What is the izar?
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Question:
This questioner is Egyptian and resides in Dammam. He asks: What is the izar? And is it obligatory for the trousers to reach the middle of the leg?
Answer:
The izar is a piece of cloth that one wraps around his lower half. It is called an izar if it is wrapped around the lower half, or tied around the lower half. However, if it is sewn with a cuff for each leg, this is called trousers. If it is not sewn, but is merely a piece of cloth that one wraps around his lower half and ties, or wraps part of it over another part until it covers his lower half, this is called the izar.
This is what is prescribed for the one in the state of ihram. When he enters the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah, he wears this izar instead of trousers, and he wears with it a rida' (cloak) over his shoulders. This is the Sunnah. This was the clothing of the Arabs in the past; they predominantly wore the izar and the rida'. Sometimes they wore trousers with the rida', and sometimes they wore a shirt, but the rida' over the shoulders with the izar was predominant. This is what is prescribed for the one in the state of ihram. If he enters the state of ihram for 'Umrah or Hajj, he should have an izar and a rida' over his shoulders. If he does not have an izar and an izar is not available, he wears trousers. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
This questioner is Egyptian and resides in Dammam. He asks: What is the izar? And is it obligatory for the trousers to reach the middle of the leg?
Answer:
The izar is a piece of cloth that one wraps around his lower half. It is called an izar if it is wrapped around the lower half, or tied around the lower half. However, if it is sewn with a cuff for each leg, this is called trousers. If it is not sewn, but is merely a piece of cloth that one wraps around his lower half and ties, or wraps part of it over another part until it covers his lower half, this is called the izar.
This is what is prescribed for the one in the state of ihram. When he enters the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah, he wears this izar instead of trousers, and he wears with it a rida' (cloak) over his shoulders. This is the Sunnah. This was the clothing of the Arabs in the past; they predominantly wore the izar and the rida'. Sometimes they wore trousers with the rida', and sometimes they wore a shirt, but the rida' over the shoulders with the izar was predominant. This is what is prescribed for the one in the state of ihram. If he enters the state of ihram for 'Umrah or Hajj, he should have an izar and a rida' over his shoulders. If he does not have an izar and an izar is not available, he wears trousers. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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