Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

كتاب اللباس

Chapter 1: What Is To Be Said When Putting On A New Garment

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) put on a new garment he mentioned it by name, turban or shirt, and would then say: O Allah, praise be to Thee! as Thou hast clothed me with it, I ask Thee for its good and the good of that for which it was made, and I seek refuge in Thee from its evil and the evil of that for which it was made.

Abu Nadrah said: When any of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) put on a new garment, he was told: May you wear it out and may Allah give you another in its place.

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Al-Jariri through a different chain of narrators in a similar way.

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-Jariri to the same effect though a different chain of narrators.Abu Dawud said

Abu Dawud said: The hearing of this tradition by Hammad b. Salamah and Thaqafi is of the same nature.

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Anas

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone eats food and then says: "Praise be to Allah Who has fed me with this food and provided me with it through no might and power on my part," he will be forgiven his former and later sins. If anyone puts on a garment and says: "Praise be to Allah Who has clothed me with this and provided me with it through no might and power on my part," he will be forgiven his former and later sins.

Chapter 2: Regarding The Supplication To Be Said For One Who Puts On A New Garment

Narrated Umm Khalid, daughter of Sa'd b. al-'As

Once the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was brought some garments among which was a small cloak with a border and black stripes. He said: Whom do you think to be more deserving for it ? The people kept silence. He said: Bring Umm Khalid. The she was carried to him and he put it on her, saying: Wear it out and make it ragged twice. Then he went on looking at red or yellow marks on it, and said: This is sanah, sanah, Umm Khalid. It means "beautiful" in the language of the Abyssinians.

Chapter 3: What Has Been Reported About The Qamis

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin

The clothing which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked best was shirt.

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin

No clothing was dearer to be Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) than shirt.

Narrated Asma', daughter of Yazid,

The sleeve of the shirt of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to the wrist.

Chapter 4: What Has Been Reported About Cloaks

Narrated Al-Miswar b. Makhramah

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) distributed outer garments with full-length sleeves but did not give Makhramah anything. Makhramah said: Go with us to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So I went with him and he said: Enter and call him for me. I then called him. He came out to him and he had an outer garment with full-length sleeves over him from those garments. He said: I kept it for you. He looked at it, meaning Makhramah according to the addition of Ibn Mawhab. The agreed version then says: He said: Makhramah was pleased. Ibn Qutaibah said: From Ibn Abi Mulaikah, but he did not name it.

Chapter 5: A Garment Of Fame And Vanity

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone wears a garment for gaining fame, Allah will clothe him in a similar garment on the Day of Resurrection.

Musaddad transmitted the tradition mentioned above from Abu 'Awanah saying

Garment of disgrace.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who copies any people is one of them.

Chapter 6: Regarding Wearing Wool And Hair

'Aishah said

Narrated Utbah ibn AbdusSulami:

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to clothe me. He clothed me with two coarse clothes of linen.

Narrated Abu Burdah

My father said to me: My son, if you had seen us while we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the rain had fallen on us, you would have thought that our smell was the smell of the sheep.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik

The King Dhu Yazan presented to the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) a suit of clothes which he had purchased for thirty-three camels or thirty-three she-camels. He accepted it.

Narrated Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn al-Harith

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) purchased a suit of clothes for twenty she-camels and some more and he presented it to Dhu Yazan.

Chapter 7: Wearing Clothes Of Superior Quality

Chapter 8: Wearing Coarse Clothes

Narrated Abu Burdah

I entered upon 'Aishah, and she brought a coarse lower garment that was manufactured in the Yemen and a patched garment called mulabbadah. She swore by Allah that the spirit of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was taken in these two clothes.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas

When the Haruriyyah made a revolt, I came to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: Go to these people. I then put on the best suit of the Yemen.

AbuZumayl (a transmitter) said: Ibn Abbas was handsome and of imposing countenance. Ibn Abbas said: I then came to them and they said: Welcome to you, Ibn Abbas! what is this suit of clothes? I said: Why are you objecting to me? I saw over the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the best suit of clothes.

Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu Zumail is Sammak b. al-Walid al-Hanafi.