Fiqh-e-Shafi Q and A

Islamic Ruling on Sleeve Length in Clothing


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According to Islamic scholars, it is sunnah to keep the sleeve length up to the wrists, as the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’s sleeves reached his wrists. Making sleeves longer than the fingers without a reason is disliked and considered unnecessary. Scholars explain that adding extra length to clothes without need is a form of waste. For women and certain others, extending the clothing slightly toward the arm is allowed, but excessive length or spreading clothes beyond this is seen as innovation and wasteful. Islamic scholars emphasize following the sunnah and avoiding unnecessary extension of sleeves.


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Fiqh-e-Shafi Q and ABy Fikrokhabar and Islamiafkaar