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

Zakir Naik
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The caller asks if the sister on the YouTube shows a tailor wearing clothes that are not allowed to be stitched, and the representative explains that it is not allowed for clothing that is exposed. The representative also explains that the sister's actions are not permitted, and that the sister should not do anything else that would cause the tailor to be involved in other activities.
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The question posed by a sister on the

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YouTube, if I sew such clothes which expose

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the upper part of the chest, cleavage and

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shoulder don't show, so is it halal earning

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or haram?

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I believe the question posed is that, talking

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about a tailor, stitching clothes for a lady

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where the upper part of the chest is

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seen and the cleavage and the shoulder is

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seen, so is it halal to stitch such

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clothes?

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First you should realize what is the purpose

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of these clothes.

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You know, normally when you stitch undergarments, but

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natural, it's possible to show the cleavage and

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

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under the other clothes.

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But if there are other clothes, where you

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know that a lady is wearing clothes only

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amongst the ladies and if some part of

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

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But wearing such clothes otherwise, outside, it is

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not permitted.

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So depending upon the clothes, that if you

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know that you are stitching clothes for ladies,

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or going to wear an abaya on top

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of that, then it's perfectly fine.

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But if you know that you are stitching

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designer clothes and people wear these clothes, not

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wearing clothes, not wearing a coat over it,

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or wearing an abaya over it, and if

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you are aware of it, stitching such clothes

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is not permitted.

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Because Allah says in the Quran, in Surah

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Maida, chapter number 5, verse number 2, that

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help one another in righteousness and taqwa.

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Do not help one another in sin and

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rancour.

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So if you are making clothes which you

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are aware that ladies will be wearing for

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parties and exposing the body and would be

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involved in things which are haram, then it

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is not correct to stitch such clothes.

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But if you know these clothes are worn

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

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not going to wear it in front of

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the naam ehram.

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There are some Muslim countries where, you know,

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people wear abaya.

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So if you know that it is not

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going to involve any haram action, then there

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is no problem.

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But if you are aware that this will

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be worn by ladies who normally go for

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parties outside and they don't wear the hijab,

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and you are specially catering to them, then

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it is not permitted for you to help

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them in doing haram activity.

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You should not stitch such clothes.

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So depending upon how it's going to be

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used, and you as a tailor know better,

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your customers, so based on that, you have

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to decide whether what you are doing is

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haram or halal.

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Hope that answers the question.

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