Explanation of the author's statement: "…and her prayer in a long shirt, a head covering, and a cloak, and it suffices to cover her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered)…"
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The Shaykh : Then he said: "and her prayer in a long shirt, a head covering, and a cloak".
"Her prayer" the pronoun refers to the woman. "in a long shirt, a head covering, and a cloak" The long shirt (dir') is the ample shirt that reaches the feet; this is the long shirt for a woman. The head covering (khimar) is what is wrapped around the head, and the cloak (milhafa) is what is wrapped around the entire body, like abayas, jilbabs, and the like. It is recommended (mustahabb) for a woman to pray in these three garments: the long shirt, second? the head covering, the cloak. They did not mention trousers, but they limited it to this because this is what was narrated from 'Umar and 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Umm Salama that a woman prays in the long shirt and the head covering. This was transmitted from 'A'ishah and Umm Salama. The author of al-Mughni mentioned that 'Umar also said she prays in these three: the long shirt, the head covering, and the cloak. However, if she limits herself to the long shirt and the head covering, it suffices. If she limits herself to them, it suffices, except that it is necessary to cover the hands with gloves and it is also necessary to cover the feet, either with socks or by making the long shirt ample, based on the opinion that it is necessary to cover the palms and the feet. As for the stronger opinion (rajih) chosen by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and the author of al-Insaf, it is not obligatory to cover the palms—Ya Nasr—and the feet.
And based on that, it suffices if the long shirt reaches the ankles, and if its sleeves reach what? The wrists, yes.
He said: "her prayer in a long shirt, a head covering, and a cloak, and it suffices to cover her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered)" meaning that it suffices to cover her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) even with one garment. So if a woman wraps herself in a garment that covers her head, her palms, her feet, and the rest of her body, and nothing comes out of it except the face, it suffices. And if she wraps herself in a garment from which the palms and the feet come out along with the face, it suffices based on the opinion that the palms and the feet are not among what is obligatory to cover.
Now, here the author did not distinguish for the woman between the obligatory (fard) and the voluntary (nafilah), but he distinguished for the man based on the hadith by which he argued.
"Her prayer" the pronoun refers to the woman. "in a long shirt, a head covering, and a cloak" The long shirt (dir') is the ample shirt that reaches the feet; this is the long shirt for a woman. The head covering (khimar) is what is wrapped around the head, and the cloak (milhafa) is what is wrapped around the entire body, like abayas, jilbabs, and the like. It is recommended (mustahabb) for a woman to pray in these three garments: the long shirt, second? the head covering, the cloak. They did not mention trousers, but they limited it to this because this is what was narrated from 'Umar and 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Umm Salama that a woman prays in the long shirt and the head covering. This was transmitted from 'A'ishah and Umm Salama. The author of al-Mughni mentioned that 'Umar also said she prays in these three: the long shirt, the head covering, and the cloak. However, if she limits herself to the long shirt and the head covering, it suffices. If she limits herself to them, it suffices, except that it is necessary to cover the hands with gloves and it is also necessary to cover the feet, either with socks or by making the long shirt ample, based on the opinion that it is necessary to cover the palms and the feet. As for the stronger opinion (rajih) chosen by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and the author of al-Insaf, it is not obligatory to cover the palms—Ya Nasr—and the feet.
And based on that, it suffices if the long shirt reaches the ankles, and if its sleeves reach what? The wrists, yes.
He said: "her prayer in a long shirt, a head covering, and a cloak, and it suffices to cover her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered)" meaning that it suffices to cover her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) even with one garment. So if a woman wraps herself in a garment that covers her head, her palms, her feet, and the rest of her body, and nothing comes out of it except the face, it suffices. And if she wraps herself in a garment from which the palms and the feet come out along with the face, it suffices based on the opinion that the palms and the feet are not among what is obligatory to cover.
Now, here the author did not distinguish for the woman between the obligatory (fard) and the voluntary (nafilah), but he distinguished for the man based on the hadith by which he argued.