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Indecent Dressing?
Question:
Assalaamu ‘alaikum
Respected ‘Ulama
I often wear jeans and other western attire indoors. If I leave the home, I always don an ‘abaayah over my clothes and also wear hijaab. My husband is okay with my dressing but my mother keeps fighting with me that my dressing is indecent. I do not see anything indecent in how I dress, especially since it is only indoors.
Please advise.
Answer:
Bismihi Ta‘ala
Wa …
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