She wears sleeves that are the same colour as her skin, and the abayah may fall back and uncover her arms
Question My wife wears hejab and wide clothes. Usually her sleeves are also wide; and because she is careful not to show anything of her body, she normally wears separate sleeves under her normal sleeves. For if she raises her arm nothing of her arm gets uncovered. The problem is these separate sleeves are of…
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Praise be to Allah.
We have described the conditions that must be met with regard
to Islamically acceptable clothing in the answer to question number 6991.
One of these conditions is that the clothing should be thick so that it does
not show what is beneath it and so that the colour of the skin cannot be
seen.
If a woman wears sleeves that are similar in colour to her
skin, and they appear if the abaya falls back from her arms, and a person
who sees her thinks that this is her skin, then this is contrary to the
purpose for which hijab was enjoined, which is to protect women and to
prevent others being tempted by them.
Hence the opening of the sleeve should be narrow so that it
will not fall back and show the arm, or clothing that does not attract
attention should be worn underneath the abayah.
The aim is not only to cover the ‘awrah with any kind of
clothing at all; rather the aim, as well as covering, is to prevent anything
that attracts attention and causes fitnah. Hence women are forbidden to wear
tight clothes or to wear adorned clothes that attract attention, even if
they are covering.
Women are also forbidden to stamp their feet whilst walking
so as not to attract attention to their adornment, as Allah says
(interpretation of meaning):
“And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what
they hide of their adornment”
[al-Noor 24:31].
The point is that paying attention to others is required with
regard to covering, and the believing woman should be a good example to
others and she should not put herself in a situation where she may be
accused, and she should not merely be content with doing better than others;
rather she should strive to attain perfection to the best of her ability.
May Allah help us all to do that which He loves and which
pleases Him.
Allah knows best.
