Please let me know if a lady can perform her namaaz with a long skirt that covers her ankles if she is not wearing a pants ?

· 25 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 7816English

Question

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Please let me know if a lady can perform her namaaz with a long skirt that covers her ankles if she is not wearing a pants ?

Answer

If the long skirt covers her ankles, does not expose any part of her ?Satr? and is loose fitting, she may perform her Salaat with it.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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