What is the garment of fame, and what is its characteristic?
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The questioner : Tell us about the garment of fame, its manner and its characteristics, so that we may avoid it. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The garment of fame does not have a specific manner or a specific characteristic. Rather, by the garment of fame is meant what a person becomes famous for and is pointed to because of it, so that people talk about him in gatherings: "So-and-so wore such and such," or "So-and-so wore such and such."
Based on this, the same garment may be a garment of fame for one person and not for another. Therefore, the garment of fame is what is outside the custom of people such that its wearer becomes famous and tongues talk about it. The prohibition of the garment of fame came so that it would not be a cause for backbiting about a person and for people to sin by backbiting about him.
The questioner : Thank you, O honorable Shaykh. May Allah magnify your reward, bless you and your knowledge, and benefit the Muslims through you.
The Shaykh : The garment of fame does not have a specific manner or a specific characteristic. Rather, by the garment of fame is meant what a person becomes famous for and is pointed to because of it, so that people talk about him in gatherings: "So-and-so wore such and such," or "So-and-so wore such and such."
Based on this, the same garment may be a garment of fame for one person and not for another. Therefore, the garment of fame is what is outside the custom of people such that its wearer becomes famous and tongues talk about it. The prohibition of the garment of fame came so that it would not be a cause for backbiting about a person and for people to sin by backbiting about him.
The questioner : Thank you, O honorable Shaykh. May Allah magnify your reward, bless you and your knowledge, and benefit the Muslims through you.