Do we say that one should not wear black clothes because they are the emblem of a sect from among the people of innovation?
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The questioner : Wearing black clothes.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Black clothes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What should one avoid, O Shaykh, especially in our time, when some of the misguided sects have made them their emblem?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Wearing black, so that we may guard against doubts, and so that we do not increase their numbers?
The Shaykh : As for if we are in a place where the people of innovation are present, and they are distinguished by wearing black, then yes, we say that it is disliked to wear it, because this falls under the category of imitating them. But if we are in a country where there is no one from these people, and it is not suspected of a man that he is from this sect, then there is no basis for the dislike.
The questioner : ... in this ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I say, is there any country in the lands of Islam where this sect is not present?
The Shaykh : That is not correct, that is not correct; in Unaizah, this sect does not exist.
The questioner : No, the country, I mean ... O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The country.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean it.
The Shaykh : Do you mean the Kingdom?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is correct. Yes?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Black clothes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What should one avoid, O Shaykh, especially in our time, when some of the misguided sects have made them their emblem?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Wearing black, so that we may guard against doubts, and so that we do not increase their numbers?
The Shaykh : As for if we are in a place where the people of innovation are present, and they are distinguished by wearing black, then yes, we say that it is disliked to wear it, because this falls under the category of imitating them. But if we are in a country where there is no one from these people, and it is not suspected of a man that he is from this sect, then there is no basis for the dislike.
The questioner : ... in this ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I say, is there any country in the lands of Islam where this sect is not present?
The Shaykh : That is not correct, that is not correct; in Unaizah, this sect does not exist.
The questioner : No, the country, I mean ... O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The country.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean it.
The Shaykh : Do you mean the Kingdom?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is correct. Yes?