What is the criterion for a woman’s clothing in prayer regarding covering and non-transparency, given that sometimes the clothes may be thick but they reveal
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The questioner : What is the criterion for a woman’s clothing in prayer regarding covering and non-transparency, given that sometimes the clothes may be thick but they reveal something of the color of the hair, for example, or the color of the skin? I ask the honorable Shaykh for an answer?
The Shaykh : The scholars say: The covering garment is one from which the color of the skin is not seen behind it. As for the shadow of the skin, meaning that a person sees the shadow of the limbs behind the sleeves, that does not prevent it, but there is a deficiency in it. So clothing has three categories: a category that is thick, from which neither the shadow of the limb nor the color of the skin is seen, and this is the best of garments. Another category is one from which the color of the skin is seen, and this is not permissible and is not a covering. The third category is between these two: the color is not seen from it, but the size is seen, and this is permissible but it is not recommended. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This listener from Riyadh says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The scholars say: The covering garment is one from which the color of the skin is not seen behind it. As for the shadow of the skin, meaning that a person sees the shadow of the limbs behind the sleeves, that does not prevent it, but there is a deficiency in it. So clothing has three categories: a category that is thick, from which neither the shadow of the limb nor the color of the skin is seen, and this is the best of garments. Another category is one from which the color of the skin is seen, and this is not permissible and is not a covering. The third category is between these two: the color is not seen from it, but the size is seen, and this is permissible but it is not recommended. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This listener from Riyadh says: Honorable Shaykh.