Women adopting the distinctive marks of the fasiqs and the sinful

Question

Question: There are the following queries regarding imitation (tashabbuh) in clothing and the like: (1) Are trousers with legs and the sari (an Indian women’s garment made of a long piece of cloth) permissible for women or not? And is the prayer valid when wearing a thick sari or not?

Answer

Where these are the distinctive mark (shi‘ar) of kafirs or fasiqs, they are impermissible; where they are common to all and are not their distinctive mark, they are permissible. Then, if the covering is complete, the prayer in them is also valid.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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