Book Seventy Two – The Book on Dress

Hadith Number 674.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Allah will not look at the person who drags his garment (behind him) out of conceit."


Hadith Number 675.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said Allah will not look, on the Day of Resurrection at the person who drags his garment (behind him) out of conceit. On that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! One side of my Izar hangs low if I do not take care of it." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'You are not one of those who do that out of conceit."


Hadith Number 676.

Narrated by Abu Bakra (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The solar eclipse occurred while we were sitting with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) He got up dragging his garment (on the ground) hurriedly till he reached the Masjid The people turned (to the Masjid) and he offered a two-Rak'at prayer whereupon the eclipse was over and he traced us and said, "The sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah, so if you see a thing like this (eclipse) then offer the prayer and invoke Allah till He remove that state."


Hadith Number 677.

Narrated by Abu Juhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I saw Bilal bringing an 'Anza (a small spear) and fixing it in the ground, and then he proclaimed the Iqamah of the prayer, and I saw Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) coming out, wearing a cloak with its sleeves rolled up. He then offered a two-Rak'at prayer while facing the 'Anza, and I saw the people and animals passing in front of him beyond the 'Anza.


Hadith Number 678.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The part of an Izar which hangs below the ankles is in the Fire."


Hadith Number 679.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "Allah will not look, on the Day of Resurrection, at a person who drags his Izar (behind him) out of pride and arrogance."


Hadith Number 680.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (or 'Abul Qasim) said, "While a man was walking, clad in a two-piece garment and proud of himself with his hair well-combed, suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection.


Hadith Number 681.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "While a man was dragging his Izar on the ground (behind him), suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection."

Hadith Number 682.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (narrating as above No. 680).


Hadith Number 683.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever drags his clothes (on the ground) out of pride and arrogance, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection."


Hadith Number 684.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) The wife of Rifa'a Al-Qurazi came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while I was sitting, and Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhu) was also there. She said, 'O Allah’s Messenger! I was the wife of Rifa'a and he divorced me irrevocably. Then I married Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair who, by Allah, O Allah's Messenger, has only something like a fringe of a garment, showing the fringe of her veil. Khalid bin Sa'id (Radhi Allahu Anhu), who was standing at the door, for he had not been admitted, heard her statement and said, "O Abu Bakr! Why do you not stop this lady from saying such things openly before Allah's Messenger?" No, by Allah, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did nothing but smiled. Then he said to the lady, "Perhaps you want to return to Rifa'a? That is impossible unless 'Abdur-Rahman consummates his marriage with you." That became the tradition after him.


Hadith Number 685.

Narrated by 'Ali (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked for his Rida, (*) put it on and set out walking. Zaid bin Haritha and I followed him till he reached the house where Hamza (bin 'Abdul Muttalib) was present and asked for permission to enter, and they gave us permission.

* Rida – is a garment that covers the shoulders or the area between the shoulders.


Hadith Number 686.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): A man asked, "O Allah’s Messenger! What kind of clothes should a Muhrim wear?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), said, "A Muhrim should not wear a shirt, trousers a hooded cloak, or Khuffs (leather socks covering the ankles) unless he cannot get sandals, in which case he should cut the part (of the Khuff) that covers the ankles."


Hadith Number 687.

Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came to visit Abdullah bin Ubai (bin Salul) (Radhi Allahu Anhu) after he had been put in his grave. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered that 'Abdullah be taken out. He was taken out and was placed on the knees of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), who blew his (blessed) breath on him and dressed the body with his own shirt. And Allah knows better.


Hadith Number 688.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): When Abdullah bin Ubdi (bin Salul) died, his son came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said ' O Allah's Messenger, give me your shirt so that I may shroud my fathers body in it. And please offer a funeral prayer for him and invoke Allah for his forgiveness." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) gave him his shirt and said to him 'Inform us when you finish (and the funeral procession is ready) call us. When he had finished he told the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) proceeded to order his funeral prayers but Umar stopped him and said, "Didn't Allah forbid you to offer the funeral prayer for the hypocrites when He said: "Whether you (O Muhammad) ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them: (and even) if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times. Allah will not forgive them." (Surah At-Taubah 9: 80) Then there was revealed: "And never (O Muhammad) pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave." (Surah At-Taubah 9: 34) Thenceforth the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did not offer funeral prayers for the hypocrites.


