42. Clothing and Its Etiquette
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا قَشِفُ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالُ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ؟ » فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «مِنْ أَيِّ مَالٍ؟ » قُلْتُ مِنْ كُلٍّ قَدْ آتَانِيَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ وَالْغَنَمِ قَالَ «إِذَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ مَالًا فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا نَزَلْتُ بِهِ فَلَمْ يُكْرِمْنِي وَلَمْ يَقْرِنِي فَنَزَلَ بِي أَجْزِيهِ بِمَا صَنَعَ؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ أَقْرِهِ»
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a disheveled appearance. He said: 'Do you have any wealth?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'What kind of wealth?' I said: 'Of every kind; Allah has given me camels, slaves, and sheep.' He said: 'If Allah gives you wealth, let it be seen on you.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, do you think that if a man whom I visited did not honor me or host me, and then he visits me, should I repay him for what he did?' He said: 'No, rather host him.'
أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَرَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ فِي هَيْئَةِ أَعْرَابِيٍّ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكَ مِنَ الْمَالِ؟ » قَالَ مِنْ كُلِّ الْمَالِ قَدْ آتَانِيَ اللَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَنْعَمَ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ نِعْمَةً أَحَبَّ أَنْ تُرَى بِهِ»
✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw him disheveled and dusty in the appearance of a Bedouin. He said: 'What wealth do you have?' He said: 'Of every kind; Allah has given me.' He said: 'When Allah bestows a blessing on a servant, He loves to see its trace on him.'
خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ أَنْمَارٍ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا نَازِلٌ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ إِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلُمَّ إِلَى الظِّلِّ قَالَ فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى غِرَارَةٍ لَنَا فَالْتَمَسْتُ فِيهَا فَوَجَدْتُ فِيهَا جِرْوَ قِثَّاءٍ فَكَسَرْتُهُ ثُمَّ قَرَّبْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكُمْ هَذَا؟ » فَقُلْتُ خَرَجْنَا بِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ وَعِنْدَنَا صَاحِبٌ لَنَا نُجَهِّزُهُ لِيَذْهَبَ يَرْعَى ظَهَرْنَا قَالَ فَجَهَّزْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَذْهَبُ فِي الظَّهْرِ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدَانِ لَهُ قَدْ خَلُقَا قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَمَا لَهُ ثَوْبَانِ غَيْرُ هَذَيْنِ؟ » قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَهُ ثَوْبَانِ فِي الْعَيْبَةِ كَسَوْتُهُ إِيَّاهُمَا قَالَ «فَادْعُهُ فَمُرْهُ فَلْيَلْبَسْهُمَا» قَالَ فَدَعَوْتُهُ فَلَبِسَهُمَا ثُمَّ وَلَّى يَذْهَبُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا لَهُ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ عُنُقَهُ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا خَيْرًا؟ » فَسَمِعَهُ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» فَقُتِلَ الرَّجُلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
✧ We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the Battle of Banu Anmar. While I was descending beneath a tree, suddenly the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, come to the shade." So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came down and Jabir said, "I then went to gather some grass for us, and I found a worn-out camel rug among it, so I broke it and brought it close to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Where did you get this from?" I said, "We brought it, O Messenger of Allah, from Al-Madinah." Jabir said, "We have a companion with us whom we are preparing for, so he can take care of our needs." He said, "So, I prepared it for him, then he turned while hiding during the hottest part of the day, wearing two worn-out sheets that he inherited." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then looked at him and said, "Doesn't he have any other clothes besides these two?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, he has two clothes for the time of hardship which I dressed him in." He said, "Let him call him, and instruct him to wear them." So, I called him, and he wore them. Then, he proceeded to leave while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Doesn't he strike his neck out for the sake of Allah? Isn't this better?" The man heard this and said, "O Messenger of Allah, in the path of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "In the path of Allah." So, the man was killed in the path of Allah.
