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Is likening a wife who wears trousers to men, and considering it to be for disbelievers, a statement found in Fatwa No. 30765? And what is its evidence, especially given the existence of fatwas by Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) that absolutely prohibit women from wearing trousers?

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The document of the fatwa mentioned is the prohibition of women imitating men, Muslim women imitating disbelievers, and a woman appearing before non-mahram men in tight clothing that describes the contours of her body and causes temptation. It has been stated in the fatwas of the Permanent Committee that trousers are not permissible because they involve imitating disbelieving women and because they define her size and reveal the contours of her body, which causes great temptation.

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