Is a specific color and shape required for the hijab?
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Question:
A message was received for the program from Sudan, but I did not find the sender's name inside the message or on the envelope. In any case, the questions say: Does the woman's hijab have a specific color and shape that it is not permissible to deviate from? Or is any covering that covers the entire body of the woman and is not tight considered hijab, so that every woman who does not wear the hijab on the pretext that it is eye-catching in their country can cover her entire body with her folk dress and block the gazes from her? He requests guidance from Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As far as we know, the hijab does not have a specific color or a specific attribute. Rather, it is obligatory for the woman to veil herself with whatever clothing is easy for her and which she is accustomed to in her country and among her people. There is nothing specific except that she should avoid what draws attention and what causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) from beautiful clothes that draw eyes to her and may lead to evil. So she should strive for a hijab that does not draw attention and does not contain an invitation to fitnah, and does not imitate men. It should be women's clothing that does not lead to evil. This is what is prescribed for her. And we ask Allah for success for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Is it not required that it be an abaya or a cap or a type...?
The Shaykh: There is no condition. Yes. Do what Allah makes easy.
The presenter: The important thing is that it is just a hijab.
The Shaykh: Covering, that it is a covering hijab. Yes. It should not contain what draws attention and causes fitnah, and it should not contain imitation of men's clothing. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A message was received for the program from Sudan, but I did not find the sender's name inside the message or on the envelope. In any case, the questions say: Does the woman's hijab have a specific color and shape that it is not permissible to deviate from? Or is any covering that covers the entire body of the woman and is not tight considered hijab, so that every woman who does not wear the hijab on the pretext that it is eye-catching in their country can cover her entire body with her folk dress and block the gazes from her? He requests guidance from Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As far as we know, the hijab does not have a specific color or a specific attribute. Rather, it is obligatory for the woman to veil herself with whatever clothing is easy for her and which she is accustomed to in her country and among her people. There is nothing specific except that she should avoid what draws attention and what causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) from beautiful clothes that draw eyes to her and may lead to evil. So she should strive for a hijab that does not draw attention and does not contain an invitation to fitnah, and does not imitate men. It should be women's clothing that does not lead to evil. This is what is prescribed for her. And we ask Allah for success for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Is it not required that it be an abaya or a cap or a type...?
The Shaykh: There is no condition. Yes. Do what Allah makes easy.
The presenter: The important thing is that it is just a hijab.
The Shaykh: Covering, that it is a covering hijab. Yes. It should not contain what draws attention and causes fitnah, and it should not contain imitation of men's clothing. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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