What is your opinion on embroidered women's abayas?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : What is your opinion on women's abayas that are embroidered and have decorations on the sleeves, the cuffs, and the bottom hem? What is your opinion on them, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I think it is better for women to stick to the previous type of abaya, because it is more covering and further from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
As for the abayas that have appeared recently, if they do not have embroidery that draws attention or hanging threads, I hope there is no harm in them. However, by Allah, I find it difficult to say that there is no harm in them, because I fear it may open the door to greater evil. As you know, women progress from the easier to what is above it, and then when the tear becomes too large for the mender, he is unable to mend it. But I cannot forbid something in which I see no harm from the Shari'ah perspective. However, I say that it is better to maintain what we were accustomed to before, because it is closer to following the Salaf (the earliest generations) and the women of the Companions (the Companions of the Prophet), and further from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and more effective in blocking the door to evil and corruption. Yes?
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : What is your opinion on women's abayas that are embroidered and have decorations on the sleeves, the cuffs, and the bottom hem? What is your opinion on them, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I think it is better for women to stick to the previous type of abaya, because it is more covering and further from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
As for the abayas that have appeared recently, if they do not have embroidery that draws attention or hanging threads, I hope there is no harm in them. However, by Allah, I find it difficult to say that there is no harm in them, because I fear it may open the door to greater evil. As you know, women progress from the easier to what is above it, and then when the tear becomes too large for the mender, he is unable to mend it. But I cannot forbid something in which I see no harm from the Shari'ah perspective. However, I say that it is better to maintain what we were accustomed to before, because it is closer to following the Salaf (the earliest generations) and the women of the Companions (the Companions of the Prophet), and further from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and more effective in blocking the door to evil and corruption. Yes?