Jilbab al-Marah al-Muslimah fi al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (119)

Second condition: the garment itself must not be an adornment.

This is based on the Almighty’s statement in the previously cited verse from Sūrat al-Nūr: “and they should not display their adornment” (24:31). The wording is all-inclusive, covering any outer clothing that is ornamented in such a way that it draws men’s attention. The same point is affirmed by His words, exalted is He, in Sūrat al-Aḥzāb (33:33): “And remain in your homes, and do not flaunt yourselves with the flaunting of the former Age of Ignorance.”

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also said: “Three people, do not ask about them 1: a man who parts from the community, disobeys his leader, and dies in that state; a male or female slave who escapes and then dies; and a woman whose husband is absent, who has been provided for, yet she adorns herself after his departure—do not ask about them.” 2

(1) That is, because they are counted among those who will perish. (2) Reported by al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, 1/119, and Ahmad, Musnad, 6/19, on the authority of Fadala ibn Ubayd; the chain is sahih. It is also cited by al-Suyuti in al-Jamiʿ, by al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad, by Abu Yaʿla, al-Tabarani in al-Kabir, and al-Bayhaqi in al-Shuʿab. Al-Hakim said, “It meets the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and I know of no defect,” a judgment affirmed by al-Dhahabi. Ibn ʿAsakir classified it as hasan in Madh al-Tawaduʿ, 5/88/1.

الشرط الثاني: "أن لا يكون زينة في نفسه" لقوله تعالى في الآية المتقدمة من سورة النور: ﴿وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ﴾ [النور: ٣١] فإنه بعمومه يشمل الثياب الظاهرة إذا كانت مزينة تلفت أنظار الرجال إليها، ويشهد لذلك قوله تعالى في [الأحزاب: ٣٣] : ﴿وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الأُولَى﴾ . وقوله ﷺ: "ثلاثة لا تسأل عنهم ١: رجل فارق الجماعة وعصى إمامه ومات عاصيًا، وأمة أو عبد أبق فمات، وامرأة غاب عنها زوجها قد كفاها مؤونة الدنيا فتبرجت بعده فلا تسأل عنهم" ٢.

١ يعني لأنهم من الهالكين. ٢ أخرجه الحاكم "١/ ١١٩"، وأحمد "٦/ ١٩"؛ من حديث فضالة بن عبيد، وسنده صحيح، وعزاه السيوطي في "الجامع" للبخاري في "الأدب المفرد"، وأبي يعلى، والطبراني في "الكبير"، والبيهقي في "الشعب"، قال الحاكم: "على شرطهما ولا أعرف له علة". وأقره الذهبي. وحسنه ابن عساكر في "مدح التواضع" "٥/ ٨٨/ ١".