Fatwa ID: 06115

Answered by: Shaykh Ahmed bin Mohamed Umarji

Question:

Is it permissible for a bride to have a trail on her dress? Or would that be under the prohibited isbaal?

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

Answer:

There are narrations that prohibit Isball. Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The part of an Izar which hangs below the ankles is in the Fire.”¹ However the prohibition is specific to males. Mulla Ali Al Qaree states: “There is the consensus of the permissibility of Isbaal for Women”.² Thus the use of such a dress is permissible.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

1 ١- [عن أبي هريرة:] ما كان أسفَلَ مِنَ الكَعبَيْنِ مِنَ الإزارِ؛ فهو في النّارِ. قال شُعبةُ: وكان سعيدٌ قد كَبِرَ.
شعيب الأرنؤوط (ت ١٤٣٨)، تخريج المسند ١٠٤٦١ • إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين • أخرجه البخاري (٥٧٨٧)، والنسائي (٥٣٣٠)، وأحمد (١٠٤٦١) واللفظ له

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