Hadith Number 689.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has set forth an example for a miser and a charitable person by comparing them to two men wearing two iron cloaks and their hands are raised to their breasts and necks. Whenever the charitable man tries to give a charitable gift, his iron cloak expands till it becomes so wide that it will cover his fingertips and obliterate his tracks And, whenever the miser wants to give a charitable gift, his cloak becomes very tight over him and every ring gets stuck to its place Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) added; I saw Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) putting his finger in the (chest) pocket of his shirt like that if you but saw him trying to widen (the opening of his shirt) but it did not widen.


Hadith Number 690.

Narrated by Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) went to answer the call of nature, and when he returned, I met him with water and he performed the ablution while he was wearing a Sham, cloak. He rinsed his mouth, put the water in his nose and blew it out, washed his face and tried to take his hands out of his sleeves, but they were too narrow, so he took out his hands from under his chest and washed them and then passed his wet hands over his head and Khuffs (leather socks).


Hadith Number 691.

Narrated by Al-Mughira (Radhi Allahu Anhu): One night I was with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) on a journey. He asked (me), "Have you got water with you?" I replied, "Yes" So he got down from his she-camel and went away till he disappeared in the darkness of the night. Then he came back and I poured water for him from the pot (for the ablution). He washed his face and hands while he was wearing a woollen cloak (the sleeves of which were narrow), so he could not take his arms out of it. So he took them out from underneath the cloak. Then he washed his forearms and passed his wet hands over his head. Then I tried to take off his Khuffs, but he said, "Leave them, for I have performed ablution before putting them on." And so he passed his wet hands over them.


Hadith Number 692.

Narrated by Al-Miswar bin Makhrama (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) distributed some Qaba's but he did not give anything to Makhrama. Makhrama said (to me), "O my son! Let us go to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)." So I proceeded with him and he said, "Go in and call him 'or me." So I called the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) for him The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out to him, wearing one of those Qaba's and said, (to Makhrama), "I have kept this for you " Makhrama looked at it and said, "Makhrama is satisfied now."

Hadith Number 693.

Narrated by 'Uqba bin 'Amir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A silken Farruj was presented to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and he put it on and offered the prayer in it. When he finished the prayer, he took it off violently as if he disliked it and said, "This (garment) does not befit those who fear Allah!"


Hadith Number 694.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): A man said, "O Allah's Messenger! What type of clothes should a Muhrim wear Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) replied, 'Do not wear shirts, turbans trousers hooded cloaks or Khuffs; but if someone cannot get sandals, then he can wear Khuffs after cutting them short below the ankles. Do not wear clothes touched by saffon or wars (two kinds of perfumes)."


Hadith Number 695.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever cannot get an Izar, can wear trousers, and whoever cannot wear sandals can wear Khuffs."


Hadith Number 696.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man got up and said, O Allah's Messenger! What do you order us to wear when we assume the state of Ihram?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) replied, "Do not wear shirts, trousers, turbans, hooded cloaks or Khuffs, but if a man has no sandals, he can wear Khuffs after cutting them short below the ankles; and do not wear clothes touched with (perfumes) of saffron or wars."


Hadith Number 697.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "A Muhrim should not wear a shirt, a turban, trousers, hooded cloaks, a garment touched with (perfumes) of saffron or wars, or Khuffs except if one has no sandals in which case he should cut short the Khuffs below the ankles."


