Is a Tubular Style Ihram Cloth Permissible?

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

I have purchased a new ihram for hajj, and it is a tubular-style ihram. The bottom half of the ihram clothing is like a large tube lungi style. I wanted to know if this is permissible in the state of Ihram.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.

I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.

This tubular style ihram is permissible. The bottom section is specially designed in a unique tubular style, similar to wearing a lungi, but the top half is not a tube.

It is stated in al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya:

“A person in Ihram must not wear anything that is sewn, such as a shirt, cloak, trousers, turban, or socks… And the unlawful sewn clothing is that which is normally worn.”

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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.