Chapters on Dress

“The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever lets his lower wrap drag out of pride,Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.” He ( ‘Atiyyah) said "I met Ibn 'Umar in Al-Balaat so I mentioned Abu Sa'eed's hadith from the Prophet (ﷺ). So he said and pointed to his ears 'My two ears heard it, and my heart preserved it.' "

There was no garment morebeloved tothe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) than the shirt.”

“I came totheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) and gave him my pledge, and the buttonsofhis shirt were undone.”

* “Whattype ofwoven sheet?” He said: “A Shamlah.” She said: “OMessenger of Allah, Ihave woven this with my own hands for you towear.” The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) took it, since he needed it. Hecame out to us wearing itas a lower wrap. So-and-so the son ofso-and-so.” – a man whose namehe told that day – said: “OMessenger of Allah, how beautiful thissheet is! Let me wear it.”He said: “Yes.” When he went inside hefolded it up and sent itto him. The people said to him: “By Allah,you have not done well.The Prophet (ﷺ) wore it because he neededit, then you asked forit, and you knew that he would not refuseanyone who asked him forsomething.” He said: “By Allah, I did not askfor it so that Icould wear it, rather I asked for it so that it couldbe my shroud.”Sahl said: “And it became his shroud the day he died.”

“Umar bin Khattab put on a newgarment and said: Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi kasani ma uwari bihi‘awrati, wa atajammalu bihi fi hayati (Praise is to Allah Who hasclothed me in something with which I conceal my nakedness and adornmyself in my life). Then he said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) say: “Whoever puts on a new garment and says: Al-hamdulillahil-ladhi kasani ma uwari bihi ‘awrati, wa atajammalu bihi fihayati(Praise be to Allah Who has clothed me in something with whichIconceal my nakedness and adorn myself in my life), then takes thegarment that has worn out, or that he had taken off and gives it incharity, he will be under the shelter, protection and care of Allah,whether he lives or dies.’ He said this three times.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet (ﷺ)forbadetwo kinds of dress. Those two types of dress are Ishtimalus-Samma’*and Ihtiba’ in a single garment, with no part of it upon hisprivate part.**

“O myson, ifonly you could have seen us when we were with the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ), when rain fell on us; you would have thought that wesmelledlike sheep.”

It wasnarrated from Salman Farisi that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)performed ablution, then he turned his woolen cloak that he waswearing inside out and wiped his face with it.

“The best of that in which you visit Allah in your graves andyourmosque is white (garments).”*

“Whoever lets his garment drag out of pride, Allah will not lookathim on the Day of Resurrection.”

“Hanging down may apply to the waist wrap, shirt or turban.Whoeverlets any of these drag out of pride, Allah will not look athim onthe Day of Resurrection.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto wear a shirt that was short in the sleeves and length.”

“The wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) wereallowed to let their hems hang down, so they used to come to us andwewould measure one forearms length for them with a reed.”

“Let your hem down one forearm’s length.”

It wasnarrated from Jabir that the Prophet (ﷺ) entered Makkahwearing ablack turban.

“It is asifI can see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), wearing a black turban,withthe ends hanging down his shoulders.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade brocade, silk, and embroidered brocade.”

It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)granted a concession to Zubair bin ‘Awwam and ‘Abdur-Rahman bin‘Auf,allowing them to wear silk shirts, because of a rash theyweresuffering from.

Then he gestured with his finger, thenasecond, and a third, and a fourth (i.e., the width of four fingers),and he said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to forbid it.”

“I saw Zainab the daughter of theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) wearing a shirt of Siyara’ silk.*