The Imam Ahmad was asked, “Does a man dress his slave girl in the qirtaq?” He said, “No…” What is the meaning of the qirtaq?
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The Shaykh : What do you have? Are you holding the paper with one question or more?
The questioner : There are questions that have come from women asking about the meanings of terms in some hadiths. The first hadith: these hadiths appeared in your book, The Hijab of the Muslim Woman. I heard Ahmad wrote that a man dresses his slave girl in the qirtaq, and he said, “No, he does not dress her in men’s clothing, he does not make her resemble men.” So what is the meaning of the word qirtaq or this type of clothing?
The Shaykh : The answer: listen to it and memorize it, and convey it this way. The one asked is not more knowledgeable about it than the one asking. The student brothers are laughing. It means a type of clothing that was known at that time, and I do not know what it was, by Allah.
The questioner : There are questions that have come from women asking about the meanings of terms in some hadiths. The first hadith: these hadiths appeared in your book, The Hijab of the Muslim Woman. I heard Ahmad wrote that a man dresses his slave girl in the qirtaq, and he said, “No, he does not dress her in men’s clothing, he does not make her resemble men.” So what is the meaning of the word qirtaq or this type of clothing?
The Shaykh : The answer: listen to it and memorize it, and convey it this way. The one asked is not more knowledgeable about it than the one asking. The student brothers are laughing. It means a type of clothing that was known at that time, and I do not know what it was, by Allah.