from a distance of such and such.” (1)
Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) also reported: “Among the signs of the Hour is … that garments will appear which are worn by women who are clothed yet naked.” (2)
These hadiths are among the miracles of Prophethood. What the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) foretold had already come to pass (3) before our present age, and in our time it has become even more prevalent.
The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) called this category of women “clothed yet naked”: they wear clothes, yet they are “naked” because their clothes do not fulfil the purpose of covering them, owing to their thinness and transparency—as is the case with most women’s clothing in this age. (4)
It has also been said that “clothed yet naked” means that a woman clothes her body but draws her head covering tight and wears tight-fitting clothes, so that the contours of her body are visible and her breasts and buttocks are accentuated; or that she exposes part of her body, for which she will be punished in the Hereafter. (5)
The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) summed up his description of these women by saying that they are: “clothed