The Whole Matter Of Dressing In Islam.
1) Anything which is over and above the requirements of وَ یَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوْجَھُنَّ and covering of adornments for women ( except for hands, feet and face ) comes under mustahab. It can be due to any factor, whether it be culture, weather or personal preference. 2) This point seems correct. 3) Adornements do catch eye of the person and chest area for women is also one of their private areas which falls under وَ یَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوْجَھُنَّ directive, therefore extra precautionary directive has been given, despite the fact one is covering her chest properly, where adornments done over and above the requirements of وَ یَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوْجَھُنَّ need to be covered except for إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا . 4) As far as dress code is concerned, it can be less and it can be more, but there’s no element of fawahish in here. Quran has asked to cover private parts fully and with caution, which means that bodily areas annexed to private parts should also be covered in order to ensure proper spirit of a directive. Wearing of a Saree exposing body of a woman does infact violate the proper covering of private parts and goes against etiquettes of dressing, and Muslims should avoid wearing such a dress. However, it cannot be called as ‘Fawahish‘ as used in Quran. Following response maybe helpful: Discussion 41639 • Reply 43290