Women Wearing a Jacket during Ihrām

 

8th July 2019

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Question: Is it permissible for women to wear jackets and socks during Ihram when they feel cold?

 

الجواب حامداً و مصلياً

In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

In reference to your query, women are generally allowed to wear any type of clothing in Ihram even if it is stitched to cover their entire body because such clothing is more concealing for them.[1] Hence it will be permissible for a woman to wear a jacket or socks in Ihram. [2]

 

[Allāh Knows Best]

[1] Kasāni, Badā’i Sanāi, Kitāb al-Hajj, Fasl mahzuraat alihraam , vol 2 p. 186

وَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ تُغَطِّيَ الْمَرْأَةُ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهَا وَهِيَ مُحْرِمَةٌ بِمَا شَاءَتْ مِنْ الثِّيَابِ الْمَخِيطَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا، وَأَنْ تَلْبَسَ الْخُفَّيْنِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا لَا تُغَطِّي وَجْهَهَا، أَمَّا سَتْرُ سَائِرِ بَدَنِهَا؛ فَلِأَنَّ بَدَنَهَا عَوْرَةٌ؛ وَسَتْرُ الْعَوْرَةِ بِمَا لَيْسَ بِمَخِيطٍ مُتَعَذَّرٌ فَدَعَتْ الضَّرُورَةُ إلَى لُبْسِ الْمَخِيطِ

[2] Fatawa Hindiyya, Kitābul Hajj, Mawadhi’ ramyi aljimaar, vol 1 p. 235

وَالْمَرْأَةُ فِي جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ كَالرَّجُلِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا لَا تَكْشِفُ رَأْسَهَا ……….وَتَلْبَسُ مِنْ الْمَخِيطِ مَا بَدَا لَهَا مِنْ الدِّرْعِ وَالْقَمِيصِ وَالْخِمَارِ وَالْخُفِّ وَالْقُفَّازَيْنِ

Durrul Mukhtār wa hashiyah Ibn Ābideen Shāmi, Kitābul Hajj, Fasl fil ihraam, vol 1 p.490

(قَوْلُهُ وَخُفَّيْنِ) أَيْ لِلرِّجَالِ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تَلْبَسُ الْمَخِيطَ وَالْخُفَّيْنِ كَمَا فِي قَاضِي خَانْ قُهُسْتَانِيٌ