What is your opinion on the abaya known as the Parisian abaya?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. There is an abaya now called the French abaya; they call it French because it is taken from some French models. May Allah reward you, its sleeves are long.
The Shaykh : Wide.
The questioner : Like the bodies.
The Shaykh : Yes, wide sleeves.
The questioner : Yes, wide, and it has embroidery and decoration. What is your opinion, O Shaykh, about wearing it?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if we take the statement of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ahzab 33:33] and say that this falls under the category of tabarruj (display of adornment), that its sleeves are, meaning, decorated.
The questioner : Yes, the sleeve is wide.
The Shaykh : As for the width, does the woman put her hand out with the sleeve or put it in?
The questioner : No, if the abaya is like this and she wants to go down without taking or giving, what is underneath will be exposed.
The Shaykh : Did she put her hand out with the sleeve?
The questioner : Yes, I do.
The Shaykh : By Allah, the best is that it is said to be tucked in.
The questioner : But is it prohibited, O Shaykh, because of that?
The Shaykh : This is on the condition that we permit wearing it. If we permit wearing it, we say to tuck in the sleeve.
The questioner : But is this prohibition, May Allah reward you, because it is from French clothing?
The Shaykh : No, no, because it falls under the category of tabarruj (display of adornment). It appears that the meaning of "French" is that it came from France, not that it is the clothing of French women. I think French women do not wear...
The questioner : Yes, but the style in which the abaya is cut is the same as some of the clothes worn by women there.
The Shaykh : In any case, what I understand from the word "French" is that it came from France.
The questioner : Yes, and the cut they call the cut of the abaya: wide, then narrow here, then wide from another place, and the cut from the back and the front, this is it.
The Shaykh : The cut of the head, meaning?
The questioner : No, the cut of the abaya, because the abaya itself is cut from here and from the back.
The Shaykh : Yes, By Allah, in any case, we have a general rule: "That any clothing that leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is prohibited". And there is no doubt that if there is embroidery in it that causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), yes, but is the embroidery silk or not?
The questioner : Except, O Shaykh, it is true that it is the same color as the abaya, but it is very beautiful and beautifies the abaya.
The Shaykh : Wide.
The questioner : Like the bodies.
The Shaykh : Yes, wide sleeves.
The questioner : Yes, wide, and it has embroidery and decoration. What is your opinion, O Shaykh, about wearing it?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if we take the statement of Allah the Exalted:
and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance
ولا تبرجن تبرج الجاهلية الأولىThe questioner : Yes, the sleeve is wide.
The Shaykh : As for the width, does the woman put her hand out with the sleeve or put it in?
The questioner : No, if the abaya is like this and she wants to go down without taking or giving, what is underneath will be exposed.
The Shaykh : Did she put her hand out with the sleeve?
The questioner : Yes, I do.
The Shaykh : By Allah, the best is that it is said to be tucked in.
The questioner : But is it prohibited, O Shaykh, because of that?
The Shaykh : This is on the condition that we permit wearing it. If we permit wearing it, we say to tuck in the sleeve.
The questioner : But is this prohibition, May Allah reward you, because it is from French clothing?
The Shaykh : No, no, because it falls under the category of tabarruj (display of adornment). It appears that the meaning of "French" is that it came from France, not that it is the clothing of French women. I think French women do not wear...
The questioner : Yes, but the style in which the abaya is cut is the same as some of the clothes worn by women there.
The Shaykh : In any case, what I understand from the word "French" is that it came from France.
The questioner : Yes, and the cut they call the cut of the abaya: wide, then narrow here, then wide from another place, and the cut from the back and the front, this is it.
The Shaykh : The cut of the head, meaning?
The questioner : No, the cut of the abaya, because the abaya itself is cut from here and from the back.
The Shaykh : Yes, By Allah, in any case, we have a general rule: "That any clothing that leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is prohibited". And there is no doubt that if there is embroidery in it that causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), yes, but is the embroidery silk or not?
The questioner : Except, O Shaykh, it is true that it is the same color as the abaya, but it is very beautiful and beautifies the abaya.