In this blog, I will write about the dressing of Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Prophet Muhammad PBUH used to wear simple clothes. He did not restrict Muslims from adorning themselves and wearing beautiful clothes to beautify themselves, but he did say not to push for that which they don't possess and to be grateful to Allah, which he had given them. He also advised Muslims to be pious and simple in their clothing.
He used to wear whatever was available for wearing.
"The dress of piety, that is best. That is from the signs of Allāh so that they may take admonition."[Sūrah al-A’rāf: 26]
COLOUR
White Colour
He used to wear clothes of different colours like black, white, red, green etc. However, he used to prefer white amongst other colours. In one of his sayings reported by Ibn e Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him), he says:
"Put on white clothes because they are the best; and use them for shrouding your dead."
Red Colour
Bara (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that:
"Messenger of Allah SAW was of medium stature. I saw him wearing a red mantle. I have never seen anything more graceful than that."
Green Colour
Abu Rimthah Rifaah At-Tamimi (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that:
"I saw the Messenger of Allah SAW wearing
two green garments."
Black Colour
Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said that
"The Messenger of Allah SAW entered Makkah on the day of its conquest and he was wearing a black turban."
STYLE OF CLOTHING
The Messenger of Allah PBUH used to wear a turban and a cap under to keep it different from polytheists who didn't wear caps under their turbans. The end of the turban would hang down sometimes hang on his chest and sometimes on his shoulders.
He used to wear clothes made up of any type of material except for silk. He also prohibited Muslim men from wearing gold ornaments. Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) in regards to men wearing pure silk and gold for Muslim men reported that Prophet Muhammad PBUH said that:
"These two are haram for the males among my followers but halal for females."
Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported in regards to men wearing pure silk that Prophet Muhammad said:
"Do not wear silk, for those who wear it in this life shall not wear it in the Hereafter."
It has been reported on the authority of Mughira bin Shubah (may Allah be pleased with him) that:
"I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey one night, and he asked me, "Do you have any water with you?" I said, "Yes." So he dismounted from his riding camel and walked away (to answer the call of nature) until he disappeared into the darkness. When he returned, I poured out some water from a vessel and he washed his face. He was wearing a long woollen cloak and could not take out his forearms from his sleeves, so he brought them out from below the cloak and then washed them, and then passed his (wet) hands over his head. I stretched out my hand to take off his Khuff (leather socks), but he said, "Leave them. I put them on after performing Wudu'," and he passed his (wet) hands over them.
This means that he also wore a cloak. The Prophet Muhammad SAW preferred to wear a Kameez, which is a long shirt quite similar to what is now known as a the. Umm Salmah (May Allah be pleased with her) said that:
"Out of all the garments, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH liked the Kameez the most."
In regards to the sleeves of the Kameez Asma Bint Yazid (May Allah be pleased with her ) said that
"The sleeves of the Prophet Muhammad SAW reached down to his wrists."
In regards to wearing long garments Abdullah Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever allows his lower garment to drag out of vanity will find that Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection."
However, there is an exception for the one whose garment keeps on sliding down, as reported at the end of this Hadith. On his foot, he used to wear Sandals.
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