1. While wearing a half sleeve T-Shirt, can I wear Arm sleeves to cover my Elbows in Prayer. 2. Did Zainab RA give a speech to Yazid blaming him for the Karbala

· 3 Shaʻban 1432 AH1 min readFatwa 19355English

Question

Q.1 While wearing a half sleeve T-Shirt, can I wear Arm sleeves to cover my Elbows in Prayer so that my Prayer has no Makrooh element in it ??? Like these arm sleeves = http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BoXFp_er_TE/SL005gSIvdI/AAAAAAAAALc/F770tsDWPC0/s320/black arm-sleeves.gif

Q.2 Did Zainab RA give a speech to Yazid blaming him for the Karbala Incident when Ahlebayt were brought into Masjid-e-Amwi in Syria?

Answer

Assalāmu `alaikum Warahmatullāhi Wabrakatuh,

One may wear arm sleeves in salaah to cover the elbows and forearms.

You may forward to us the second question at another time to answer.

And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best,

Muftī Ebrahim Desai

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