Sunan Ibn Majah: Chapter 32

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) prayed
in a Khamisah* that had markings on it. Then he said: ‘These
markings distracted me. Take it to Abu Jahm and bring me an
Anbijaniyyah.’”**

“I entered upon ‘Aishah and she
brought out to me a thick waist wrap of the type made in Yemen, and
one of these cloaks that are called Mulabbadah,* and she swore to me
that the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) had passed away in them.”

It was
narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
prayed in a Shamlah tied with a knot.

“I was with the Messenger
of
Allah (PbUH) and over him was a Najrani upper wrap with a thick
border.”

“I never saw the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) insulting anyone, and no garment was ever folded up for
him.”*

* “What
type of
woven sheet?” He said: “A Shamlah.” She said: “O
Messenger of Allah, I
have woven this with my own hands for you to
wear.” The Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) took it, since he needed it. He
came out to us wearing it
as a lower wrap. So-and-so the son of
so-and-so.” – a man whose name
he told that day – said: “O
Messenger of Allah, how beautiful this
sheet is! Let me wear it.”
He said: “Yes.” When he went inside he
folded it up and sent it
to him. The people said to him: “By Allah,
you have not done well.
The Prophet (PbUH) wore it because he needed
it, then you asked for
it, and you knew that he would not refuse
anyone who asked him for
something.” He said: “By Allah, I did not ask
for it so that I
could wear it, rather I asked for it so that it could
be my shroud.”
Sahl said: “And it became his shroud the day he died.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) wore
wool
and sandals, and he wore coarse, rough garments.”

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

“Is this garment of yours
washed
or a new one?” He said: “Rather it has been washed.” He said:
“Ilbas jadida, wa ‘ish hamida, wa mut shahida (May you wear new
clothes, live a good life and die as martyr).”

It was
narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet (PbUH)
forbade
two kinds of dress. Those two types of dress are Ishtimalus-
Samma’*
and Ihtiba’ in a single garment, with no part of it upon his
private part.**

Ishtimalus-Samma’ and Ihtiba’, exposing
one’s
private part to the sky.

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
forbade
two kinds of dress: Ishtimalus-Samma’ and Ihtiba’ in one
garment,
when you are exposing your private part to the sky.”

“O my
son, if
only you could have seen us when we were with the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH), when rain fell on us; you would have thought that we
smelled
like sheep.”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) came out to us one day, wearing a Roman cloak of wool with
narrow sleeves. He led us in prayer wearing that, and nothing else.”

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

“I saw the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) marking sheep on their ears, and I saw him wearing a cloak
around his wrist.”

“The best of your garments are the white ones, so wear them and
shroud your dead in them.”

“Wear white garments, for they are purer and better.”

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

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

“The Messenger
of
Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Whoever lets his lower wrap drag out of pride,
Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.”

“O my nephew! I heard the Messenger
of
Allah (PbUH) saying ‘Whoever let his garment drag out of pride,
Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
took
hold of the lower part of my calf or his calf and said: ‘This is
where the lower wrap should come to. If you insist, then lower, and
if
you insist, then lower, but the lower wrap has no right to (come
to)
the ankle.’”

“I
said to Abu Sa’eed: ‘Did you hear anything from the Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) concerning the lower wrap?’ He said: ‘Yes. I heard
the Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) say: ‘The lower wrap of the believer
should come to
mid-calf, but there is no sin on him if it comes
between that point
and the ankle. But whatever is lower than the
ankle is in the Fire.’
And he said three times: ‘Allah will not
look at the one who lets his
lower wrap drag out of vanity.’”

“O Sufyan bin Sahl, do not let your garment hang, for
Allah does not like those who let their garments hang below the
ankles.’”

There was no garment more
beloved to
the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) than the shirt.”

“Hanging down may apply to the waist wrap, shirt or turban.
Whoever
lets any of these drag out of pride, Allah will not look at
him on
the Day of Resurrection.”

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

“I came to
the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) and gave him my pledge, and the buttons
of
his shirt were undone.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) came to
us
and haggled with us over the price of trousers.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
was
asked about how long a woman’s hem should hang down. He said: ‘A
hand span.’ I said: ‘But then (her legs and feet) will be
uncovered.’
He said: ‘Then a forearm’s length, but no more than
that.’”

“The wives of the Prophet (PbUH) were
allowed to let their hems hang down, so they used to come to us and
we
would measure one forearms length for them with a reed.”

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

“A hand span.” ‘Aishah
said:
“This may show her calves.” He said: “Then a forearm’s
length.”

“I saw the Prophet (PbUH) delivering a sermon on the pulpit,
wearing
a black turban.”

