Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

كتاب اللباس

Chapter 14: Regarding Silk For Women

Anas b. Malik said that he saw a striped garment over Umm Kulthum, daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said

The word "siyara" means striped with silk.

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah

We used to take it away (i.e. silk) from boys, and leave it for girls. Mis'ar said: I asked Amr ibn Dinar about it, but he did not know it.

Chapter 15: Regarding Wearing The Hibarah

Narrated Qatadah

We asked Anas b. Malik: Which cloth was dearer to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ? or Which cloth did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) like best to wear ? He replied: The striped cloaks (hibrah).

Chapter 16: Regarding White Garments

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid) for it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout.

Chapter 17: Regarding Worn Out Clothes, And Washing Clothes

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) paid visit to us, and saw a dishevelled man whose hair was disordered. He said: Could this man not find something to make his hair lie down? He saw another man wearing dirty clothes and said: Could this man not find something to wash his garments with.

Abu al-Ahwas quoted his father saying

I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) wearing a poor garment and he said (to me): Have you any property? He replied: Yes. He asked: What kind is it? He said: Allah has given me camels. Sheep, horses and slaves. He then said: When Allah gives you property, let the mark of Allah's favour and honour to you be seen.

Chapter 18: Regarding Dyeing With Yellow

Narrated Zayd ibn Aslam

Ibn Umar used to dye his beard with yellow colour so much so that his clothes were filled (dyed) with yellowness. He was asked: Why do you dye with yellow colour? He replied: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dyeing with yellow colour, and nothing was dearer to him than it. He would dye all his clothes with it, even his turban.

Chapter 19: Regarding Green

Narrated AbuRimthah

I went with my father to the Prophet (ﷺ) and saw two green garments over him.

Chapter 20: Regarding Red

Narrated 'Amr b. Suh'aib

On his father's authority, said that his grandfather said: We came down with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from a turning of a valley. He turned his attention to me and I was wearing a garment dyed with a reddish yellow dye. He asked: What is this garment over you? I recognised what he disliked. I then came to my family who were burning their oven. I threw it (the garment) in it and came to him the next day. He asked: Abdullah, what have you done with the garment? I informed him about it. He said: Why did you not give it to one of your family to wear, for there is no harm in it for women.

Hisham b. al-Ghaz said

The word mudarrajah mentioned in the previous tradition means a colour which is neither crimson nor pink.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw me. The version of AbuAli al-Lula' has: I think I wore a garment dyed with a reddish yellow colour. He asked: What is this? So I went and burnt it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: What have you done with your garment? I replied: I burnt it. He said: Why did you not give it to one of your women to wear?

Abu Dawud said: Thawr transmitted it from Khalid and said: "Pink (muwarrad)" while Tawus said: "Reddish yellow colour (mu'asfar)".

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

A man wearing two red garments passed the Prophet (ﷺ) and gave him a greeting, but he did not respond to his greeting.

Narrated Rafi' ibn Khadij

We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey, and we had on our saddles and camels garments consisting of red warp of wool. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do I not see that red colour has dominated you. We then got up quickly on account of this saying of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and some of our camels ran away. We then took the garments and withdrew them.

Narrated Hurayth ibn al-Abajj as-Sulayhi

That a woman of Banu Asad: One day I was with Zaynab, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we were dyeing her clothes with red ochre. In the meantime the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) peeped us. When he saw the red ochre, he returned. When Zaynab saw this, she realised that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) disapproved of what she had done. She then took and washed her clothes and concealed all redness. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then returned and peeped, and when he did not see anything, he entered.

Chapter 21: Regarding The Concession Allowing That (Red)

Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had hair which reached the lobes of his ears, and I saw him wearing red robe. I did not see anything more beautiful than it.

Narrated Amir

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at Mina giving sermon on a mule and wearing a red garment, while Ali was announcing.

Chapter 22: Regarding Black

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin

I made a black cloak for the Prophet (ﷺ) and he put it on; but when he sweated in it and noticed the odour of the wool, he threw it away. The narrator said: I think he said: He liked good smell.

Chapter 23: Regarding The Fringe (On Clothing)

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah

When I came to the Prophet (ﷺ), he was sitting with his hands round his knees wearing the cloak the fringe of which was over his feet.

Chapter 24: Regarding Turbans

Narrated Jabir

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca in the year of the Conquest while he had a black turben over him.

'Amr b. Huraith quoting his father said

I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) on the pulpit and he wore a black turban, and he let both the ends hang between his shoulders.