Zakir Naik – Is It Halaal to Stitch Clothes Exposing the Cleavage and Shoulders

			The question posed by a sister on the
		

			YouTube, if I sew such clothes which expose
		

			the upper part of the chest, cleavage and
		

			shoulder don't show, so is it halal earning
		

			or haram?
		

			I believe the question posed is that, talking
		

			about a tailor, stitching clothes for a lady
		

			where the upper part of the chest is
		

			seen and the cleavage and the shoulder is
		

			seen, so is it halal to stitch such
		

			clothes?
		

			First you should realize what is the purpose
		

			of these clothes.
		

			You know, normally when you stitch undergarments, but
		

			natural, it's possible to show the cleavage and
		

			it's perfectly fine because the clothes won't under,
		

			under the other clothes.
		

			But if there are other clothes, where you
		

			know that a lady is wearing clothes only
		

			amongst the ladies and if some part of
		

			the body is exposed, then it's not haram.
		

			But wearing such clothes otherwise, outside, it is
		

			not permitted.
		

			So depending upon the clothes, that if you
		

			know that you are stitching clothes for ladies,
		

			or going to wear an abaya on top
		

			of that, then it's perfectly fine.
		

			But if you know that you are stitching
		

			designer clothes and people wear these clothes, not
		

			wearing clothes, not wearing a coat over it,
		

			or wearing an abaya over it, and if
		

			you are aware of it, stitching such clothes
		

			is not permitted.
		

			Because Allah says in the Quran, in Surah
		

			Maida, chapter number 5, verse number 2, that
		

			help one another in righteousness and taqwa.
		

			Do not help one another in sin and
		

			rancour.
		

			So if you are making clothes which you
		

			are aware that ladies will be wearing for
		

			parties and exposing the body and would be
		

			involved in things which are haram, then it
		

			is not correct to stitch such clothes.
		

			But if you know these clothes are worn
		

			at home, it's not worn, the ladies are
		

			not going to wear it in front of
		

			the naam ehram.
		

			There are some Muslim countries where, you know,
		

			people wear abaya.
		

			So if you know that it is not
		

			going to involve any haram action, then there
		

			is no problem.
		

			But if you are aware that this will
		

			be worn by ladies who normally go for
		

			parties outside and they don't wear the hijab,
		

			and you are specially catering to them, then
		

			it is not permitted for you to help
		

			them in doing haram activity.
		

			You should not stitch such clothes.
		

			So depending upon how it's going to be
		

			used, and you as a tailor know better,
		

			your customers, so based on that, you have
		

			to decide whether what you are doing is
		

			haram or halal.
		

			Hope that answers the question.