Answered by: Shaykh Ahmed bin Mohamed Umarji
Question:
Is it permissible for a bride to have a trail on her dress? Or would that be under the prohibited isbaal?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
There are narrations that prohibit Isball. Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The part of an Izar which hangs below the ankles is in the Fire.”1 However the prohibition is specific to males. Mulla Ali Al Qaree states: “There is the consensus of the permissibility of Isbaal for Women”.2 Thus the use of such a dress is permissible.
Only Allah knows best
Written by Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1 ١- [عن أبي هريرة:] ما كان أسفَلَ مِنَ الكَعبَيْنِ مِنَ الإزارِ؛ فهو في النّارِ. قال شُعبةُ: وكان سعيدٌ قد كَبِرَ.
شعيب الأرنؤوط (ت ١٤٣٨)، تخريج المسند ١٠٤٦١ • إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين • أخرجه البخاري (٥٧٨٧)، والنسائي (٥٣٣٠)، وأحمد (١٠٤٦١) واللفظ له
2 وأجْمَعُوا عَلى جَوازِ الإسْبالِ لِلنِّساءِ – مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح – دار الفكر، بيروت – لبنان – صفحة : ٢٧٦٦ مجلد : ٧