Is it permissible for a man to wear his family's slippers inside the house?
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The questioner : I mean... who wears one of his family's slippers inside the house? The slippers that...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is imitating the disbelievers.
The questioner : ...the bathroom...
The Shaykh : No, originally it should be that he places slippers for the bathroom that are suitable for both men and women, yes, something that is suitable for both men and women, or not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I think the zanoobah is suitable for both men and women.
The questioner : Sometimes one needs to...
The Shaykh : Correct, by Allah, this is correct.
The questioner : ...sometimes.
The Shaykh : This is correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Sometimes... at the door...
The Shaykh : The point is, as the brother Waleed said, sometimes a person wants to use them, not as a permanent habit or to go out to the market with them, but just to move something. Suppose he wants to go to the bathroom and does not see a shoe near his own men's shoe, or as I said, he wants to open the door and it is raining, for example, yes, and he has nothing else but this.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So if we look at the general ruling, it appears that this falls under the hadith. Wait, everyone, let us clarify the issue, my brother, because this is a difficult issue, meaning it happens frequently. So do we say that this was not intended as clothing, but rather for a temporary circumstance that arose, and he had no intention to wear this shoe, yes? Or do we say we take the general ruling, and the principle is that this is wearing what is specific to women, so he is imitating them?
The questioner : The first.
Another questioner: The second one.
The Shaykh : What do you see?
The questioner : The first.
Another questioner: The second one.
The Shaykh : The first is easier, and the second is closer to falling under the general ruling, yes. And there is no doubt that I say the precaution is to avoid this thing, the precaution is to avoid it, and praise be to Allah. I mean, he can find his own shoe within a minute or two, it is not a problem. Or he can keep a shoe at the door that is suitable for both these and those. Yes. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is imitating the disbelievers.
The questioner : ...the bathroom...
The Shaykh : No, originally it should be that he places slippers for the bathroom that are suitable for both men and women, yes, something that is suitable for both men and women, or not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I think the zanoobah is suitable for both men and women.
The questioner : Sometimes one needs to...
The Shaykh : Correct, by Allah, this is correct.
The questioner : ...sometimes.
The Shaykh : This is correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Sometimes... at the door...
The Shaykh : The point is, as the brother Waleed said, sometimes a person wants to use them, not as a permanent habit or to go out to the market with them, but just to move something. Suppose he wants to go to the bathroom and does not see a shoe near his own men's shoe, or as I said, he wants to open the door and it is raining, for example, yes, and he has nothing else but this.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So if we look at the general ruling, it appears that this falls under the hadith. Wait, everyone, let us clarify the issue, my brother, because this is a difficult issue, meaning it happens frequently. So do we say that this was not intended as clothing, but rather for a temporary circumstance that arose, and he had no intention to wear this shoe, yes? Or do we say we take the general ruling, and the principle is that this is wearing what is specific to women, so he is imitating them?
The questioner : The first.
Another questioner: The second one.
The Shaykh : What do you see?
The questioner : The first.
Another questioner: The second one.
The Shaykh : The first is easier, and the second is closer to falling under the general ruling, yes. And there is no doubt that I say the precaution is to avoid this thing, the precaution is to avoid it, and praise be to Allah. I mean, he can find his own shoe within a minute or two, it is not a problem. Or he can keep a shoe at the door that is suitable for both these and those. Yes. Yes.