What is the ruling on making trousers for women?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : I would like to ask you a question, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : I want to open a shop...
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : What about the fitting room?
The Shaykh : For what?
The questioner : A fitting room in the shop.
The Shaykh : Who is going to do the measuring?
The questioner : The women, of course.
The Shaykh : Who is measuring for the women?
The questioner : She does it herself.
The Shaykh : She does it herself?
The questioner : She does it herself...
The Shaykh : So you want to sell clothes to women?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes, and are these clothes permissible by the Shari'ah that you want to sell?
The questioner : By Allah, this is what I was asking you about in the second question.
The Shaykh : No, you need to make this the first one.
The questioner : I have a workshop.
The Shaykh : You have a workshop?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you do in this workshop?
The questioner : Tight trousers for women...
The Shaykh : Trousers?
The questioner : Ah.
The Shaykh : Do they go out in the market wearing them?
The questioner : Yes, they go out wearing them.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible for me to work on this.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, because you know that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) commanded the believers to do all good,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : and forbade them from all evil.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So He the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you tailor clothes for women and it is not permissible for them to wear them,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : you have assisted in wrongdoing, and may you be kept away from assisting in wrongdoing.
The questioner : And if it is for her husband.
The Shaykh : Her husband?
The questioner : But I tailor a trouser with the intention that, for example, she wears it for her husband.
The Shaykh : As for the intention, Allah is All-Aware of it. The important thing is that practically, it does not work out.
The Shaykh : Yes — and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, and upon you be peace. Bring the chairs, bring them. Wait a moment, by Allah, a little.
The questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : I would like to ask you a question, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : I want to open a shop...
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : What about the fitting room?
The Shaykh : For what?
The questioner : A fitting room in the shop.
The Shaykh : Who is going to do the measuring?
The questioner : The women, of course.
The Shaykh : Who is measuring for the women?
The questioner : She does it herself.
The Shaykh : She does it herself?
The questioner : She does it herself...
The Shaykh : So you want to sell clothes to women?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes, and are these clothes permissible by the Shari'ah that you want to sell?
The questioner : By Allah, this is what I was asking you about in the second question.
The Shaykh : No, you need to make this the first one.
The questioner : I have a workshop.
The Shaykh : You have a workshop?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you do in this workshop?
The questioner : Tight trousers for women...
The Shaykh : Trousers?
The questioner : Ah.
The Shaykh : Do they go out in the market wearing them?
The questioner : Yes, they go out wearing them.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible for me to work on this.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, because you know that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) commanded the believers to do all good,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : and forbade them from all evil.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So He the Exalted said:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression
و تعاونوا على البر و التقوى و لا تعاونوا على الإثم و العدوانThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you tailor clothes for women and it is not permissible for them to wear them,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : you have assisted in wrongdoing, and may you be kept away from assisting in wrongdoing.
The questioner : And if it is for her husband.
The Shaykh : Her husband?
The questioner : But I tailor a trouser with the intention that, for example, she wears it for her husband.
The Shaykh : As for the intention, Allah is All-Aware of it. The important thing is that practically, it does not work out.
The Shaykh : Yes — and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, and upon you be peace. Bring the chairs, bring them. Wait a moment, by Allah, a little.
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