Darul Ifta Ibn Masood

Are boys allowed to wear orange, red, yellow, pink, purple clothing?

Published as Wearing Bright Coloured Clothes

· 29 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Are boys allowed to wear orange, red, yellow, pink, purple clothing? What are the colour restrictions for boys/girls? And what about clothing with the primary colour being impermissible but consists of other colours or inanimate prints on it?

Answer

It is Makrooh for males to wear pure red, yellow or saffron coloured clothing. The remaining colours are fine. However, one should not wear clothing that are the Shi’aar (symbols) of other people. The T-shirt in question has other colours on it, hence it won’t be categorized as pure red, although it will be best for males to refrain from wearing it. Females are permitted to wear all colours.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

(وكره لبس المعصفر والمزعفر الاحمر والاصفر للرجال) مفاده أن لا يكره للنساء (الدر المختار ص358 ج6)

فِي الْمُحِيطِ وَيُكْرَهُ لُبْسُ الثَّوْبِ الْأَحْمَرِ، وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ قَالَ – عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ – «إيَّاكُمْ، وَالْحُمْرَةَ فَإِنَّهَا زِيُّ الشَّيْطَانِ» وَلِأَنَّهَا كِسْوَةُ النِّسَاءِ وَيُكْرَهُ التَّشَبُّهُ بِهِنَّ. اهـ. وَلِلْعَلَّامَةِ قَاسِمٍ فَتْوَى مُفَصَّلَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ فِي حُرْمَةِ لُبْسِ الْأَحْمَرِ كَمَا فِي فَتَاوَى الْكَازَرُونِيِّ، وَفِي الذَّخِيرَةِ.

وَرَوَى مُحَمَّدٌ فِي السِّيَرِ الْكَبِيرِ نَهْيَ الرِّجَالِ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ قِيلَ الْمُرَادُ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَلْبَسَ الْمُعَصْفَرَ لِيُحَبِّبَ نَفْسَهُ إلَى النِّسَاءِ وَقِيلَ: النَّهْيُ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ وَالْمُزَعْفَرِ مُطْلَقًا فَقَدْ جَاءَ عَنْ «ابْنِ عُمَرَ – رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمَا – أَنَّهُ قَالَ نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – عَنْ لُبْسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْحُمْرَةَ فَإِنَّهَا لُبْسُ الشَّيْطَانِ» تَتَارْخَانِيَّةٌ مِنْ الِاسْتِحْسَانِ مِنْ الْفَصْلِ الْعَاشِرِ فِي اللِّبَاسِ، وَنَقَلَ الْأَنْقِرَوِيُّ فِي فَتَاوِيهِ مِنْ الْكَرَاهِيَةِ فِي كِتَابِ الْكَسْبِ عَنْ الْوَجِيزِ هَكَذَا (العقود الدرية ص323 ج2)

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Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
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