Is wearing trousers considered imitating the dress of the disbelievers?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Some scholars hold that it is not permissible for a Muslim to wear trousers because it involves imitating the disbelievers. You have mentioned the issue of a Muslim not being distinguished from a disbeliever. If this is the case in these lands, then many of these Muslims wear trousers and thereby resemble the disbelievers, so it would not be...
The Shaykh : This, may Allah reward you, varies according to different places. In some Islamic countries now, they do not wear anything but trousers, so wearing them is not imitation. In some Islamic countries, they do not know them at all, except if it is from foreigners. In that case, it would be imitation. Yes, that is the end of it.
The student: The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is over.
The student: Unless you see that we are compensating for the right of Baashir today.
The Shaykh : No.
The Shaykh : This, may Allah reward you, varies according to different places. In some Islamic countries now, they do not wear anything but trousers, so wearing them is not imitation. In some Islamic countries, they do not know them at all, except if it is from foreigners. In that case, it would be imitation. Yes, that is the end of it.
The student: The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is over.
The student: Unless you see that we are compensating for the right of Baashir today.
The Shaykh : No.