‘ ( they are) swaying between this and that, belonging neither to these nor to those’. (1)
A question may be raised at this point ‘why didn’t muslim scholars fight such hedious habits and acts before they spread dangerously??’
The answer is this: indeed many of our reverend scholars stood firmly in the way of such hedious acts, (2) however, their attempts were in vain since [most] muslims, who are weak in their position in comparison with the disbelieving people and countries felt enormously attracted to the later’s habits, way of living and fashions. What makes things worse is that many of those who claim to be knowledgeable in religion got involved in these acts too, and consequently became a bad example for other muslims. We seek All?h’s ( - ) refuge from this. (3)
What makes it even worse are those who abandon Sal?t. They do so because -as they claim- the movements done in it cause wrinkles to appear in their trousers, the thing which makes them look untidy!!
In addition to all this is practicing the following mistakes:-
(1) S?rat An-Nis?’ (no.143).
(2) Refer to “Al-Alb?ni’s comments on had?th no. (1704) of the “Sah?hah”, Ahmad’s Sh?kir comment on had?th (no. 6513) of “Musnad Ahmad”, the Book about “Clothes” for Al-Mawd?d?, “Important point regarding the costumes of muslims of today” and Rash?d’s Rida “Fat?w?” (vol. 5 / p.1829).
(3) Shaikh Ab? Bakr Al-Jaz?’ir? explained in full details in his book “Smoking: Subject matter and Ruling” (p.7) some of the negative effects of colonization on the previously colonized countries; he said: ‘Some of these effects are: raising dogs inside houses, the displaying of women their charms, men shaving their beards, wearing tight trousers with nothing wide over them, leaving the head uncovered, dealing courteously with deviants and hypocrites, abandoning enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil taking the conception of individual freedom as a cover’.