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What is the ruling on a woman wearing trousers with a shirt reaching her knees over them? Is it a condition that the trousers be wide? What is the evidence for specifying the length of the shirt to the knees and not otherwise?

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Our fatwas are very clear, and we summarize them and make them even clearer: There is no objection to a wife wearing trousers in front of her husband, but it is not permissible for her to wear them and go out in them, unless they are worn under concealing clothes.

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