Is It Permissible to Wear a Jacket over an Abaya or Must It Be under the Khimar?
Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Question
Is it permissible to wear a jacket or coat over an abaya and khimar, or should we wear the khimar over the jacket to cover the shoulders? I heard that it isn’t permissible to show the shoulders’ shape.
Answer
Shaykh Farid Dingle mentioned in the answer linked below:
“A proper hijab means that the main shape of the woman’s body is not shown. One does not have to go to ridiculous measures to hide things like height, width of shoulders, or the like, which cannot normally be concealed by a good-sized hijab and loose clothes.”
May Allah give you the best of this world and the next.
[Ustadha] Shazia Ahmad
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad lived in Damascus, Syria for two years where she studied aqida, fiqh, tajweed, tafsir, and Arabic. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed her Masters in Arabic. Afterward, she moved to Amman, Jordan, where she studied fiqh, Arabic, and other sciences. She later moved back to Mississauga, Canada, where she lives with her family.
