The Islamic Dress Code

Assalamwalaikum WR WB,
I have a question about wearing shalwaar kaameez. Is it Sunnat to wear it? What proof is there? Is it because it is a clothing of modesty, then would wearing loose pant shirt be also considered Sunnat? Jazak'Allah Khair in advance for answering this question.
Answer
The Islamic Dress Code by Khalid Baig
What would you think of a home that provided no shelter and no privacy? What would you think of a meal that provided no nourishment and no energy? It does not take much to realize that if one were in the business of selling any of these he would go bankrupt very quickly. Yet, amazingly the rules seem to be different when it comes to another basic need: clothing, especially women's clothing. Every year fashion centers in Europe and America come up with the latest designs. And what have they designed? Another way of not covering the body; the dress equivalent of the home that provides no shelter and no privacy.

Rulings of Quraan on Mobile Devices

Question:
I have a pocket Quran on my mobile phone, I wanted to know that if I could recite it without wudhu, or maybe possibly touch it or not without wudhu?
Answer:
1. It is permissible to recite the Quraan without wudhu. (From ones’ memory with out touching the Quraan)
ويباح له قراءة القرآن لما روي أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم كان لا يحجزه من قراءة القرآن شيء إلا الجنابة
(Badaa’I us Sanaa’I Vol. 1. Pg. 141 Darul Kutub Deoband)

2. It will be permissible to touch the mobile phone without wudhu, however it will not be permissible to touch the actual text that appears on the screen of the mobile phone without wudhu.
(قوله مس مصحف) (قوله اى ما فيه آيه) لكن لا يحرم فى غير المصحف الا بالمكتوب: اى موضع الكتابة.
(Durrul Mukhtaar Vol. 1. Pg. 173 H M Saeed)

CONDITIONS OF ZAKAAT

CONDITIONS OF ZAKAAT

Scholars have established specific conditions or requirements for Zakat to be incumbent on the individual. Some of these conditions are related to the person that pays the Zakat and others to the property itself:
ISLAM

Zakah is only incumbent on Muslims. This is because it is one of the pillars of Islam. Allah says, "Take from their wealth a sadaqah in order to purify them and sanctify them with it, and invoke Allah for them. Verily! Your invocations are a source of security for them." [9:103] This verse is addressing Muslims and not the disbelievers, for the latter are not entitled to purification and sanctification. Furthermore, Muslims are the ones in need of purification. This shows that zakah is not mandatory upon the disbelievers and it is not to be collected from them unless they embrace Islam. In the above hadeeth, the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhe wasallam, asked Mu'adh to tell those who believed and established salah of their obligation of zakah. This also shows that zakah is not incumbent on the non-Muslim. However, the non-Muslims will be questioned about it in the hereafter because they are commanded to follow the Shari'ah, it's principle and branches.

RECIPIENTS OF ZAKAAT

RECIPIENTS OF ZAKAAT

Now that we understand zakah, and its various conditions and calculation, we must now learn who it is payable to. Those who are entitled to receive zakah are grouped into eight categories, as determined by the Qur'an and Sunnah. Allah says, "Sadaqat are only for the poor who do not beg and the poor who beg and those employed to collect them, and for attracting the hearts (of those who have been inclined towards Islam), and to free the captives and for those in debt and for Allah's Cause, and for the wayfarer a due imposed by Allah. And Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise." [9:60]
The Fuqaraa (the poor who do not beg)

These may have money, but it is not sufficient for their basic needs. Others have stated that these people have nothing. Allah says, 'If they are Fuqaraa (poor), Allah will enrich them out of His Bounty.' (24:32)

Assalama'lakium wa Rahmatullahe wa Barakatuhu, Salaamun alla minita'baul huda........
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