It was
narrated from Jabir that the Prophet (PbUH) entered Makkah
wearing a
black turban.

It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (PbUH) entered
(Makkah), on
the Day of the Conquest of Makkah, wearing a black
turban.

“It is as
if
I can see the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), wearing a black turban,
with
the ends hanging down his shoulders.”

“Whoever wears silk in this world will not wear it in the
Hereafter.”

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

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
forbade
wearing silk and gold. He said: ‘They are for them in this
world
and for us in the Hereafter.’”

“O
Messenger
of Allah, why don’t you buy this two piece suit (to wear
for meeting)
the delegations, and on Fridays?” The Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) said:
“This is only worn by one who has no share in the
Hereafter.”

It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
granted a concession to Zubair bin ‘Awwam and ‘Abdur-Rahman bin
‘Auf,
allowing them to wear silk shirts, because of a rash they
were
suffering from.

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

“I
saw
Ibn ‘Umar buying a turban that had some markings, then he called
for a pair of scissors and cut that off. I entered upon Asma’ and
mentioned that to her, and she said: ‘May ‘Abdullah perish, O
girl!
Give me the garment of the Messenger of Allah (PbUH).’ A
garment was
brought that was hemmed with brocade on the sleeves,
necklines and
openings (at the front and back).”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) took hold of
some
silk in his left hand and some gold in his right, then he raised
his
hands and said: ‘These two are forbidden for the males of my
nation, and permitted to the females.’”

“O
Messenger of Allah, what should I do with these? Shall I wear them?”
He said: “No, rather make them into head-cloths and give them to
the
Fatimahs.”**

“The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) came out to us, and in one of his hands was a garment of
silk
and in the other was some gold. He said: ‘These are forbidden to
the males of my nation and permitted to the females.’”

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

“I never saw anyone more handsome
then
the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), with his hair combed, wearing a red
two-piece suit.”

I saw the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) delivering a sermon, and Hasan and Husain
came forward, wearing red shirts, stumbling and getting up again. The
Prophet (PbUH) stepped down, picked them up and put them in his lap.
Then he said: “Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. ‘Your
wealth and your children are only a trial.’ [64:15] I saw these two
and I could not be patient. Then he resumed his sermon.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
forbade Al-Mufaddam.”

“I heard ‘Ali say:
‘The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) forbade me – and I do not say that
he
forbade you – from wearing clothes dyed with safflower.’”

“We came with the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) was
Thaniyyat Adhakhir. He turned to me, and I was wearing a thin cloak
dyed with safflower, and said: ‘What is this?’ And I realized
that he
disliked it. I came to my family when they were heating their
oven and
threw it (in the oven). Then I came to him the following day
and he
said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, what happened to the thin cloak?’ I
told him (what
I had done) and he said: ‘Why did you not give it to
some of your
family to wear, for there is nothing wrong with it for
women.’”

“The Prophet (PbUH) came to
us
and we gave him some water with which to cool down. He bathed, then
I
brought him a yellow blanket, and I saw the traces of Wars (the
yellow dye) on the folds of his stomach.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Eat and
drink,
give charity and wear clothes, as long as that does not
involve any
extravagance or vanity.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said:
‘Whoever wears a garment of pride and vanity, Allah will clothe
him, on the Day of Resurrection, in a garment of humiliation.’”

“The Messenger of
Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘Whoever wears a garment of pride and vanity in this
world, Allah will clothe him in a garment of humiliation on the Day
of
Resurrection, then set it ablaze.’”

“Whoever
wears
a garment of pride and vanity, Allah will turn away from him
until he
takes it off.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) say: ‘Any skin that has been tanned has been purified.’”

“Why don’t they take
its
skin and ten it, and make us of it?” They said: “O Messenger of
Allah, it is dead meat.”* He said: “It is only unlawful to eat
it.”

“One of the Mothers of the
Believers had
a sheep that died. The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) passed
by it and
said: ‘It would not have harmed its owners if they had made
use of
its hide.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
commanded that use should be made of the skins of dead animals, if
they were tanned.”

“There came to us a
letter from the Prophet (PbUH) (saying): ‘No not make use of the
untanned skin and sinew of dead animals.’”

“The sandals of the
Prophet (PbUH) had two thongs doubled around their straps.”

“The sandals of the Prophet (PbUH) had
two
thongs.”

“When anyone of you puts on his sandals, let him start with the
right, and when he takes them off, let him start with the left.”

It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said;
“None of you should walk in one sandal or in one leather sock.
Let
him take them both off or walk in both of them.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
forbade putting on sandals whilst standing.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) forbade
putting
on sandals whilst standing.”

