What is the point of citing the hadith to show that the cause of imitating the disbelievers is removed when that clothing becomes widespread?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. There is a point in the hadith...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : From his statement, which he took from al-Bukhari's words: "what is permissible in clothing and carpets". The Messenger takes what is easy, what is facilitated, and what has become customary.
The questioner : ...the clothing became widespread.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : There is a point of difficulty. I mean, what is the point of the citation?
The Shaykh : It is this: that one does not go to the trouble of something that does not exist among the people; he takes what is facilitated.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because the second issue, I mean?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, the second issue. Yes, because imitating the disbelievers, imitating the disbelievers, has a meaning: if it becomes widespread among the Muslims, it is no longer considered imitation, because it is said, "This is what the Muslim man wears, and this is what the disbeliever man wears."
And the sign of imitation is that when this person is seen, it is said, "What is he?"
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That he is a disbeliever. It is said that he is a disbeliever. So when the thing becomes widespread and these and those wear it, it is no longer said that he is a disbeliever. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : From his statement, which he took from al-Bukhari's words: "what is permissible in clothing and carpets". The Messenger takes what is easy, what is facilitated, and what has become customary.
The questioner : ...the clothing became widespread.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : There is a point of difficulty. I mean, what is the point of the citation?
The Shaykh : It is this: that one does not go to the trouble of something that does not exist among the people; he takes what is facilitated.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because the second issue, I mean?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, the second issue. Yes, because imitating the disbelievers, imitating the disbelievers, has a meaning: if it becomes widespread among the Muslims, it is no longer considered imitation, because it is said, "This is what the Muslim man wears, and this is what the disbeliever man wears."
And the sign of imitation is that when this person is seen, it is said, "What is he?"
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That he is a disbeliever. It is said that he is a disbeliever. So when the thing becomes widespread and these and those wear it, it is no longer said that he is a disbeliever. Yes.