Dressing ‘Professionally’ and Guidance Regarding Resembling the Attire of the Disbelievers
[Q]: There are Islamic students that were once advised to avoid wearing trousers. In response, they began mocking the thawb1, claiming that wearing it represents a form of resembling women.
[A]: The thawb (or loose garment) is worn by both men and women, although the type of garment for each obviously differs from one another such that men and women have their own form of the garment
As for wearing trousers (as an outer garment), this was brought to us by the disbelievers. Fundamentally, it is a foreign import (from their counterparts) that has become commonplace amongst the Muslims now. It...