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Shaikh Al-Albaanee

The Sixth Condition: That it [the Jilbaab] should not be an adornment in and of itself.

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And know that it is not adornment in any sense if the clothing with which a woman covers herself is coloured with a colour other than white or black, contrary to what some of the firmly practising women wrongly suppose. This is based upon the following:

Firstly:

His sallallaahu‘alaihiwasallam’s statement:

“The perfume of women is that whose colour is apparent and whose scent is hidden…”

and this is taken from “Mukhtasar Ash-Shamaa’il” (188).

Secondly:

The course of action of the female Companions upon that, and I cite here some of the established narrations in this regard from that which Al-Haafiz Ibn Abee Shaybah narrates in “Al-Musannaf” (8/371-372):

1. From Ibraheem – and he is An-Nakha‘ee:

That he would enter along with ‘Alqamah and Al-’Aswad upon the wives of the Prophet sallallaahu‘alaihiwasallam; so he saw them in red coverings.

2. From Ibn Abee Mulaikah who said:

I saw upon Umm Salamah a garment and a covering coloured with safflower [i.e. yellow/red].

3. From Al-Qaasim – and he is Muhammad ibn Abee Bakr As-Siddeeq:

That ‘Aa’ishah used to wear clothing dyed with safflower while she was in a state of Ihraam.

And in a narration from Al-Qaasim:

That ‘Aa’ishah used to wear clothing dyed red with safflower while she was in a state of Ihraam.

4. From Hishaam from Faatimah bint Al-Mundhir:

That Asmaa used to wear [clothing] dyed with safflower while she was in a state of Ihraam.

5. From Sa‘eed ibn Jubair:

That he saw some of the wives of the Prophet sallallaahu‘alaihi wa ’aalihi wa sallam performing Tawaaf of the House while they were wearing clothing dyed with safflower.

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The Eighth Condition: That it [the Jilbaab] should not be clothing worn for Shuhrah (seeking to stand out)

Due to the Hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar radiyallaahu‘anhu who said that the Messenger of Allaah sallallaahu‘alaihiwasallam said:

“Whoever wears clothing seeking to stand out and be famous in the life of this world, Allaah will dress him with clothing of humiliation on the Day of Resurrection, then it will be set ablaze.”

[Taken from Jilbaab ul-Mar’at-il-Muslimah p121-123 and p 213]

Al-Lajnat-ud-Daa’imah

Question

The Jilbaab of the Muslim woman – must it be specifically be black or can it be of other colours?

Answer

The clothing of the Muslim woman is not restricted to being black, and it is permissible for her to wear any colour of clothing so long as it covers her ‘awrah (that part of the body which should be covered according to the sharee‘ah), does not cause resemblance of men, is not close-fitting such that it delineates the shape of her body, is not thin and transparent such that is reveals what is underneath it, and does not provoke fitnah (temptation)

‘Abdul-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Baaz
‘Abdurrazzaaq ‘Afeefee
‘Abdullaah ibn Ghudayaan
‘Abdullaah ibn Qu‘ood

[1/5089 p181 vol 18 - ‘The Hijaab and clothing of women’ from Fataawaa Al-Lajnat-id-Daa’imati lil-Buhooth-il-‘Ilmiyyati wal-Iftaa]