Hadith Number 698.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): Some Muslim men emigrated to Ethiopia whereupon Abu Bakr also prepared himself for the emigration, but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to him), "Wait, for I hope that Allah will allow me also to emigrate." Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Do you hope that (emigration)?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Yes." So Abu Bakr waited to accompany the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and fed two she-camels he had on the leaves of As-Samur tree regularly for four months One day while we were sitting in our house at midday, someone said to Abu Bakr, "Here is Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), coming with his head and a part of his face covered with a cloth-covering at an hour he never used to come to us." Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you, (O Prophet)! An urgent matter must have brought you here at this hour." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came and asked the permission to enter, and he was allowed. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered and said to Abu Bakr, "Let those who are with you, go out." Abu Bakr replied, "(There is no stranger); they are your family. Let my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Messenger!" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I have been allowed to leave (Makkah)." Abu Bakr said, " I shall accompany you, O Allah's Messenger, Let my father be sacrificed for you!" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Yes," Abu Bakr said, 'O Allah's Messenger! Let my father be sacrificed for you. Take one of these two she-camels of mine" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said. I will take it only after paying its price." So we prepared their baggage and put their journey food in a leather bag. And Asma' bint Abu Bakr cut a piece of her girdle and tied the mouth of the leather bag with it. That is why she was called Dhat-an-Nitaqaln. Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and Abu Bakr went to a cave in a mountain called Thaur and remained there for three nights. 'Abdullah bin Abu Bakr. who was a young intelligent man used to stay with them at night and leave before dawn so that in the morning, he would he with the Quraish at Makkah as if he had spent the night among them. If he heard of any plot contrived by the Quraish against the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and Abu Bakr, he would understand it and (return to) inform them of it when it became dark. 'Amir bin Fuhaira, the freed slave of Abu Bakr used to graze a flock of milch sheep for them and he used to take those sheep to them when an hour had passed after the 'Isha prayer. They would sleep soundly till 'Amir bin Fuhaira awakened them when it was still dark. He used to do that in each of those three nights.


Hadith Number 699.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): In the year of the conquest of Makkah the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered Makkah, wearing a helmet on his head.


Hadith Number 700.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Once I was walking with Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and he was wearing a Najram Burd with thick margin. A bedouin followed him and pulled his Burd so violently that I noticed the side of the shoulder of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) affected by the margin of the Burd because of that violent pull. The Bedouin said, "O Muhammad! Give me some of Allah's wealth which is with you." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) turned and looked at him, and smiling, 'he ordered that he be given something.


Hadith Number 701.

Narrated by Abu Hazim: Shahl bin Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "A lady came with a Burda. Sahl then asked (the people), "Do you know what Burda is?" Somebody said, "Yes it is a Shamla with a woven border." Sahl added, "The lady said, 'O Allah's Messenger! I have knitted this (Burda) with my own hands for you to wear it." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) took it and he was in need of it. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out to us and he was wearing it as an Izar. A man from the people felt it and said, 'O Allah's Messenger! Give it to me to wear.' The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Yes.' Then he sat there for some time (and when he went to his house), he folded it and sent it to him. The people said to that man, 'You have not done a right thing. You asked him for it, though you know that he does not put down anybody's request.' The man said, 'By Allah! I have only asked him so that it may be my shroud when I die." Sahl added, "Late it was his shroud."


Hadith Number 702.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying "From among my followers, a group (of 70,000) will enter Paradise without being asked for their accounts, Their faces will be shining like the moon." 'Ukasha bin Muhsin Al-Asadi got up, lifting his covering sheet and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Invoke Allah for me that He may include me with them." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said! "O Allah! Make him from them." Then another man from Al-Ansar got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Invoke Allah for me that He may include me with them." On that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "'Ukasha has anticipated you."

Hadith Number 703.

Narrated by Qatada: I asked Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu), "What kind of clothes was most beloved to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)?" He replied, "The Hibra (a kind of Yemenese cloth)."


Hadith Number 704.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The most beloved garment to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to wear was the Hibra (a kind of Yemenese cloth).


Hadith Number 705.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) When Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) died, he was covered with a Hibra Burd (green square decorated garment).


Hadith Number 706.

Narrated by 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhum): When the disease of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) got aggravated, he covered his face with a Khamisa, but when he became short of breath, he would remove it from his face and say, "It is like that! May Allah curse the Jews and Christians because they took the graves of their Prophets as places of worship." By that he warned his follower of imitating them, by doing that which they did.


Hadith Number 707.

Narrated by Abu Burda: 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha) brought out to us a Kisa and an Izar and said, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) died while wearing these two." (Kisa, a square black piece of woolen cloth. Izar, a sheet cloth garment covering the lower half of the body).


Hadith Number 708.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) offered prayer while he was wearing a Khamisa of his that had printed marks. He looked at its marks and when he finished prayer, he said, "Take this Khamisa of mine to Abu Jahm, for it has just now diverted my attention from my prayer, and bring to me the Anbijania (a plain thick sheet) of Abu Jahm bin Hudhaifa bin Ghanim who belonged to Bani 'Adi bin Ka'b."


