Is it permissible to pray in transparent clothing through which the body is visible?
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The questioner : ...and it invalidates the prayer. If a person prays in these jilbabs, meaning she is wearing a jilbab where the 'awrah is completely visible due to its transparency.
The Shaykh : If it does not cover, then the prayer is invalid.
The questioner : It does not cover.
The Shaykh : But do you mean now that it does not cover, or do you mean that it is tight?
The questioner : I mean perhaps she is standing in front of you...
The Shaykh : Do not trouble yourself, answer the question. You have two things: one is that it is tight on the body, and the other is that it is not that tight, but due to its transparency, it reveals the body.
The questioner : It reveals the body, yes, that is what I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, I say this invalidates the prayer.
The questioner : It invalidates the prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : There are many people in Aleppo who are like this.
The Shaykh : If it does not cover, then the prayer is invalid.
The questioner : It does not cover.
The Shaykh : But do you mean now that it does not cover, or do you mean that it is tight?
The questioner : I mean perhaps she is standing in front of you...
The Shaykh : Do not trouble yourself, answer the question. You have two things: one is that it is tight on the body, and the other is that it is not that tight, but due to its transparency, it reveals the body.
The questioner : It reveals the body, yes, that is what I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, I say this invalidates the prayer.
The questioner : It invalidates the prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : There are many people in Aleppo who are like this.
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