بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
This is fully directed towards the sisters who hold their pregnant bellies for instagram pictures with tight clothing. Do you really think you purposely making your stomach and bosoms visible in tight clothing isn’t tabarruj? Do you even know the purpose of the hijab my sisters? If you truly did wallah you would not be doing this. Tight clothing and makeup contradicts the purpose of the Hijab. With these actions your Hijab is being nullified.
To those who whine regarding the topic of Tabarruj… are simply to put people who are annoyed because islamic rulings go against their desires. Do you have no shame? Does your husband lack that much protective jealousy over you? Does he really not want you to smell the fragrance of Jannah? Do you not want to smell the fragrance of Jannah? Fear Allah! Seek knowledge! Both man and woman!
Tight clothing is the clothes of the women in Jahannam. The Women in Jahannam!
Abu Hurayrah narrated that Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) said: صِنْفَانِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ لَمْ أَرَهُمَا قَوْمٌ مَعَهُمْ سِيَاطٌ كَأَذْنَابِ الْبَقَرِ يَضْرِبُونَ بِهَا النَّاسَ وَنِسَاءٌ كَاسِيَاتٌ عَارِيَاتٌ مُمِيلاَتٌ مَائِلاَتٌ رُءُوسُهُنَّ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْمَائِلَةِ لاَ يَدْخُلْنَ الْجَنَّةَ وَلاَ يَجِدْنَ رِيحَهَا وَإِنَّ رِيحَهَا لَيُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا
“There are two categories of people of Hell whom I have not yet seen: a group having whips like the tails of oxen with which they will beat people. And women who will be dressed but appear to be naked―they will incline to evil and make others incline to it. Their heads will be like the humps of a two-humped camel inclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and they will not smell its fragrance even though its fragrance can be smelled from such-and-such a far distance.” (Reported by Muslim, no. 2128)
Indeed it is upon you to fulfil the conditions of the fardh Hijab. Do you not want to smell the fragrance of Jannah? This is in no way to discourage you my sisters. I can promise you the only clothing out there isn’t just tight clothing and the clothing of the kuffar. Wear an abaya, don’t buy from those overpriced websites that sell patterned or abayas with gems and stuff like that. Go for coloured plain ones that are big. Big abayas exist, you may be brainwashed by foolish people who talk without knowledge and make you think that even when wearing an abaya your stomach will still show. That is not true, compare it to the women who wear tight clothing when pregnant! tight dresses! compare it to that.
These people who whine and joke about “pregnant bellies are now tabarruj” are people who do not fear Allah, who do not seek knowledge, for if they did, they would understand which women are the ones truly committing tabarruj and they would not joke about the deen in such way. It is not women who are pregnant wearing loose Abayas, Jilbabs [Jalabib], Khimar and loose clothing that fulfil the conditions of the hijab. It is the women who purposely wear tight clothing, pants etc that show their entire body. Or they will wear an abaya or loose clothing piece but for an instagram picture or social media post or video they will put their hands around their stomach purposely showing their body and making their clothing tight. Just because you are pregnant does not mean your body is no longer Awrah. Just because you are pregnant it does not mean you don’t have to fulfil the conditions of the hijab.
For those who will read this and will still deny then indeed i fear for you!
Reliable links to learn the conditions of the hijab:
https://abukhadeejah.com/hijaab-of-the-muslim-woman-and-its-conditions-download-leaflet/
https://www.abukhadeejah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Veil-of-the-Muslim-woman-Hijaab-1.pdf
https://www.troid.org/the-obligatory-conditions-for-an-islamic-hijab/
https://www.troid.org/jilbab-starts-from-the-head-not-the-shoulders/
Note: For the link above the Shaykh talks about how the Jilbab starts from the head and not the shoulders. So if you wear an Abaya, wear a khimar on top as well, not the typical hijab you wrap around your head and neck as that shows the shape of the shoulders and neck (read the conditions of the hijab [links are above]). Please listen to the audio and read the transcript as he provides proof from the Quran.
Veiled sisters uploading their pictures on the internet — A warning from Shaykh Haamid ibn Al Khamis Al Junaibee
Question: A questioner from France says: As salaamu alaikum, jazakaAllahu khrain O Shaykh. What is your view concerning the woman who places her picture wearing niqab, even though her face is covered, on the internet forums and other places? Keeping in mind, this is a fitna for the young men. May Allah bless you.
Answered by Shaykh Haamid ibn Al Khamis Al Junaibee & Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee: You know, I don’t know—SubanaAllah—some of the women, what do they want from this? What do they want by uploading these pictures, even those who upload their pictures in which they are wearing niqab, or a woman with her face covered, what does she want from this?
This is not done by someone with insight and wisdom and this is evidence of an ignorant way of thinking. What benefit is gained by uploading a picture of a woman wearing niqab, for example? And the evil is greater if she uploads a picture of herself. It is as though she is saying to them: “Look at me,” whether she is wearing niqab or not; along with the beautification or the eyes and other than that.
I say: My general advice to the women: Fear Allah O women, those who enter the internet forums and internet websites, and the social networking sites such as twitter and the other websites. Fear Allah. Whether addressing the men, or chatting with the men, uploading pictures, and going to great lengths in this matter. This is a great door to evil, the magnitude of it is only known to Allah.
And Allah knows the situation of these affairs based on these forums and websites, from the abundance of evil that occurs from some of the people due to these affairs; whether it is by the private messages, or by connecting through other means, or by sending emails, or other than that from the means that some men use to catch women.
And sometimes it occurs between a man who is religiously committed and a woman who is religiously committed. Fear Allah O daughters of the Muslims!!
By Allah, surely I know specific people, I know specific people, and I do not say this from the standpoint of mentioning stories and tales, but rather from the standpoint of inciting fear and alarm, this is the standpoint I am coming from. A woman and a man fell into fornication. Both of them were students of knowledge, both of them were students of knowledge. I know them specifically. We ask Allah for safety and security.
Thus beware, beware—may Allah bless you—beware beware! The person must stay far away from the doors of evil and he must make an escape from them; fleeing.
Whoever needs to connect with someone, whether it is for marriage, or engagement, the connection should occur from the females, from your family, your relatives, from this method. And do not open this door upon yourself! Because this door is a door of evil, such that if it is open it is not about to close except with great evil. We seek refuge in Allah. We ask Allah for safety and security.
Translator’s note: The Shaykh has written tazkiyah from Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab Al Aqeel.
Do not let shaytan fool you and make you think that this fatwa is directed only towards niqabis.
— Written & Compiled by Umm Juwairiyyah