Hadith Number 709.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had forbidden: (A) the Mulamasa and Munabadha (bargains), (B) the offering of two prayers, one after the morning compulsory prayer till the sun rises, and the others, after the 'Asr prayer till the sun sets (C) He also forbade that one should sit wearing one garment, nothing of which covers his private parts (D) and prevent them from exposure to the sky; (E) he also forbade Ishtimal-as-Samma'. (*)

* Ishtimal-as-Samma' –The wearing of clothes in two ways:-
1. To cover one’s shoulder with a garment and leave the other bare.
2. To wrap oneself in a garment while sitting in such a way that nothing of that garment would cover the private parts.


Hadith Number 710.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade two ways of wearing clothes and two kinds of dealings. (A) He forbade the dealings of the Mulamasa and the Munabadha. In the Mulamasa transaction the buyer just touches the garment he wants to buy at night or by daytime, and that touch would oblige him to buy it. In the Munabadha, one man throws his garment at another and the latter throws his at the former and the barter is complete and valid without examining the two objects or being satisfied with them. (B) The two ways of wearing clothes were Ishtimal-as-Samma, i.e., to cover one's shoulder with one's garment and leave the other bare; and the other way was to wrap oneself with a garment while one was sitting in such a way that nothing of that garment would cover one's private part.


Hadith Number 711.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade two types of dresses: (A) To sit in an Ihtiba' posture in one garment nothing of which covers his private parts. (B) to cover one side of his body with one garment and leave the other side bare The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) also forbade the Mulamasa and Munabadha.
Meanings of Mulamasa and Munabadha. Khamisa on in the glossary


Hadith Number 712.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade Ishtimal-as-Samma' and that a man should sit in an Ihtiba' posture in one garment, nothing of which covers his private parts.


Hadith Number 713.

Narrated by Um Khalid bint Khalid (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was given some clothes including a black Khamisa. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "To whom shall we give this to wear?" The people kept silent whereupon the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Fetch Um Khalid for me." I (Um Khalid) was brought carried (as I was small girl at that time). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) took the Khamisa in his hands and made me wear it and said, "May you live so long that your dress will wear out and you will mend it many times." On the Khamisa there were some green or pale designs (The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw these designs) and said, "O Um Khalid! This is Sanah." (Sanah in a Ethiopian word meaning beautiful).


Hadith Number 714.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): When Um Sulaim gave birth to a child. she said to me, "O Anas! Watch this boy carefully and do not give him anything to eat or drink until you have taken him to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) tomorrow morning for the Tahnik." So the next morning I took the child to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who was sitting in a garden and was wearing a Huraithiya Khamisa and was branding the she-camel on which he had come during the Conquest of Makkah.

Hadith Number 715.

Narrated by 'Ikrima: Rifa'a divorced his wife whereupon 'Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha) said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her ('Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating). It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came, 'Aisha said, "I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!" When 'Abdur-Rahman heard that his wife had gone to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), he came with his two sons from another wife. She said, "By Allah! I have done no wrong to him but he is impotent and is as useless to me as this," holding and showing the fringe of her garment, 'Abdur-Rahman said, "By Allah, O Allah's Messenger! She has told a lie! I am very strong and can satisfy her but she is disobedient and wants to go back to Rifa'a." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, to her, "If that is your intention, then know that it is unlawful for you to remarry Rifa'a unless Abdur-Rahman has had sexual intercourse with you." Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw two boys with 'Abdur-Rahman and asked (him), "Are these your sons?" On that 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Yes." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You claim what you claim (i.e. that he is impotent)? But by Allah, these boys resemble him as a crow resembles a crow."


Hadith Number 716.

Narrated by Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu): On the day of the battle of Uhud, on the right and on the left of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) were two men wearing white clothes, and I had neither seen them before, nor did I see them afterwards.


Hadith Number 717.

Narrated by Abu Dharr (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while he was wearing white clothes and sleeping. Then I went back to him again after he had got up from his sleep. He said, "Nobody says:[color=olive] 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah' and then later on he dies while believing in that, except that he will enter Paradise.' I said. "Even if he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft? He said. 'Even If he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft," I said, 'Even it he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and thefts.' He said, "Even If he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft, in spite of the Abu Dharr’s dislikeness. Abu 'Abdullah said, "This is at the time of death or before it if one repents and regrets and says "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah. He will be forgiven his sins."


