What is the ruling on the Sudanese women’s garment that has patterns and colors?
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The questioner : O our Shaykh, O our Shaykh, this Sudanese garment, the one with the patterns, women wear it like this. After they wear the regular outfit, they wear a second Sudanese garment. This garment is like a wrap that they wrap themselves in. Then it is patterned and decorated, and it has external colors, and it has degrees. A high degree, meaning it is very flashy. Sometimes one is a bit flashy and one is ordinary. And our women have not yet started to cover themselves, or rather, are they willing to give up the Sudanese garment in the form I described to you? They say, "Maybe we can wear the regular one, which is a single color with simple patterns, like a simple red flower, for example, on a green garment." So what is the ruling of the Shari'ah on this?
The Shaykh : If the garment in itself is adornment, then Allah says:[An-Nur 24:31]. But if it is ordinary and has no decorations.
The questioner : It was adornment, but this fashion has brought it back to the past, right?
The Shaykh : We do not differ, my brother. As for fashion, it is none of our concern. Adornment must...
The questioner : Is adornment just a matter of fashion, is that not so?
The Shaykh : One must not wear a garment that is in itself adornment. And peace be upon you.
The student: And upon you peace.
The Shaykh : Welcome, Doctor.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It has no basis.
The Shaykh : If the garment in itself is adornment, then Allah says:
not expose their adornment
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّThe questioner : It was adornment, but this fashion has brought it back to the past, right?
The Shaykh : We do not differ, my brother. As for fashion, it is none of our concern. Adornment must...
The questioner : Is adornment just a matter of fashion, is that not so?
The Shaykh : One must not wear a garment that is in itself adornment. And peace be upon you.
The student: And upon you peace.
The Shaykh : Welcome, Doctor.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It has no basis.
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