the contours of her figure, such as her buttocks, forearms, and the like. A woman’s proper garment is only that which covers her, so that neither her body nor the size of her limbs appears, being both thick and loose. End of quotation.

4 – She must not imitate men in her clothing. The Prophet ﷺ cursed women who imitate men and cursed mannish women. Her imitation consists of wearing garments that, by their type or style, are peculiar to men according to the custom of each society.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH) said in Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā (22/148, 149, 155): “The difference between the dress of men and that of women goes back to what is suitable for each of them, in accordance with what men are commanded to do and what women are commanded to do. Women are instructed to remain concealed and screened, not to display themselves. For this reason the Law did not prescribe that she raise her voice for the call to prayer, the talbiyah, or the climbing of al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah, nor that she strip to the upper body in iḥrām as a man does. A man, by contrast, is ordered to uncover his head and to refrain from wearing the usual tailored clothes that are made to fit his limbs; thus he does not wear a shirt, trousers, cloak, or leather socks…

“As for the woman, she has not been forbidden any particular garment, because she is enjoined to be covered and secluded, and the opposite of that is not prescribed for her. However, she has been prohibited from wearing the niqab and from putting on gloves, because that is the attire…."