Dress & Attire

Q: What answer can be given to those who say: How can keeping the beard to a fist length can be classified as Sunnat while even the jews, hindus etc keep long beards? Please give a jami' answer.

Q: I have heard that a woman is not allowed to cut her hair like how a man should not cut his beard. Please advise me as to the Trimming of a woman's hair (like how a man trims any strands that stick out of his beard so that his beard is neat).

Q: Nowadays we have retailers selling designer thobes, the description of just a few are below:

1. "Lawung Introduces the New LW13309, a SUIT FABRIC elegant thobe, ideal for wearing during ramadhan, wedding or eid. With elements of formal flavour and a unique design, this thaub will get you noticed in the right way. Stand out from the masses with this fantastic designer garment. This garment has been specifically designed by viewing current catwalk and high street fashion made from 100% Cotton, this design has it all."

2. Lawung Introduces the New LW12813, a blue carbon fibre style designer thaub with detailing around the chest and neck (see photos) With elements of street flavour and a unique design, this thaub will get you noticed in the right way. Stand out from the masses with this fantastic designer garment. This garment has been specifically designed by viewing current catwalk and high street fashion made from 100% Cotton, this design has it all.

3. Lawung introduces the LW11905, this garment has been specifically designed by viewing current catwalk and high street fashion, made from 100% cotton, 100% wool arms and lycra neck lining, this design has all the potential to be one of Lawung’s best sellers, this Lawung garment is only available until the new launch of our Spring/summer range, so as for all the rest of our designs, this too is a limited edition and stock as normal does not last, so hurry and place your reservations.

Is this not a total mockery of the Sunnah libas of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam? What Naseehah can one impart in this respect?

Q: Are you allowed to trim the hair on the top of your thighs and on the top part of your leg at the front if the hairs are big to stop you from having doubts when using the toilet or doing ghusl for e.g. having doubts whether the private organ has touched a hair after urinating because it is so close to each other?

Q:

1. Zaid no longer wears kuffar clothing, viz. T-shirts, jeans, shorts and satr-revealing garments etc. How should he dispose of these items?
2. If it should be given out in charity, must it be with or without the intention of reward?

Q: A Hadith tells us that men should wear their trousers above their ankles. What do the four Imams says regarding wearing of the trousers above ankles, is there any difference of opinion?

Q: It says in Jawahir ul Fiqh volume 7 page 170 it is makrooh to use black colour hair dye reference from Alamgeeri and Durremukhtar, by makrooh does it mean makrooh tanzihi or Tahrimi because I was told its makrooh tanzihi?

http://archive.org/stream/JawahirUlFiqh-7Volumes-ByShaykhMuftiMuhammadS…

Q: Can women wear platinum rings?

Q: If someone wears only a qamis (shirt) above his pants with buttons from up to down. If skin is visible between two buttons, if you look through the two layers, does this matter?

Q: Are women allowed to wear the flower under the scarf? Some have said it resembles the camel hump which is not allowed, while others have said that it is allowed as long as it does not go higher than the crown of the head.