[2/ 2] Offering Sal?t wearing thin clothes like the Dishdasha, which displays the colour of one’s complexion, without wearing trousers under it. (1)

The aforementioned kinds of clothes - ‘Umar ( - رضي الله عنه -) stated - that screen one’s private parts are only examples, any other kind of clothes will be sufficient so long as they serve the same purpose. ‘Umar’s ( - رضي الله عنه -) statement also indicates that covering one’s private parts in Sal?t is obligatory and that people at the prophet’s ( - ) time used to do Sal?t in one garment due to their poverty. It also indicates that offering Sal?t in more than one garment is better. The ‘Ulamah’s unanimous agreement concerning this matter was stated by Q?d? ‘Iy?d. (2)

The eminent Im?m Ash-sh?fi‘? said: ‘If one performs his Sal?t wearing thin [transparent] Qam?s, his Sal?t is rendered invalid’. (3)

[3/ 2] He also said: ‘The case is even more stringent regarding women. If a woman offers her Sal?t wearing a transparent garment and a Khim?r [then her Sal?t is invalid]. She should preferably wear a J?lb?b over her Dir’[garment] so that the Dir’may not describe the shape and size of her body’. (4) This entails that a woman may not perform her Sal?t wearing transparent clothes such as those made of Nylon, Shiphon ... etc. This ruling is understood from the prophet’s ( - ) had?th: ‘There would in the latest generations of my ’Ummah [Islamic nation] women who wear clothes but still look naked ... ’. (5)

Ibn ’Abdil Bar said: ‘The prophet ( - ) meant those women who wear such clothes that are so thin that they barely conceal their