Women's Clothes in Islam

Women’s clothes

A woman’s clothes should be:

□Covering her body completely.

□Not transparent.

□Not tight and do not describe her body.

God says ﴾And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed﴿

Chapter of Light. Verse NO 31

◊The best prayer for a woman is that she performs at her home. 

She should not leave her home except for a necessity.

God says ﴾And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance﴿ 

Chapter of Confederates.Verse NO 33

─ If she went to the mosque or for any other purpose, she should avoid applying perfume, adornment, or crowding with men.

●It was narrated from Abi-Hurairah that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, 

“There are two types of people who will be punished in Hell and whom I have not seen: men having whips like the tails of cows and they will be beating people with them, 

and women who will be dressed but appear to be naked, inviting to evil. 

They themselves will be inclined to it. Their heads will appear like the humps of the camel inclined to one side. 

They will not enter Paradise and will not smell its fragrance which is smelt from such and such distance.”

Reference: Riyad As-Saaliheen. Book 18, Hadith 1633 [Muslim]

●It was narrated from Zainab, the wife of Abd-Allah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When anyone of you comes to the mosque, she should not apply perfume.”

Reference: Sahih Muslim. Book 4, Hadith 159

●It was narrated from Abi-Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 

“Any woman who puts on perfume then goes out to the mosque, no prayer will be accepted from her until she takes a bath.”

Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah. Book 36, Hadith 77

●It was narrated from Abi-Musa that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said, “Any woman who puts on perfume then passes by people so that they can smell her fragrance, then she is an adulteress.”

Reference: Sunan An-Nasa'i. Book 48, Hadith 87

●It was narrated from Abi-Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 

“The best rows for men (in prayer) are the first rows, and the worst ones are the last ones. And the best rows for women are the last ones and the worst ones for them are the first ones.”

Reference: Sahih Muslim. Book 4, Hadith 147

◊It is not allowed for men to look at women, unless when there is a necessity.

A Muslim walks in the street and sees people whether they are men or women. So, his first look at women is spontaneous and Allah will not take him to account for it.

●Jabir ibn Abd-Allah reported:

 I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about (the Islamic ruling on) accidental glance (i.e., at a woman who is not Islamically allowed to look at) and he ordered me to turn my eyes away.

Reference: Riyad As-Saaliheen. Book 18, Hadith 1625 [Sahih Muslim].

●Ibn 'Abbas reported: 

AL-Fadl ibn 'Abbas was riding behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a woman from Khath'am tribe came to him to ask him for a legal opinion (Fatwa). 

Al-Fadl began to look at her, and she at him. And the Messenger of Allah turned Fadl’s face away to the other side. 

The woman said, “Messenger of Allah, Allah’s making the pilgrimage obligatory has come when my father is an old man, unable to stay firmly on his riding-beast. Can I perform pilgrimage for him?” 

He said, “Yes.” 

This was during the Farewell Pilgrimage.

Reference: Muwatta Malik. Book 20, Hadith 800

●Umm Salamah reported: I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with Maimunah (May Allah be pleased with her) when Ibn Umm Maktum (who was blind) came to visit him. 

This happened after the order to wear Hijab. The Prophet told us to hide ourselves from him (observe Hijab). 

We said, “O Messenger of Allah, he is blind and is unable to see us, nor does he know us.” 

He replied, “Are you also blind and unable to see him?”

Reference: Riyad As-Saaliheen. Book 18, Hadith 1626 [At-Tirmidhi and Abu-Daoud].

  

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