Cloth of fame (Thaub As-Syuhrah) in Islam: jurisprudential and linguistical discussion with relation to contemporary hijab fashion
Covering parts of body that is prohibited to be exposed to public or the aurah is one of the obligations in Islam. For majority of Islamic jurisprudential scholars, a Muslim woman’s aurah is her whole body except for her face and palm. In covering her aurah, a Muslim woman must observe that she a...
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2023
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| Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Covering parts of body that is prohibited to be exposed to public or the aurah is one
of the obligations in Islam. For majority of Islamic jurisprudential scholars, a Muslim woman’s
aurah is her whole body except for her face and palm. In covering her aurah, a Muslim woman
must observe that she adheres to all the aurah covering parameters, which include that the
cloth that she wears is not among the clothes of fame. This article aims to analyse both the
jurisprudential and linguistical aspects of cloth of fame based on the prophetic tradition that
mentioned the prohibition of wearing such clothing and relating the topic to some of the
phenomenon in contemporary hijab fashion. The text of the hadith is analysed from linguistical
point of view based on the words used in it and jurisprudential point of views where the
characteristics of fame cloth are extracted from scholar’s discussion regarding the topic. These
characteristics are then compared to the features of some phenomenon mingling the fashion
industry that also effect the hijab fashion, namely status consumption and fashion uniqueness.
This article found out that besides the intangible characteristics of cloth of fame such as the
intention of wearing to gain fame, to show-off and to be magnified, the tangible characteristics
such as distinguished appearance, high-end extravagance or low-end frugality, finger-pointing
nature and being beyond the general norm in the society is as important. This article also
argues that status consumption and fashion uniqueness that are occurring in the fashion
industry including in the hijab fashion do share the characteristics of fame cloth. Hence,
Muslim women should observe not to get involved in these kinds of consumption. |
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