[Question]: In recent times, an ‘abaa’ah(abaayah/Burqa) (A woman’s outer garment), which is being referred to as the Islamic ‘abaa’ah, has become widespread. It is placed upon the head but it has sleeves from the arms to the shoulders. What is your eminence’s opinion about wearing these types of outer garments? Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan, hafidhahullaah: O my brothers, the ‘abaa’ah was only established to hide (the woman) and it was not established for adornment; it is not a garment of adornment. It is impermissible for it to be taken as a means of adornment, to be embroidered, to place designs/drawings upon it or to adjust it to have arms and thus become like a thawb (the gown worn by Muslim men). This would not be considered an ‘abaa’ah and it would become like a thawb. The sole purpose of the ‘abaa’ah is for the woman to cover [correctly]. It should hide her whole body like the large loose outer garment which is [known as] the Jilbaab. The intent behind it is to hide the woman and it is not meant for adornment. Rather, it should hide her adornments in front of [strange] males. It is not allowable to make [impermissible changes] to the ‘abaa’aat [plural of ‘abaa’ah] and to then call them Islamic. This is an effort to promote them [i.e. improve sales] as they are not Islamic; this is only to promote them. as the Islamic outer garment [‘abaa’ah] is the one that is hiding, spacious, thick [i.e. not thin and transparent] and lacking any designs, embroidery and adornment. It should be plain and simple like this [the shaykh appeared to be pointing at something plain]; it should not have anything on it. Naam.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:28:15 +0000
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