What is the ruling on entering the state of ihram in an izar that is closed on all sides?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh: In the past Hajj, O Shaykh, I performed Hajj wearing an izar that was connected on all sides and not open. People were objecting, meaning they were objecting to this thing, saying it is not permissible. What is its ruling?
The Shaykh : What did you enter the state of ihram with?
The questioner : With an izar that is closed on all sides, sewn...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is its ruling? Is it obligatory for it to be open?
The Shaykh : Did it cease to be an izar when you closed it?
The questioner : Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : I am asking you, if you were to take... this... or not?
The questioner : It had a belt.
The Shaykh : It had a belt with a buckle. If you went out among the people like this, what would they say? What is your concern? I am asking you, O man.
The questioner : An izar.
The Shaykh : An izar. Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) permit the izar with a condition or without a condition?
The questioner : Without a condition.
The Shaykh : Without a condition, then there is no obstacle.
The questioner : Many people were objecting, so I wanted to...
The Shaykh : People object to what they do not know; they object to everything they do not know. Do you understand? Well, since it is an izar, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5325Sahih (Darussalam), he permitted the izar in all cases. Who said that it is not permissible unless it is open, and you went and tied it? Who said that? Since we have an absolute term that is not restricted, praise be to Allah. This is similar to the socks that have slits; some people object to you wiping over them. We say: Well, what is the evidence? Since it is called a sock, and the Shari'ah made it absolute without restriction, praise be to Allah. And Allah the Exalted knows everything. If there were conditions that the Muslim needs in his worship, Allah the Mighty and Majestic would have clarified them, either in the Qur'an or the Sunnah. Is that clear? That is it. If anyone objects to you, say: Come, let us look at the Sunnah between us. Is this an izar or not? Wait, we have not yet reached whether it is closed or not closed. He will say: An izar, yes or no? Say: What is your evidence that the closed izar is forbidden, and that the Sunnah came with the permissibility of the izar absolutely?
The questioner : They all say the sewn one, the sewn one.
The Shaykh : "Sewn" is a word that never came in the Sunnah. There is no term "sewn" in the Sunnah. Did you hear what the Messenger said when he was asked: What does the one in ihram wear? What did he say? He listed the shirt. If it were woven without any thread, it would be forbidden. And the izar and the rida. If it were all patched, it would be lawful, even if it were all sewn. The word "sewn" did not come, neither in the tongue of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor in the tongue of Abu Bakr, nor 'Umar, nor 'Uthman, nor the Companions. The first to speak it was Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, who was one of the jurists of the Tabi'un (may Allah have mercy on him). And it is a word that is not correct, as evidenced by the fact that the sewn izar... the sewn, patched izar, is it permissible or not? It is permissible, and it is sewn. As for the shirt woven without sewing, it is forbidden, even though it has no sewing. And look at how this word has caused difficulty for people now. Now people come to seek a ruling, saying: Is it permissible to wear the laced sandal? Based on what? That it has stitching. Is that clear? The belt that has stitching, they come and ask about it: Is it permissible to wear it? Because it is sewn. So if we had remained with what the texts brought, we would have been saved from these difficulties.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you enter the state of ihram with?
The questioner : With an izar that is closed on all sides, sewn...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is its ruling? Is it obligatory for it to be open?
The Shaykh : Did it cease to be an izar when you closed it?
The questioner : Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : I am asking you, if you were to take... this... or not?
The questioner : It had a belt.
The Shaykh : It had a belt with a buckle. If you went out among the people like this, what would they say? What is your concern? I am asking you, O man.
The questioner : An izar.
The Shaykh : An izar. Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) permit the izar with a condition or without a condition?
The questioner : Without a condition.
The Shaykh : Without a condition, then there is no obstacle.
The questioner : Many people were objecting, so I wanted to...
The Shaykh : People object to what they do not know; they object to everything they do not know. Do you understand? Well, since it is an izar, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever cannot find an Izar (waist wrapper), let him wear trousers
من لم يجد إزارًا فليلبس السراويلThe questioner : They all say the sewn one, the sewn one.
The Shaykh : "Sewn" is a word that never came in the Sunnah. There is no term "sewn" in the Sunnah. Did you hear what the Messenger said when he was asked: What does the one in ihram wear? What did he say? He listed the shirt. If it were woven without any thread, it would be forbidden. And the izar and the rida. If it were all patched, it would be lawful, even if it were all sewn. The word "sewn" did not come, neither in the tongue of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor in the tongue of Abu Bakr, nor 'Umar, nor 'Uthman, nor the Companions. The first to speak it was Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, who was one of the jurists of the Tabi'un (may Allah have mercy on him). And it is a word that is not correct, as evidenced by the fact that the sewn izar... the sewn, patched izar, is it permissible or not? It is permissible, and it is sewn. As for the shirt woven without sewing, it is forbidden, even though it has no sewing. And look at how this word has caused difficulty for people now. Now people come to seek a ruling, saying: Is it permissible to wear the laced sandal? Based on what? That it has stitching. Is that clear? The belt that has stitching, they come and ask about it: Is it permissible to wear it? Because it is sewn. So if we had remained with what the texts brought, we would have been saved from these difficulties.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.