Some people wear pants with a belt, even though this is of the making of the disbelievers; does this fall under tying the *zinnar*?
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The questioner : ... Some people wear pants and put on a belt, even though this is originally of the making of the disbelievers. I mean, for example, you find that these people originally wear loose garments, but they wear a belt to hold up their trousers.
The Shaykh : If this belt is of the same kind as the *zinnar*, then it falls under the author's statement, and in fact, it is forbidden.
The questioner : Is the question, O Shaykh, that it is permissible to...
The Shaykh : I do not think so, by Allah, I do not think so, because now this is no longer a symbol for the Christians; all Muslims wear it.
The questioner : Pants require a belt.
The Shaykh : Yes, like the button for the trousers.
The questioner : He should be patient, meaning he should do without it.
The Shaykh : Perhaps the brothers who live in the lands of the Christians know about it; I did not know anything about it.
The questioner : The *zinnar*, O Shaykh, is a...
The Shaykh : Wait, wait, yes.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, it is like, meaning like the belt, O Shaykh, that is made of cloth and placed around the waist, meaning... usually their monks wear it.
The Shaykh : Meaning, whether they need it or not.
The questioner : This is their clothing, O Shaykh, their clothing.
The Shaykh : Yes, O Khalil?
The questioner : I am saying, meaning...
The Shaykh : Mustafa, Mustafa?
The questioner : The *zinnar* was a round rope, finger-sized, black, a round rope, finger-sized, round cloth, meaning or... then they make it... like this, the monks make it... in the... that they wear.
The Shaykh : In the clothes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : And they place, meaning...
The Shaykh : If you stand so that the brothers can see, okay.
The questioner : A thread that is sewn into the clothes like this, they hang it, meaning more than one... and then they put this *zinnar* in it, it is a...
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning it is like a pocket.
The questioner : A pocket, and they put in it a rope like a finger, that goes into it.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is a specific loop, meaning.
The Shaykh : If this belt is of the same kind as the *zinnar*, then it falls under the author's statement, and in fact, it is forbidden.
The questioner : Is the question, O Shaykh, that it is permissible to...
The Shaykh : I do not think so, by Allah, I do not think so, because now this is no longer a symbol for the Christians; all Muslims wear it.
The questioner : Pants require a belt.
The Shaykh : Yes, like the button for the trousers.
The questioner : He should be patient, meaning he should do without it.
The Shaykh : Perhaps the brothers who live in the lands of the Christians know about it; I did not know anything about it.
The questioner : The *zinnar*, O Shaykh, is a...
The Shaykh : Wait, wait, yes.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, it is like, meaning like the belt, O Shaykh, that is made of cloth and placed around the waist, meaning... usually their monks wear it.
The Shaykh : Meaning, whether they need it or not.
The questioner : This is their clothing, O Shaykh, their clothing.
The Shaykh : Yes, O Khalil?
The questioner : I am saying, meaning...
The Shaykh : Mustafa, Mustafa?
The questioner : The *zinnar* was a round rope, finger-sized, black, a round rope, finger-sized, round cloth, meaning or... then they make it... like this, the monks make it... in the... that they wear.
The Shaykh : In the clothes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : And they place, meaning...
The Shaykh : If you stand so that the brothers can see, okay.
The questioner : A thread that is sewn into the clothes like this, they hang it, meaning more than one... and then they put this *zinnar* in it, it is a...
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning it is like a pocket.
The questioner : A pocket, and they put in it a rope like a finger, that goes into it.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is a specific loop, meaning.