Chapters on Dress
كتاب اللباس
Chapter 35: One who does not dye his hair
“Anas bin Malik was asked: ‘Did theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) dye his hair?’ He said: ‘He did not haveanywhite hair apart from approximately seventeen or twenty hairs atthefront of his beard.’”
“The white hair of the Prophet(ﷺ) numbered approximately twenty.”
Chapter 36: Wearing one’s hair down to the shoulders and wearing braids
“Umm Hani said: ‘When theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) entered Makkah he had four braids.’”
“The People of the Book used tolet their hair hang down, and the idolaters used to part their hair.The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked to be more like the People of theBook. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) let his forelock hang down,thenafter that he parted it.”
“I used to part the hair of theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) behind his crown, and let his forelock hangdown.”
“The hair of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)was wavy, and (hung down) between his ears and his shoulders.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) hadhair that came between his earlobes and his shoulders.”
Chapter 37: The disdain of having much hair
“The Prophet (ﷺ) saw mewhenI had long hair. He said: ‘Bad news, bad news!’ So I went awayand cut it short. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) saw me and said: ‘I didnotmean you, but this is better.’”
Chapter 38: Prohibition of Qaza`
“The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) forbade Qaza’.” He (Nafi’) said: “What is Qaza’?”He said:“It means shaving part of a child’s head and leavinganother part.”
Chapter 39: Inscriptions on rings
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)worea ring of silver, then he had engraved on it (the words)‘MuhammadRasul Allah’ (Muhammad the Messenger of Allah). And he said:‘Noone should have his ring engraved like this ring of mine.’”
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)had a ring made for him, and he said: ‘I have had a ring madeforme and had it engraved, and no one should make a ring with similarengraving.’”
‘Muhammad Rasul Allah’ (Muhammad the Messenger ofAllah).”
Chapter 40: Prohibition of gold rings
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbadewearing gold rings.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade gold rings.”
“Najashisent some jewelry as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).Amongthat was a gold ring with an Ethiopian gemstone. The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) picked it up with a stick – as if he found itdistasteful – or with one of his fingers, then he called for hisdaughter, Umamah bint Abul-‘As, and said: ‘Wear this, O mydaughter.’”
Chapter 41: One who wears a ring with the bezel towards his palm
It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to wear(hisring) with the stone nearest his palm.
It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wore asilver ring with an Ethiopian gemstone, and he used to ear thestonein towards his palm.
Chapter 42: Wearing rings on the right hand
It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far that the Prophet (ﷺ) usedtowear a ring on his right hand.
Chapter 43: Wearing rings on the thumb
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbademeto wear a ring on this and on this,” meaning the little finger andthe thumb.