Is a woman required to lower her gaze from a man wearing tight jeans, even if she feels no desire?

2-9-2024 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu Alaikum,I have a question regarding the lowering of the gaze for a woman. Is she required to lower her gaze if a man is wearing tight jeans even if she feels no desire for him? Will she be sinful if she does? If you can answer this question, it will be of great help, thank you and may Allah SWT bless you.
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

A woman should lower her gaze at what Allah forbade her from looking at, as is the case for men. This is in compliance with the saying of Allah, the Almighty: {Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is [fully] Aware of what they do.} [Quran 24: 30] {And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision1 and guard their private parts} [Quran 24: 31]

It is not permissible to look at the shape of ‘Awrah (private parts) of a person shown by clothes, even without a sexual desire.

It was stated in Rad Al-Muhtar by Ibn `Aabidin may Allaah have mercy upon him: “It is not lawful to look at a person’s private parts which are defined by clothes attached to them and showing their size.” [End quote]

Allah knows best.

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