It was
narrated from Ibn Buraidah, from his father, that an-Najashi
sent a
pair of pure black Khuff as a gift to the Prophet (PbUH) of,
which he
wore.

“The
Jews and the Christians do not dye (their hair), so differ from
them.”

“The
best things with which you change gray hair are henna and
Katam.”*

“I entered upon Umm
Salamah and she brought out for me a hair of the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH), which was dyed with henna and Katam.”

“Abu Quhaifah was brought to
the
Prophet (PbUH) on the Day of the Conquest (of Makkah), and his head
was all white. The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Take him to some
of
his womenfolk and let them change this, but avoid black.’”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
said: ‘The best thing with which you can dye your hair is this
black (dye). It makes your women desire you and creates fear in the
hearts of your enemies.’”

“I see that you dye your beard yellow with
Wars.” Ibn
‘Umar said: “As for my dyeing of my beard yellow
with Wars, I saw the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) dyeing his beard
yellow.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) passed by a
man
who had dyed his hair with henna and said: ‘How handsome this is!’
Then he passed by another who had dyed his hair with henna and Katam,
and said: ‘This one is more handsome than that one.’ Then he
passed by
another who had dyed his hair yellow and said: ‘This one
is more
handsome than all of them.’”

“I saw the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH), and this part of his hair was white” – meaning the tuft of
hair
between the lower lip and the chin.

“Anas bin Malik was asked: ‘Did the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) dye his hair?’ He said: ‘He did not have
any
white hair apart from approximately seventeen or twenty hairs at
the
front of his beard.’”

“The white hair of the Prophet
(PbUH) numbered approximately twenty.”

“Umm Hani said: ‘When the
Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) entered Makkah he had four braids.’”

“The People of the Book used to
let their hair hang down, and the idolaters used to part their hair.
The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) liked to be more like the People of the
Book. So the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) let his forelock hang down,
then
after that he parted it.”

“I used to part the hair of the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) behind his crown, and let his forelock hang
down.”

“The hair of the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
was wavy, and (hung down) between his ears and his shoulders.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) had
hair that came between his earlobes and his shoulders.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) saw me
when
I had long hair. He said: ‘Bad news, bad news!’ So I went away
and cut it short. Then the Prophet (PbUH) saw me and said: ‘I did
not
mean you, but this is better.’”

“The Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) forbade Qaza’.” He (Nafi’) said: “What is Qaza’?”
He said:
“It means shaving part of a child’s head and leaving
another part.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
forbade Qaza’.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
wore
a ring of silver, then he had engraved on it (the words)
‘Muhammad
Rasul Allah’ (Muhammad the Messenger of Allah). And he said:
‘No
one should have his ring engraved like this ring of mine.’”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
had a ring made for him, and he said: ‘I have had a ring made
for
me and had it engraved, and no one should make a ring with similar
engraving.’”

‘Muhammad Rasul Allah’ (Muhammad the Messenger of
Allah).”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) forbade
wearing gold rings.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
forbade gold rings.”

“Najashi
sent some jewelry as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH).
Among
that was a gold ring with an Ethiopian gemstone. The Messenger
of
Allah (PbUH) picked it up with a stick – as if he found it
distasteful – or with one of his fingers, then he called for his
daughter, Umamah bint Abul-‘As, and said: ‘Wear this, O my
daughter.’”

It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (PbUH) used to wear
(his
ring) with the stone nearest his palm.

It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
wore a
silver ring with an Ethiopian gemstone, and he used to ear the
stone
in towards his palm.

It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far that the Prophet (PbUH) used
to
wear a ring on his right hand.

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) forbade
me
to wear a ring on this and on this,” meaning the little finger and
the thumb.

“The
angels
do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”

“The
angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”

“Jibril (as) promised the
Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) that he would come to him at a certain hour,
but he
was late. The Prophet (PbUH) went out and there was Jibril
standing at
the door. He said: ‘What kept you from entering?’ He said:
‘There
is a dog in the house, and we do not enter a house in which
there is
a dog or an image.’”

It was
narrated from Abu Umamah that a woman came to the Prophet
(PbUH) and
told him that her husband was away on some military
campaign. She
asked him for permission to make an image of a palm tree
in her
house, and he did not let her, or he forbade her.

“I covered a small room closet of
mine, meaning, from the inside, with a curtain on which there were
images. When the Prophet (PbUH) came, he tore it down, so I made two
pillows from it, and I saw the Prophet (PbUH) reclining on one of
them.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) forbade
rings of gold and Al-Mitharah,”* meaning the red ones.

“I heard Abu Raihanah, the
Companion of the Prophet (PbUH) say: ‘The Prophet (PbUH) used to
forbid
riding on leopard skins.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
used
to forbid riding on leopard skins.”