Ruling on Wearing a Wedding Dress and Going Out in It Before Non-Muslims
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Question:
My wife wants to wear a white wedding dress on our wedding day, if Allah wills, with a khimar that covers her face and neck. Please note that on her way to the taxi that will take us to our apartment, she will be seen by non-Muslim men, not to mention the taxi driver who will also see her, while I am sitting next to her. I ask for your guidance and how to handle this.
Please note that my wife told me she heard Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz say on one of the tapes: It is permissible for a bride, as she is taken to her husband, to wear this dress.
Answer:
If this dress is women's clothing and not men's clothing, and it does not involve imitating men, but is rather women's attire, and it does not involve imitating disbelieving women, then there is nothing wrong with it.
However, she should have something over it that covers her from men while she is going to the place of the wedding, such as an abaya or the like, that conceals her adornment and beauty. She should not expose herself, whether in jewelry or beautiful clothes, because that involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). So she must cover herself with an abaya and a jilbab, or the like, that conceals her adornment from men; based on the saying of the Exalted: [Surat al-Nur: 31] the verse.
As for this white dress, if it is women's attire and not men's attire in its form and condition, then it does not involve imitating men at that time, unless it involves imitating disbelieving women, in which case it is not permissible. This is because a woman is forbidden from imitating men, and she is forbidden from imitating disbelieving women. Likewise, a man is forbidden from imitating women, and he is forbidden from imitating disbelievers.
And covering is required for women from non-mahram men on the road and elsewhere. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
My wife wants to wear a white wedding dress on our wedding day, if Allah wills, with a khimar that covers her face and neck. Please note that on her way to the taxi that will take us to our apartment, she will be seen by non-Muslim men, not to mention the taxi driver who will also see her, while I am sitting next to her. I ask for your guidance and how to handle this.
Please note that my wife told me she heard Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz say on one of the tapes: It is permissible for a bride, as she is taken to her husband, to wear this dress.
Answer:
If this dress is women's clothing and not men's clothing, and it does not involve imitating men, but is rather women's attire, and it does not involve imitating disbelieving women, then there is nothing wrong with it.
However, she should have something over it that covers her from men while she is going to the place of the wedding, such as an abaya or the like, that conceals her adornment and beauty. She should not expose herself, whether in jewelry or beautiful clothes, because that involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). So she must cover herself with an abaya and a jilbab, or the like, that conceals her adornment from men; based on the saying of the Exalted:
not expose their adornment
وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّAs for this white dress, if it is women's attire and not men's attire in its form and condition, then it does not involve imitating men at that time, unless it involves imitating disbelieving women, in which case it is not permissible. This is because a woman is forbidden from imitating men, and she is forbidden from imitating disbelieving women. Likewise, a man is forbidden from imitating women, and he is forbidden from imitating disbelievers.
And covering is required for women from non-mahram men on the road and elsewhere. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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