Ruling on buying and keeping fashion magazines

 

What is the ruling on (buying) fashion magazines such as Burda, in order to find out about new and different styles for women’s clothes? What is the ruling on keeping them after using them, since they are full of pictures of women?

Praise be to Allaah.
 

 

Undoubtedly buying magazines in which there is nothing but
pictures is haraam, because keeping pictures is haraam. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The angels do not enter a
house in which there are images.” And when he saw the images on the cushion
that ‘Aa’ishah had brought, he stopped and did not enter, and she saw signs
of displeasure on his face. These magazines which show pictures of fashion
should not be looked at. Not every kind of dress is permissible; because
some designs may show the ‘awrah either because they are too tight or for
some other reason. This fashion may be part of the dress of the kaafirs
which belongs exclusively to them, and imitating the kaafirs is haraam
because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” What I advise my Muslim brothers in general, and the Muslim women in particular, to do is to avoid these fashions, because some of them may involve imitating non-Muslims and some may involve showing the ‘awrah. Moreover, if women look to every new fashion, will lead to them abandoning our customs which are based on from our religion, and adopting other customs that have come from the non-Muslims.

Following note from Learning Quran online Blog 

 

Learn holy Quran online which it self states in it that only those who are learn quran and pure should touch the holy text: This is indeed a Quran in Arabic in a book well-guarded, which none shall touch but those who are clean (56:77-79).  One should make formal ablutions before handling or Quran reading and this the quran tutor should tell in his quran teaching when quran for kids lessons are going on. After intercourse or menstrual bleeding one should not touch the holy Quran or do quran recitation and also not do quran memorization until after bathing non-Muslim should not handle the sacred text, but may listen to Quran online or read quran translation or exegesis. With all these things in mind when one is not reading or reciting holy Quran it should be closed and stored in nice and clean place, it should never be placed on floor or in a bathroom and Muslim should focus on reading quran the tajweed quran and its rules with a proper institute.

End of the note by holy Quran reciter