Maram Muhammad wrote Wednesday, October 25, 2023 06:30 AM
A question was sent to the Egyptian Fatwa House through its official website, and its content was: “What is the criterion for considering clothes suitable for mourning and whether they are adornments or not? Are mourning clothes limited to the black color of clothes?”
Dar Al-Iftaa’s response came as follows: “The legal mourning for a woman upon the death of her husband is to leave off adornment in clothing, perfume, jewelry, and anything of their meaning. The jurists have decided that there is no specific color for the clothing that a mourning woman wears, but what is considered in that is whether it is an adornment or not.” Whatever is intended for adornment is prohibited, and whatever is contrary to that is not prohibited, and the rule in this matter is custom.”
It is forbidden for women to wear any clothing during mourning
I explained House of Fatwa What is forbidden for a single woman with regard to clothing is: wearing anything intended to beautify her; Abu Dawud narrated in his “Sunan” on the authority of Umm Salamah, may God be pleased with her, on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, that he said: “The one whose husband has died should not wear stained clothes, or wear them, or jewelry, and she should not get her ring done. And do not apply kohl.”
And the safflower: it is dyed with safflower. Mashqa: that is, dyed with mashqa, which is a type of red clay. Jewelry: plural of ornament, which is what one adorns with, such as jewelery and other things. See: “Aoun al-Ma’boud” (6/295, ed. Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah).
However, adornment is not limited to a color due to its specificity, and the criterion for whether what is worn is considered an adornment or not is custom, and this is the rule in everything that is commanded or forbidden by the law and is not specified, so it is returned to custom. See: “Al-Ashbah wa Al-Naza’ir” by Imam Al-Suyuti (p. 98, ed. Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah).
It is stated in “Al-Iqnaa fi Hal Al-Afadat Abi Shuja’” by Al-Khatib Al-Shirbini (4/56-57, ed. Dar Al-Fikr) with “Hashiyat Al-Bujayrimi”: [الإحداد هو (الامتناع من الزينة) في البدن بحلي من ذهب أو بثياب مصبوغة لزينة.. ويباح لبس غير مصبوغ من قطن وصوف وكتان وإن كان نفيسًا، وحرير إذا لم يحدث فيه زينة، ويباح مصبوغ لا يقصد لزينة كالأسود، وكذا الأزرق والأخضر المشبعان الكدران؛ لأن ذلك لا يقصد للزينة، بل لنحو حمل وسخ أو مصيبة، فإن تردد بين الزينة وغيرها كالأخضر والأزرق فإن كان برَّاقًا صافي اللون حرم؛ لأنه مستحسن يتزين به أو كدرًا أو مشبعًا فلا؛ لأن المشبع من الأخضر والأزرق يقارب الأسود] Oh.
Sheikh Al-Bujayrimi said in his “Hashiya” commenting on the words of the previous preacher (4/57): [قوله: (لزينة) أي ما جرت العادة أن تتزين به لتَشَوُّفِ الرجال إليه، ولو بحسب عادة قومها أو جنسها] Oh.
Therefore, there is no specific color of clothing that a bound woman is prohibited from wearing, except what custom considers adornment. Whatever is like that is forbidden, and whatever is contrary to it is not.
Limiting mourning clothing to black for women
Dar Al-Iftaa indicated that what has been the custom of people in many countries, which is to make black the color considered for mourning and displaying sadness, is good, and black has been the color with which a person expresses sadness since ancient times, until the Bedouins said:
The night of sorrow for the lonely is short…and without the lover the lover walks
That those you love, so bear with them…and parting with those who love you is difficult.
So let me send a mourning for their separation…in which faces and chests will be filled with pain.
And to clothe them with blackened armor…the clothing of the bereaved when a journey befalls you.
See: “Al-Aqd Al-Farid” by Ibn Abd Rabbo (6/258, ed. Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah).
The Arabs call mourning clothes: salab. It is said: A woman is robbed: if she wears robbed clothes. Imam Al-Zamakhshari said in “Al-Fayeq” (2/192, ed. Dar Al-Ma’rifa): [وَهُوَ سَواد المحدّ. وقيل: خرقَة سوداء كانت تغطي رأسها] Oh.
Ahmad narrated in his “Musnad” on the authority of Asma’ bint Umays, may God be pleased with her, that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, said to her when Ja’far bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, died: “Come on.” The scholar Ibn al-Atheer said in “Al-Nihayah” (2/387, ed. Al-Maktabah Al-Ilmiyyah): [أي: البسي ثوب الحداد، وهو السِّلَابُ، والجمع سُلُبٌ. وتسلبت المرأة إذا لبسته. وقيل: هو ثوب أسود تغطى به المُحِدُّ رأسها] Oh.
However, mourning is not limited to black, as mentioned above. Rather, sometimes the color black is an adornment, as is the case with what is called women’s evening wear, for example, according to what people’s customs are now. It is not permissible for a mourning woman to wear it at that time, and the jurists have stipulated the prohibition of black. For a single woman, if it is on the face of adornment.
Among these: What was mentioned in “Aqrab Al-Masalik” by Sidi Ahmad Al-Dardir (2/685-686, ed. Dar Al-Ma’arif) with “Hashiyat Al-Sawi” in his words about what is obligatory for a woman with a monogamous woman; Where he said: [(ووجبت على) المرأة (المُتوفّى عنها الإحداد في) مدة (عدتها؛ وهو)؛ أي: الإحداد: (ترك ما يتزين به من الحلي والطيب، وعمله والتجر فيه، و)ترك (الثوب المصبوغ) مطلقًا؛ لما فيه من التزين، (إلا الأسود) ما لم يكن زينة قوم؛ كأهل مصر القاهرة وبولاق؛ فإنهن يتزين في خروجهن بالحرير الأسود] Oh, behave.
Sheikh Al-Sawy said in his commentary on him: [قوله: (فإنهن يتزين في خروجهن بالحرير الأسود): وفي الحقيقة لا مفهوم للحرير، والمدار على كون الأسود زينة على حسب العادة] Oh.
Sheikh Al-Qalyubi said in his “Hawtiya on Al-Mahli’s Explanation of the Minhaj” [4/ 53، ط. دار الفكر] Commenting on the commentator’s statement [(كالأسود)-: إذا لم تكن عادتهم التزين به، وإلا كالأعراب فيحرم] Oh.
Conclusion
Accordingly: There is no specific color for the clothes that a woman in mourning wears, but what is considered in this matter is whether it is an adornment or not. Whatever is intended for adornment is prohibited, and whatever is contrary to that is not prohibited, and the rule in this matter is custom.
2023-10-25 03:30:00
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