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Fatwa CenterMen wearing tight clothes constitutes imitating effeminate and dissolute people
Question
What is the ruling on a very handsome young man wearing tight and seductive clothes in order to tempt people around him and attract their attention so as to be the talk of the town? What is the ruling concerning those who keep his company and sit with him, given that he is very handsome and attractive? When I advise them to stay away from him, they tell me that Allaah, the Exalted, is beautiful and that He loves beauty, and they say that they do not look at him lustfully. Is it permissible for me to break relations with him, given that he is my neighbor?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
It is impermissible for a Muslim man to wear tight clothes that outline and define the shape of his ‘Awrah (what should be covered of the body) or that constitute imitation of effeminate and dissolute people or the disbelievers. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: "He who imitates a people is of them." [Abu Daawood]
Whoever falls into that should turn back to Allaah, the Exalted, in repentance. It is also incumbent upon those who accompany him to offer him advice, because Islam is a religion that enjoins the exchange of sincere advice among Muslims, as the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, has taught us.
Muslim men should guard against keeping the company of handsome, beardless youths as well as handsome and attractive young men and effeminate men. They should avoid being in seclusion with such people as this could be a means to the sin of lustfully looking at them. It may even lead to something graver! As for the questioner's question about breaking relations with such a person, it is impermissible for a Muslim to shun his Muslim brother without a legitimate reason. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: "It is not lawful for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three days." [Al-Bukhari]
However, not shunning this person does not necessarily entail frequent interaction and association with him; you should only fulfill his due rights with respect to you as a Muslim brother and a neighbor without going beyond that. Indeed, the prohibition of shunning one's Muslim brother is even more emphasized if he is among one's relatives or neighbors.
It is permissible for you to shun that man if there is a legitimate reason for it; for example, if he is effeminate or of bad moral character and rejects advice or if you fear that you will fall into Fitnah (temptation) if you keep his company and cannot preserve and foster your religiosity except by shunning him.
Allaah Knows best.
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