Muslim Students' Association - University of Waterloo
Sisters Only Swim

The Super-Cool Swimming Dress-Code

Did you know swimming could increase your good deeds? As Muslims, any act we do that pleases Allah is considered worship. And worship comes with rewards. So what's this all got to do with swimming? Hmmm... we're gonna make swimming a way to get closer to Allah, by doing something very simple. By making sure that our dress code does not anger our Creator. In a sisters-only gathering, we are required to wear loose clothing from navel to knees. It is haraam to wear clothing that reveals this area by way of transparency or tightness. It may seem hard at first, but think about this: Allah increases the reward of hard deeds. The reward of tahajjud prayer is greater, because everyone else is sleeping while we pray. The reward of remembering Allah in shopping malls is greater, because everyone else is busy with the world. Similarly, the reward of following proper dress-code while swimming is greater when no one else is following it.