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The first thing that the sisters need to understand is the meaning
of the wordAt-tabaruj. What doesAt-tabaruj mean?
It is well known that this verse was revealed concerning the old
women. So if an old woman is forbidden from displaying her
beauty and adornment, then what about the young women, what
about a woman that is young???
So when the women will come to the Prophet ﷺfor the pledge
of allegiance, the prophet ﷺwill accept the pledge of allegiance
but one of the conditions for this, is that the women are to
abandon the practice ofAt-tabaruj .
"Do not ask about this three people: A man who left thejamaa'a
(the community) and disobey his leader and died in this state.
The female or a male slave who run away and died. And the
woman whose husband is away and he left her with everything
that she needs of the worldly provisions and after this she openly
displays her beauty and adornment. Do not ask about them. And
this hadith was collected by Imam Ahmad and it is authentic.
May Allah protect our sisters from falling into At-tabaruj.
He said:
" these are the attributes of the women of hellfire, they are clothe,
yet they are naked. This means that they are wearing garments
but their garments are not beneficial for the purpose, they do not
conceal their body as they have been commanded. And they are
not concealing due to their shortness, transparency and
tightness. And they have turned from the truth and from the
straight path and they incite others to do likewise and this is due
to the clothing they are wearing and the seductive appearance
and behaviour which cause these women to stray and cause
others to stray as well.
O believers in Allah and his messenger! O you who are firm and
believe in everything the Prophet ﷺinstructs us of! O you who
will accept the advice of the prophet (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) and he is, definitely, the trustworthy adviser.
He informed you about the clothing of the women of hellfire; so
that you may be cautious and wary of it, and so that you may
prevent your women from wearing it.
Do you find anyone from the creation more sincere in advice than
the messenger of Allah? Do you find guidance more complete
and perfect than the guidance of Muhammad (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him)? No by Allah, You will never find
it, you will never find it! Why? Indeed every believer in Allah and
his messenger, they know for certain, they know for surety that
no one is more sincere in advice, no one is better in terms of their
guidance and no one is better in terms of their path than
Muhammad(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). But the
problem is heedlessness and blind following has caused us to
fall into what we have fallen into.
What's the benefit of this dress to the society? Will this dress
quality rectify the characteristics of those in the society? Will it
perfect the Iman of the society? Will it bring any rectification? Will
it improve their health? No it will not do any of this.
There are many evils that comes from dressing your daughters in
this types of dresses. It will eradicate modesty and it will get
them accustomed to wearing this type of dresses when they
become old because these dresses, these garments, the evil is
not something that is specific to the young rather now it is
starting to affect the young women who are at the age of
marriage. And sometimes when the wind will blow theAbaya , you
will see them wearing these short skirts.
When the companions meet one another, they will not depart
until they have recitedwal-asr . We advise one another. If we see
someone openly falling intoAt-tabaruj , and it's blatant, it's not
something hidden, then we advise one another for the sake of
AllahSubhanahu wa ta'ala.
I hope this is as clear as the sun and the sky. Because the
Prophet(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I have
left you upon clear guidance, its night is like its day, no one
deviate from it except they are destroyed". Sisters it's time that
you understand the meaning of At-tabaruj, that you advise those
individuals that have fallen intoAt-tabaruj, that we learn and we
teach our children the meaning ofAt-tabaruj.
Ibn Abdil-Barri said, while explaining the above hadith, that the
Prophet intended by this, the women that wear thin clothing
which describes the body and does not conceal. So, apparently,
they are clothed but in reality they are naked. So they have what
you would call clothing upon their body but in reality, Islamically
they are naked.
The garment that the women should wear is that which conceals
her body and it should not describe the shape of her limbs and
should not expose the shape of her body because it is thick,
spacious and wide. It should not be a thin garment, a garment
that is tight and exposes the curviness of her body and the joint
of a woman, exposing her buttocks or her forearms or that which
is like this."
Aa'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) did not just stop
advising the sisters aboutAt-tabaruj, she said" do you not know
what Allah has revealed insuratun-Noor?" about what?! About the
overgarment of a Muslim woman. Then what did she do? Firstly
she told her that the garment that she's wearing is thin, it is not
the overgarment that the Muslim woman has been commanded
to wear. Look at theTariq ofDawah(approach of preaching)!
Secondly, she took it from her and she tore it. She said, do you
not know what Allah has revealed insuratun-Noor? Educating her,
teaching her what is the legislated Hijab. Then she calls for the
khimar and dressed her. This is the etiquette that we have with
one another.
Right now, we are explaining the gravity of this matter, but when
you approach a person with gentleness and kindness and show
them that you care, not just to reprimand. Look at Aa'ishah, she
calls for her khimar and she said, yeah take this and she gave her
the khimar; the correct Islamic dressing. So not only does she
enjoins the good and forbid the evil, she taught her what was
correct and she also gave her the garment. That is sisterhood.
Not that we will see people walking around us and know they are
out of package, we know that they areMutabarijat, we just look
and shake our heads and we start sucking our teeth or we go
home and start talking about the sister. That is incorrect.
So sisters, we ask you to stay away from these and all forms of
At-tabaruj and there are other examples that we had to cut short,
specific examples of At-tabaruj . We advise the sisters to stay
away far away from these because as we mention in the
beginning, highlighting the proof from the Qur'an and the sunnah
thatAt-tabaruj is something that will destroy the society.