Prophet, Messenger of Allah, political leader, military commander, social reformer; Rasulullah ï·º was all of these things and more, but one thing he was not was a fashion designer. Rasulullah ï·º, despite what some of us may think, did not introduce a line clothing. There is no such thing as “Islamic clothing”; there is clothing that conforms to Islamic regulations regarding clothing, i.e., that it should sufficiently cover the ‘aurah, reflect modesty, and not be a type of clothing exclusive to non-Muslims and their religious identities.
Anti-Colonialism is good, preserving your culture and so on, is fine. But distinguish between this and what is mandated in the religion. Culture is culture, religion is religion. In the time of the Prophet ï·º the Muslims wore izars, turbans, jubbas,, and so on; and so did the mushrikeen. When anyone converted to Islam and came to Madinah, they were not ordered to change clothes to make them distinct from the non-Muslims. If there was anything about the way they dressed that did not conform to the general principles of how a Muslim should be attired, this would be changed.
If you are Arab and you want to wear traditional Arabic clothing because it is more comfortable for you, or because you want to separate yourself from Western cultural influence, great. Go ahead. But don’t tell others they have to do the same because it would be un-Islamic to wear Western-style clothing. And certainly don’t tell a Western Muslim that he has to adopt Arab or Afghani traditional clothing in order to dress like a Muslim.
I can’t believe that you can still find Muslims asking scholars questions like “Is if permissible to wear trousers?”
Are we really still having these discussions?