Mishkat al-Masabih

Clothing

كتاب اللباس

Chapter 1: Section 1

الفصل الأول

وَسَنَذْكُرُ حَدِيثَ عَائِشَةَ: خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ فِي «بَابِ مَنَاقِبِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم»

We shall mention ‘A’isha’s tradition, “The Prophet went out one morning ...” in the chapter on the virtues of the members of the Prophet’s family. (Book 30, Ch. 37).

Mishkat al-Masabih 4304
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Anas said the clothing the Prophet liked best wear was a striped cloak. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4305
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Al-Mughira b. Shu'ba said the Prophet wore a Byzantine cloak with narrow sleeves.(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4306
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Abu Burda said ‘A’isha brought out to them a patched garment and a coarse lower garment and told them that God’s messenger’s spirit was taken when he was wearing those.(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4307
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‘A’isha said the bedding on which God’s messenger slept consisted of leather stuffed with palm fibre. (Bukhari and Muslim)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4308
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She said the pillow on which God’s messenger reclined was of leather stuffed with palm fibre. ' Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih 4309
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She told that while they were seated in their house in the noonday heat someone said to Abu Bakr, “Here is God’s messenger coming shading his head.” Bukhari transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih 4310
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Jabir told that God’s messenger said to him, “There should be bedding for a man, bedding for his wife, and a third for a guest, but a fourth is for the devil.”(It is explainedt that to have more than is necessary suggests fondness for worldly goods, or a desire to make some display. Such practices are blameworthy, and what is blameworthy is connected with the devil).Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih 4311
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Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “On the day of resurrection God will not look at him who trails his lower garment conceitedly." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4312
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Ibn ‘Umar reported the Prophet as saying, ‘If anyone trails his garment arrogantly, God will not look at him on the day of resurrection." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4313
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He reported God’s messenger as saying, “While a man was trailing his lower garment he was swallowed up by the earth, and he will be tossed about in it till the day of resurrection."Bukhari transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih 4314
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Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “The part of the lower garment which goes below the ankles is in hell."Bukhari transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih 4315
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Jabir said God’s messenger forbade that a man should eat with his left hand, or walk with one sandal, or wrap himself completely in a garment, or sit in a single garment with his hands round his knees and uncover his private parts. Muslim transmitted it.

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‘Umar, Anas, Ibn az-Zubair and Abu Umama reported the Prophet as saying, *“He who wears silk in this world will not wear it in the next." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4319
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‘Umar, Anas, Ibn az-Zubair and Abu Umama reported the Prophet as saying, *“He who wears silk in this world will not wear it in the next." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4320
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Ibn ‘Umar reported God’s messenger as saying, “Only he who has no portion in the next world wears silk in this world." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4321
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Hudhaifa told that God’s messenger forbade them to eat or drink from a vessel of silver or gold, or to wear or sit upon silk and brocade.(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4322
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‘Ali told that God’s messenger was presented with a striped robe containing silk and sent it to him, but when ‘Ali wore it he saw he was looking angry. He then said, “I did not send it to you to wear, but only to cut it up into veils for the women." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih 4323, 4324
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‘Umar said the Prophet forbade wearing silk except to this extent, which was indicated by God's messenger raising his middle and forefinger and joining them. (Bukhari and Muslim.)A version by Muslim tells that in an address given by him at al-Jabiya (a town to the east of the Sea of Galilee, north of the Yarmuk battlefield. ‘Umar went there before the fall of Jerusalem.) he said God’s messenger forbade wearing silk except to the extent of two, three, or four fingers.

Mishkat al-Masabih 4325
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Asma’ daughter of Abu Bakr brought out a mantle of royal Persian quality with a gore of brocade and hemmed front and back with brocade, and said

This was God’s messenger’s mantle which was with ‘A’isha, which I inherited when she died. The Prophet used to wear it, and we washed it for the sick and sought a cure by means of it. (The water in which it was washed would be given to the sick to drink, or the garment itself was placed on them, or given to them to touch or kiss, and so receive a blessing) Muslim transmitted it.