Chapter: In what garments a woman may pray, and 'Ikrimah said: If she covered her body with a garment, I would deem it sufficient.
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The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in the chapters on prayer in garments:
Chapter: In what garments a woman may pray, and 'Ikrimah said: "If she covered her body with a garment, I would deem it sufficient". Abu al-Yaman narrated to us, saying: Shu'ayb informed us...
The Shaykh : The statement of 'Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him): "If she covered her body with a garment, I would deem it sufficient". Women ask about this often. And regarding prayer in a shilbah. Do you know what a shilbah is? It is a garment that covers the entire body. We say this is permissible as long as she has covered what is obligatory to cover; it is permissible, and there is no difference whether it is a dir' or something similar. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Does it cover the head?
The Shaykh : Yes, it covers the head.
The questioner : The voice...
The Shaykh : I don't know what is wrong with it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, what?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Glory to Allah the Great! By Allah, it is amazing now. If she prayed without the shilbah, in other clothes that are light, it would not be sufficient. The discussion is about a shilbah that covers. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do not think that a shilbah covers? Have you entered the houses of all people?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...the shilbah except for a few.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, I understand that the shilbah is like a cloak.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : A woman wears it to adorn herself.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : A shirt for the shilbah?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : But does it have sleeves?
The questioner : It does not have sleeves.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is it.
The questioner : It does not have sleeves...
The Shaykh : The important thing is, let me tell you what I want: a woman, for example, has a garment... over her entire body, but it is a single piece and has no sleeves. That is what I want. So call it a shilbah or not, it does not matter. Yes.
The questioner : And the head?
The Shaykh : And the head, the entire head. Sometimes she puts a khimar on the head, a khimar, and that is sufficient.
The questioner : ...is it not from the closed type?
The Shaykh : No, the closed type, may Allah reward you, does not allow her to take out her hands together. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Go ahead.
Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in the chapters on prayer in garments:
Chapter: In what garments a woman may pray, and 'Ikrimah said: "If she covered her body with a garment, I would deem it sufficient". Abu al-Yaman narrated to us, saying: Shu'ayb informed us...
The Shaykh : The statement of 'Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him): "If she covered her body with a garment, I would deem it sufficient". Women ask about this often. And regarding prayer in a shilbah. Do you know what a shilbah is? It is a garment that covers the entire body. We say this is permissible as long as she has covered what is obligatory to cover; it is permissible, and there is no difference whether it is a dir' or something similar. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Does it cover the head?
The Shaykh : Yes, it covers the head.
The questioner : The voice...
The Shaykh : I don't know what is wrong with it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, what?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Glory to Allah the Great! By Allah, it is amazing now. If she prayed without the shilbah, in other clothes that are light, it would not be sufficient. The discussion is about a shilbah that covers. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do not think that a shilbah covers? Have you entered the houses of all people?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...the shilbah except for a few.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, I understand that the shilbah is like a cloak.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : A woman wears it to adorn herself.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : A shirt for the shilbah?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : But does it have sleeves?
The questioner : It does not have sleeves.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is it.
The questioner : It does not have sleeves...
The Shaykh : The important thing is, let me tell you what I want: a woman, for example, has a garment... over her entire body, but it is a single piece and has no sleeves. That is what I want. So call it a shilbah or not, it does not matter. Yes.
The questioner : And the head?
The Shaykh : And the head, the entire head. Sometimes she puts a khimar on the head, a khimar, and that is sufficient.
The questioner : ...is it not from the closed type?
The Shaykh : No, the closed type, may Allah reward you, does not allow her to take out her hands together. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Go ahead.