Chapter on dress in three ranks — Tuḥfat al-Mulūk

Ruling1058

1 note

Obligatory: that which covers his body and wards off harm of heat and cold from middling garments of cotton or linen—and cotton is better in my view.

From the editors

Allah said: {Take your adornment at every masjid} [Al-A’raf: 31], meaning to cover one’s nakedness (ʿawrah) during prayer; because one cannot perform prayer without covering their ‘awrah, and human nature cannot withstand heat and cold without clothing, thus requiring garments to protect against them, similar to food and drink, which makes it obligatory. It is preferable that the clothing be made of cotton, linen, or wool, somewhere between luxurious and humble, so that one is neither despised for wearing lowly garments nor becomes arrogant due to wearing overly luxurious ones. As mentioned in al-Bayan (p. 194): the Prophet ﷺ prohibited two extremes—wearing fine clothes that cause people to look at you with admiration or wearing shabby clothes that cause people to look at you with disdain. Amr narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Seek moderation between two extremes, for the best of matters is what is balanced.’ Reported in Sunan al-Bayḥaqi al-Kubra 3:273, although this chain is interrupted, and Shu’ab al-Iman 5:169.

Ruling1059

1 note

Recommended: wearing fine garments for adornment, embellishment, and showing Allāh's favour.

Ruling1060

1 note

Unlawful: wearing them for arrogance and vainglory.

Ruling1061

1 note

ولبس الثوبِ الأحمر والمعَصفر حَرَامٌ، وأَفضل الثياب البيض.

Wearing red and saffron-dyed cloth is unlawful; the best garments are white.

Ruling1062

ويستحبّ إرخاء طرف العمامة بين الكتفين إلى وسط الظهر، وقيل: مقدار شبر، وقيل: إلى موضع الجلوس.

Letting the tail of the turban hang between the shoulders to the middle of the back is recommended; and it was said: a cubit's measure; and it was said: to the sitting place.

Ruling1063

1 note

ويحرم إرخاء الستور في البيوت، وستر حيطانها باللبود ونحوها للزِّينة والتكبّر، ويَحِلّ لدفع البَرد.

Letting drapes fall in dwellings is unlawful; screening their walls with felt and the like for adornment and pride is [unlawful]—and warding off cold is lawful.

فصل واللبس على ثلاث مراتب :