Women’s clothing and covering the ʿawra

Question

Question: (1) Is it permissible in the Shariah for women to tie a sari (a woman’s garment of a long draped cloth)? (2) Is it permissible in the Shariah for a woman to wear loose trousers of white thick cotton cloth? (3) Is it permissible for a woman to wear high-heeled sandals, as is customary nowadays? (4) Are ladies’ boots with a high upright heel, such as European women use, permissible for women? (5) Is it permissible for women to use a comb or starch and the like on the head?

Answer

(1–4) Clothing that is specific to kuffar, fussaq or men is impermissible for women to use; what is shared is permissible to use. However, using the clothing of the righteous (sulaha) that is specific to women is commendable (mustahsan). This answers all of these points. (5)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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