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Sunnats and Aadaab of Clothing - Part Six
17. The clothes of women should not be so thin that they are transparent due to which the body beneath becomes exposed. With the exception of her hands and feet, a woman’s entire body is satr. Hence, if the clothing is see-through, then her satr will be exposed before men. Women wearing this type of clothing have been cursed in the Hadith. [1]
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “There will be two groups (in my Ummah) who will be punished in Jahannum. These two groups I have not yet seen (i.e. they will emerge after my demise). One group will carry whips with them resembling the tails of cattle, with which they will (oppressively) lash the people. The second group will be those women who will wear clothes yet they will still be naked (i.e. tight fitting or flimsy clothing). They will attract men to themselves, and they themselves will be inclined towards them. Their heads will resemble the humps of the Bukhti camels (i.e. they will wear buns which will be high like camel humps). They will not enter Jannah nor smell its fragrance, despite its fragrance being perceivable from a great distance away.” [2]