The ruling on imitating the disbelievers in their clothing
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Question:
The listener from Sudan also asks: The adornment of men, such as using creams and the like, and following the West and imitating them in fashion, and the widespread practice among women of not wearing the Islamic dress, what is the ruling on this?
May Allah guide you, and illuminate the path for us.
Answer:
It is obligatory for the people of Islam to pay attention to the Islamic dress and the modest, covering Islamic clothing that does not involve imitating the enemies of Allah. It is not permissible for them to imitate the enemies of Allah, neither in their natural demeanor nor in their clothing, neither in the way they dress nor in the way they walk nor in the way they speak. Rather, they must distinguish themselves from the disbelievers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani).
Therefore, it is obligatory for the people of Islam not to imitate the enemies of Allah, and to beware of adopting their character traits.
Likewise, it is obligatory for women to cover themselves, observe hijab, and stay away from the fashion of the disbelievers, their character traits, their exposure, their vulgarity, and their display of adornment. This is what is obligatory for Muslim men and women: to keep a great distance from adorning themselves with the dress of the disbelievers and adopting their character traits, and for the woman to stay away from displaying her adornment and abandoning hijab; because that is part of the dress of the disbelievers, not the dress of the people of Islam, as He, the Exalted, said: [Al-Ahzab: 33], yes.
The listener from Sudan also asks: The adornment of men, such as using creams and the like, and following the West and imitating them in fashion, and the widespread practice among women of not wearing the Islamic dress, what is the ruling on this?
May Allah guide you, and illuminate the path for us.
Answer:
It is obligatory for the people of Islam to pay attention to the Islamic dress and the modest, covering Islamic clothing that does not involve imitating the enemies of Allah. It is not permissible for them to imitate the enemies of Allah, neither in their natural demeanor nor in their clothing, neither in the way they dress nor in the way they walk nor in the way they speak. Rather, they must distinguish themselves from the disbelievers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who copies any people is one of them.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهمTherefore, it is obligatory for the people of Islam not to imitate the enemies of Allah, and to beware of adopting their character traits.
Likewise, it is obligatory for women to cover themselves, observe hijab, and stay away from the fashion of the disbelievers, their character traits, their exposure, their vulgarity, and their display of adornment. This is what is obligatory for Muslim men and women: to keep a great distance from adorning themselves with the dress of the disbelievers and adopting their character traits, and for the woman to stay away from displaying her adornment and abandoning hijab; because that is part of the dress of the disbelievers, not the dress of the people of Islam, as He, the Exalted, said:
and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance
وَلا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الأُولَى
Source
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