❖ Wearing Black Clothing for Mourning in Islam ❖
This writing is excerpted from the book “500 Questions and Answers for Women” based on the Fatwas of the Scholars of the Haramain, translated by Hafiz Abdullah Saleem.
Is it permissible to wear black clothing in mourning over a deceased person, especially a deceased husband?
Wearing black clothing as a sign of mourning during times of grief and loss is a baseless and invalid practice. It is not supported by any authentic teachings of Islam.
During a calamity, a Muslim should act according to the Sharīʿah, such as:
﴿إِنَّا لِلَّـهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ﴾
Recite: “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we shall return.”
And also say:
اللهم أجرني في مصيبتي وأخلف لي خيراً منها
“O Allah! Reward me in my calamity and grant me something better in return.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim – Book of Funerals, Ḥadīth 3)
When a person recites these supplications with faith and hope of reward, Allah will grant them reward and compensate them with something better.
As for wearing a specific color like black as a sign of mourning, it is a false and blameworthy practice with no basis in Islam.
(Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn – ḥafiẓahullāh)
This writing is excerpted from the book “500 Questions and Answers for Women” based on the Fatwas of the Scholars of the Haramain, translated by Hafiz Abdullah Saleem.
❖ Question:
Is it permissible to wear black clothing in mourning over a deceased person, especially a deceased husband?
❖ Answer:
Wearing black clothing as a sign of mourning during times of grief and loss is a baseless and invalid practice. It is not supported by any authentic teachings of Islam.
❖ Islamic Guidance During Calamities:
During a calamity, a Muslim should act according to the Sharīʿah, such as:
﴿إِنَّا لِلَّـهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ﴾
Recite: “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we shall return.”
And also say:
اللهم أجرني في مصيبتي وأخلف لي خيراً منها
“O Allah! Reward me in my calamity and grant me something better in return.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim – Book of Funerals, Ḥadīth 3)
When a person recites these supplications with faith and hope of reward, Allah will grant them reward and compensate them with something better.
As for wearing a specific color like black as a sign of mourning, it is a false and blameworthy practice with no basis in Islam.
(Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn – ḥafiẓahullāh)
