otherwise, there is no harm in them. We said that tight and short clothes are forbidden because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said
Two categories of the people of the Fire, I have not seen them yet: women who are clothed yet naked, swaying and causing others to sway, their heads like the sloping humps of camels. They will not enter Paradise and will not smell its scent, though its scent is found from such and such a distance. And men with them, having whips like the tails of cattle, with which they strike people.
صنفان من أهل النار لم أرهما بعد نساء كاسيات عاريات مائلات مميلات رؤوسهن كأسنة البخت المائلة لا يدخلن الجنة ولا يجدن ريحها وإن ريحها ليوجد من مسيرة كذا وكذا وقوم معهم سياط كأذناب البقر يضربون بها الناسThe questioner : May Allah bless you.