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ فِي سَفَرٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ فَضْلُ ظَهْرٍ فَلْيَعُدْ بِهِ عَلَى مَنْ لَا ظَهْرَ لَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ فَضْلُ زَادٍ فَلْيَعُدْ بِهِ عَلَى مَنْ لَا زَادَ لَهُ» فَذَكَرَ مِنْ أَصْنَافِ الْمَالِ مَا ذَكَرَ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا أَنْ لَا حَقَّ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَّا فِي فَضْلٍ
✧ While we were traveling with the Prophet ﷺ, a man came on his riding animal and started striking right and left. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever has extra provisions, should count them for those who do not have any provisions. And whoever has extra belongings, should count them for those who do not have any belongings." Then he mentioned various types of wealth until we realized that none of us had any surplus.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5420Hasan sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجَدَّ ثَوْبًا سَمَّاهُ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِي هَذَا الْقَمِيصَ أَوِ الرِّدَاءَ أَوِ الْعِمَامَةَ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهُ وَخَيْرَ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ»
✧ When the Prophet ﷺ acquired a new garment, he would name it, saying: “O Allah, You have clothed me with this shirt, cloak, or turban. I ask You for its good and the good for which it was made, and I seek refuge with You from its evil and the evil for which it was made.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5421Hasan sahih
كَانَ إِذَا اسْتَجَدَّ ثَوْبًا سَمَّاهُ بِاسْمِهِ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِي هَذَا فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ»
✧ When he acquired a new garment, he would name it by its name and say: “O Allah, You have clothed me with this, so to You belongs praise. I ask You for its good and the good for which it was made, and I seek refuge with You from its evil and the evil for which it was made.”
كَانَ إِذَا لَبِسَ قَمِيصًا بَدَأَ بِمَيَامِنِهِ»
✧ When he put on a shirt, he began with his right side.”
«الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَإِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الْإِثْمِدَ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ»
✧ “Wear white from your clothes and shroud your dead in them, for they are among the best of your clothes. And among the best of your kohl is ithmid; it clears the vision and grows the hair.”
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِي الْعَلَمِ فِي إِصْبَعَيْنِ»
✧ “The Prophet ﷺ permitted a distinguishing mark on two fingers.”
«دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ وَعَلَيْهِ عِمَامَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Makkah on the day of the conquest wearing a black turban.”
«نَهَى عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَأَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ»
✧ “He forbade al-shamma’ (wrapping oneself in a single garment with no way to bring out the hands) and that a man sit with his legs drawn up wrapped in a single garment.”
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُبْسَتَيْنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ وَهُوَ أَنْ يَشْتَمِلَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ يَضَعُ طَرَفَيِ الثَّوْبِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ وَيَبْدُو شِقُّهُ وَالْآخَرُ أَنْ يَحْتَبِيَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُهُ يُفْضِي بِفَرْجِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade two ways of dressing: al-shamma’, which is to wrap oneself in a single garment, placing its two ends on one shoulder, leaving one side exposed; and the other, that a man sit with his legs drawn up wrapped in a single garment with nothing else on him, exposing his private parts to the sky.”
لَبِسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا قُبَاءَ دِيبَاجٍ أُهْدِيَ لَهُ ثُمَّ نَزَعَهُ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ نَزَعْتَهُ؟ فَقَالَ «جَاءَنِي جِبْرِيلُ فَنَهَانِي عَنْهُ» قَالَ فَجَاءَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَكْرَهُهُ وَتُعْطِينِيهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَمْ أُعْطِكَ لِتَلْبَسَهُ وَإِنَّمَا أَعْطَيْتُكَ لِتَبِيعَهُ» فَبَاعَهُ بِأَلْفَيْ دِرْهَمٍ
✧ One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ put on a brocade outer garment that had been gifted to him, then he took it off and sent it to ‘Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ. It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, why did you take it off?” He said, “Gabriel came to me and forbade me from it.” He said, then ‘Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ came to him weeping and said, “O Messenger of Allah, you dislike it yet you give it to me?” He said, “I did not give it to you to wear; I gave it to you only to sell it.” So he sold it for two thousand dirhams.
فِي الْحَرِيرِ قَالَ «مَنْ لَبِسَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَلْبَسْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»
✧ Regarding silk, he said: “Whoever wears it in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter.”
«رَخَّصَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَالزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ فِي لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ مِنْ حَكَّةٍ كَانَتْ بِهِمَا»
✧ “The Prophet ﷺ permitted ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Awf and al-Zubayr b. al-‘Awwam to wear silk because of an itch that they had.”
«رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَالزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ فِي لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ مِنْ حَكَّةٍ كَانَتْ بِهِمَا»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ permitted ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Awf and al-Zubayr b. al-‘Awwam to wear silk because of an itch that they had.”
«أَنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ شَكَيَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْقَمْلَ فِي غَزَاةٍ لَهُمَا فَرَخَّصَ لَهُمَا فِي قُمُصِ الْحَرِيرِ فَرَأَيْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا قَمِيصَ حَرِيرٍ»
✧ Al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about lice during a campaign of theirs, so he permitted them to wear silk shirts. I saw a silk shirt on each one of them.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5433No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ أُهْدِيَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُّوجُ حَرِيرٍ فَلَبِسَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فِيهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَنَزَعَهُ نَزْعًا شَدِيدًا كَالْكَارِهِ لَهُ وَقَالَ «لَا يَنْبَغِي هَذَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ»
✧ A silk garment was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He wore it, then prayed in it, then after finishing he removed it forcefully, as if disliking it, and said: “This is not appropriate for the righteous.”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخَذَ حَرِيرًا فَجَعَلَهُ فِي يَمِينِهِ وَذَهَبًا فَجَعَلَهُ فِي شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ «هَذَانِ حَرَامٌ عَلَى ذُكُورِ أُمَّتِي»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ took silk and placed it in his right hand, and gold and placed it in his left hand. Then he raised his hand and said: “These two are forbidden for the males of my community.”
«مَنْ لَبِسَ الْحَرِيرَ فِي الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَلْبَسْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»
✧ “Whoever wears silk in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5436Hasan sahih
سَمِعْتُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنَ مَخْلَدٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَمَا لَكُمْ فِي الْعَصْبِ وَالْكَتَّانِ مَا يُغْنِيكُمْ عَنِ الْحَرِيرِ وَهَذَا رَجُلٌ يُخْبِرُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُمْ يَا عُقْبَةُ فَقَامَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ» وَأَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ لَبِسَ الْحَرِيرَ حُرِمَهُ أَنْ يَلْبَسْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»
✧ I heard Maslama b. Makhlad while he was on the pulpit addressing the people, saying: “O people, do you not have in ʿaṣb (a type of cloth) and linen what suffices you from silk? Here is a man who will inform you from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Stand, O ʿUqba.” So ʿUqba b. ʿĀmir stood while I was listening and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.’ And I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever wears silk will be deprived of wearing it in the Hereafter.’”
«مَنْ لَبِسَ الْحَرِيرَ فِي الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَلْبَسْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَإِنْ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ لَبِسَهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَلَمْ يَلْبَسْهُ هُوَ»
✧ “Whoever wears silk in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter. Even if he enters Paradise, its people will wear it but he will not.”
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade gold rings, qassī (silk garment), and maythara (saddle cushion).”
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَأَى حُلَّةَ سِيَرَاءٍ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ هَذِهِ فَلَبِسْتَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَلِلْوَفْدِ إِذَا قَدِمُوا عَلَيْكَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا يَلْبَسُ هَذِهِ مَنْ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ» ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا حُلَلٌ وَأَعْطَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ مِنْهَا حُلَّةٌ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَسَوْتَنِيهَا وَقَدْ قُلْتَ فِي حُلَّةِ عُطَارِدٍ مَا قُلْتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَمْ أَكْسُكَهَا لِتَلْبَسَهَا» فَكَسَاهَا عُمَرُ أَخًا لَهُ مُشْرِكًا بِمَكَّةَ
✧ ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb saw a striped silk robe at the door of the mosque and said: “O Messenger of Allah, if only you would buy this and wear it on Fridays and for delegations when they come to you.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Only those who have no share in the Hereafter wear this.” Then some robes of that kind came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb one of them. ʿUmar said: “O Messenger of Allah, you have clothed me with it, yet you said about the robe of ʿUṭārid what you said.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I did not clothe you with it for you to wear it.” So ʿUmar gave it as clothing to a polytheist brother of his in Makkah.
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ وَعَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ وَعَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing qassī and safflower-dyed garments, wearing gold rings, and reciting while bowing.”
«نَهَى نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعٍ»
✧ “The Prophet of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing silk except for the area of two, three, or four fingers.”
رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ بِحُجْزَةِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُهَيْلٍ فَقَالَ «يَا سُفْيَانُ لَا تُسْبِلْ إِزَارَكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمُسْبِلِينَ»
✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ take hold of the waist-wrapper of Sufyān b. Abī Suhayl and say: “O Sufyān, do not let your izār hang low, for Allah does not look at those who let their garments hang low.”
«مَنْ جَرَّ ثِيَابَهُ مِنْ مَخِيلَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “Whoever drags his garments out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.”
«مَنْ جَرَّ ثَوْبَهُ مِنَ الْخُيَلَاءِ لَمْ يَنْظُرِ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَحَدَ شِقَّيْ إِزَارِي يَسْتَرْخِي إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَعَاهَدَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ مِمَّنْ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ خُيَلَاءَ»
✧ Whoever drags his garment out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection. Abu Bakr said, "O Messenger of Allah, one side of my lower garment hangs loose unless I keep adjusting it." The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "You are not one of those who do that out of pride."
أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي فَقَالَ «هَاهُنَا مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَهَاهُنَا وَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the muscle of my calf and said, "Here is the place of the lower garment; if you refuse, then here, and the lower garment has no right to the ankles."
أَتَيْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ فَقُلْتُ أَسَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْإِزَارِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «إِزْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَمَا أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَفِي النَّارِ لَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَنْ جَرَّ إِزَارَهُ بَطَرًا»
✧ I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and said, "Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say anything about the lower garment?" He said, "Yes, I heard him say, 'The lower garment of the believer is to the middle of his shins, and there is no blame on him for what is between that and the ankles. Whatever is below that is in the Fire. Allah will not look at the one who drags his lower garment out of arrogance.'"
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ عَنِ الْإِزَارِ فَقَالَ أَنَا أُخْبِرُكُ بِعِلْمٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِزْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَمَا أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَفِي النَّارِ» قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ «وَلَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى مَنْ جَرَّ إِزَارَهُ بَطَرًا»
✧ I asked Abu Sa'id al-Khudri about the lower garment, and he said, "I will inform you with knowledge I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The lower garment of the believer is to the middle of his shins, and there is no blame on him for what is between that and the ankles. Whatever is below that is in the Fire.' He said that three times, 'and Allah will not look on the Day of Resurrection at the one who drags his lower garment out of arrogance.'"
أَنَّهُ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عَضَلَةِ سَاقِهِ فَقَالَ «هَذَا مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ»
✧ He placed his hand on the muscle of his calf and said, "This is the place of the lower garment; if you refuse, then lower; if you refuse, then the lower garment has no right to the ankles."
أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي فَقَالَ «هَاهُنَا مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَهَاهُنَا وَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the muscle of my calf and said, "Here is the place of the lower garment; if you refuse, then here, and the lower garment has no right to the ankles."
ذُكِرَ الْإِزَارُ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ فَقُلْتُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْإِزَارِ فَقَالَ أَجَلْ بِعِلْمٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِزْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَمَا أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَفِي النَّارِ مَنْ جَرَّ إِزَارَهُ بَطَرًا لَمْ يَنْظُرِ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ The lower garment was mentioned, so I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and said, "Tell me about the lower garment." He said, "Yes, with knowledge: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The lower garment of the believer is to the middle of his shins, and there is no blame on him for what is between that and the ankles. Whatever is below that is in the Fire. Whoever drags his lower garment out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him.'"
أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ حِينَ ذُكِرَ الْإِزَارُ فَالْمَرْأَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «تُرْخِي شِبْرًا» قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ إِذًا تَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهَا قَالَ «فَذِرَاعًا لَا تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, said to the Messenger of Allah when the lower garment was mentioned, "And the woman, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "She may let it down a handspan." Umm Salamah said, "Then she would be uncovered." He said, "Then a forearm's length, and she should not add to that."
«أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ فَبَايَعْنَاهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَمُطْلَقُ الْأَزْرَارِ فَأَدْخَلْتُ يَدِي فِي جَيْبِ قَمِيصِهِ فَمَسَسْتُ الْخَاتَمَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَلَا أَبَاهُ قَطُّ فِي شِتَاءٍ وَلَا حَرٍّ إِلَّا تَنْطَلِقُ أُزُرُهُمَا لَا يُزِرَّانِ أَبَدًا»
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a group from Muzaynah and we pledged allegiance to him, and his buttons were undone. I put my hand into the opening of his shirt and touched the seal. I never saw Mu'awiyah or his father, in winter or summer, but that their lower garments were loose, never fastened.
« رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُصَلِّي مَحْلُولًا أَزْرَارُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي كَذَلِكَ»
✧ I saw Ibn 'Umar praying with his buttons unfastened. I asked him about that, and he said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying like that."
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«أَتَانَا كِتَابُ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ مَعَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَاتَّزِرُوا وَارْتَدُوا وَانْتَعِلُوا وَارْمُوا بِالْخِفَافِ وَاقْطَعُوا السَّرَاوِيلَاتِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِلِبَاسِ أَبِيكُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّنَعُّمَ وَزِيَّ الْعَجَمِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّمْسِ فَإِنَّهَا حَمَّامُ الْعَرَبِ وَاخْشَوْشِنُوا وَاخْلَوْلِقُوا وَارْمُوا الْأَغْرَاضَ وَانْزُوا نَزْوًا وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَهَانَا عَنِ الْحَرِيرِ إِلَّا هَكَذَا أُصْبُعَيْهِ وَالْوسْطَى وَالسَّبَّابَةِ» قَالَ فَمَا عَلِمْنَا أَنَّهُ يَعْنِي إِلَّا الْأَعْلَامَ
✧ A letter from 'Umar came to us while we were in Azerbaijan with 'Utbah b. Farqad: To proceed: Wear lower garments, cloaks, and sandals. Throw away the soft leather socks and cut the trousers short. You must wear the clothing of your father Isma'il. Beware of luxury and the dress of the non-Arabs. You must expose yourselves to the sun, for it is the bath of the Arabs. Be rough and shabby, shoot at targets, and jump. The Prophet ﷺ forbade us from silk except this much—his two fingers, the middle and the index." He said, "We did not know that he meant anything except the stripes."
«إِذَا انْتَعَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا نَزَعَ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالشِّمَالِ فَلْتَكُنِ الْيُمْنَى أَوَّلَهُمَا بِفِعْلٍ وَآخِرَهُمَا بِنَزْعٍ»
✧ When one of you puts on sandals, let him begin with the right; and when he takes them off, let him begin with the left. The right should be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off.
«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُحِبُّ التَّيَامُنَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى فِي التَّرَجُّلِ وَالِانْتِعَالِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to like starting from the right side in everything, even in combing his hair and wearing sandals.
«أَكْثِرُوا مِنَ النِّعَالِ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَا يَزَالُ رَاكِبًا مَا انْتَعَلَ»
✧ Wear sandals frequently, for a man remains a rider as long as he wears sandals.
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَزَوْنَاهَا «اسْتَكْثِرُوا مِنَ النِّعَالِ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَا يَزَالُ رَاكِبًا مَا انْتَعَلَ»
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say during a military expedition we undertook: 'Acquire many sandals, for a man remains a rider as long as he wears sandals.'
«إِذَا انْقَطَعَ شِسْعُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلَا يَمْشِ فِي النَّعْلِ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَفِي الْخُفِّ الْوَاحِدِ لِيَنْعَلْهُمَا جَمِيعًا أَوْ لِيُحْفِهِمَا جَمِيعًا»
✧ If the strap of one of your sandals breaks, he should not walk in one sandal or one leather sock; he should either wear both or remove both.
«لَا يَمْشِ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي نَعْلٍ وَاحِدَةٍ لِيَنْعَلْهُمَا جَمِيعًا أَوْ لِيَخْلَعْهُمَا جَمِيعًا»
✧ None of you should walk in one sandal; he should either wear both or remove both.
«احْفِهِمَا جَمِيعًا أَوِ انْعَلْهُمَا جَمِيعًا وَإِذَا لَبِسْتَ فَابْدَأْ بِالْيُمْنَى وَإِذَا خَلَعْتَ فَابْدَأْ بِالْيُسْرَى»
✧ Remove both or wear both. When you put on clothes, start with the right, and when you take them off, start with the left.