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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Do we say: that if a person travels to an Islamic country, it is preferable for him to wear their clothing?

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The questioner : In some Islamic countries ... the clothing is general, but when he comes to some countries ... they see that this is ... .

The Shaykh : By Allah, I say, if he comes to other Islamic countries, the best is that he wears clothing like theirs; this is the best, as we said.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : No, the Muslims' view is that if they know that this person is, for example, Egyptian, or Levantine, or Iraqi, or Saudi, they know this.

The questioner : I mean, the hadith is not about ... .

The Shaykh : No, regarding imitating the disbelievers, the hadith is general; any person who imitates, and imitation is when a person does something that is specific to them, this is it.

The questioner : ... the Muslims' view regarding imitation, we do not consider it under the category of imitation.

The Shaykh : I do not think so, because many people ... imitate in this way; some people imitate everything, they have no standard. Yes, Khalid?
Source alathar.net

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