Hadith Number 718.

Narrated by Aba 'Uthman An-Nahdi: While we were with 'Utba bin Farqad at Adharbijan, there came 'Umar's letter indicating that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had forbidden the use of silk except this much, then he pointed with his index and middle fingers. To our knowledge, by that he meant embroidery.


Hadith Number 719.

Narrated by Abu 'Uthman: While we were at Adharbijan, 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) wrote to us: 'Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade wearing silk except this much. Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) approximated his two fingers (index and middle fingers) (to illustrate that) to us.' Zuhair (the sub-narrator) raised up his middle and index fingers.


Hadith Number 720.

Narrated by Abu 'Uthman: While we were with 'Utba. 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) wrote to us: The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "There is none who wears silk in this world except that he will wear nothing of it in the Hereafter." ' Abu 'Uthman pointed out with his middle and index fingers.


Hadith Number 721.

Narrated by Abu Uthman : (As above, 719)


Hadith Number 722.

Narrated by Ibn Abi Laila: While Hudhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu) was at Al-Madain, he asked for water whereupon the chief of the village brought him water in a silver cup. Hudhaifa threw it at him and said, "I have thrown it only because I have forbidden him to use it, but he does not stop using it. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Gold, silver, silk and Dibaj (a kind of silk) are for them (unbelievers) in this world and for you (Muslims) in the hereafter."


Hadith Number 723.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, Whoever wears silk in this world shall not wear it in the Hereafter."


Hadith Number 724.

Narrated by Thabit: I heard Ibn Az-Zubair (Radhi Allahu Anhu) delivering a sermon, saying, "Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Whoever wears silk in this world, shall not wear it in the Hereafter."


Hadith Number 725.

Narrated by Ibn Az-Zubair (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) saying, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Whoever wears silk in this world, shall not wear it in the Hereafter."

Hadith Number 726.

Narrated by 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "None wears silk in this world, but he who will have no share in the Hereafter."


Hadith Number 727.

Narrated by Al-Bara (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was given a silk garment as a gift and we started touching it with our hands and admiring it. On that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do you wonder at this?" We said, "Yes." He said, "The handkerchiefs of Sad bin Mu'adh in Paradise are better than this."


Hadith Number 728.

Narrated by Hudhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade us to drink out of gold and silver vessels, or eat in it and also forbade the wearing of silk and Dibaj or sitting on it.


Hadith Number 729.

Narrated by Ibn 'Azib (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade us to use the red Mayathir and to use Al-Qassiy.

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Hadith Number 730.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) allowed Az-Zubair and 'Abdur-Rahman (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) to wear silk because they were suffering from an itch.


Hadith Number 731.

Narrated by 'Ali bin Abi Talib (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) gave me a silk suit. I went out wearing it, but seeing the signs of anger on his face, I tore it and distributed it among my wives.


Hadith Number 732.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): 'Umar saw a silk suit being sold, so he said, "O Allah's Messenger! Why don't you buy it so that you may wear it when delegates come to you, and also on Fridays?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "This is worn only by him who has no share in the Hereafter." Afterwards the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent to 'Umar a silk suit suitable for wearing. 'Umar said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "You have given it to me to wear, yet I have heard you saying about it what you said?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I sent it to you so that you might either sell it or give it to somebody else to wear."


Hadith Number 733.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he had seen Um Kulthum, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), wearing a red silk garment.


Hadith Number 734.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): For one year I wanted to ask 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) about the two women who helped each other against the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) but I was afraid of him. One day he dismounted his riding animal and went among the trees of Arak to answer the call of nature, and when he returned, I asked him and he said, "(They were) 'Aishah and Hafsa." Then he added, "We never used to give significance to ladies in the days of the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance, but when Islam came and Allah mentioned their rights, we used to give them their rights but did not allow them to interfere in our affairs.

Once there was some dispute between me and my wife and she answered me back in a loud voice. I said to her, 'Strange! You can retort in this way?' She said, 'Yes. Do you say this to me while your daughter troubles Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)?' So I went to Hafsa and said to her, 'I warn you not to disobey Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam).' I first went to Hafsa and then to Um Salama and told her the same. She said to me, 'O 'Umar! It surprises me that you interfere in our affairs so much that you would poke your nose even into the affairs of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and his wives.' So she rejected my advice. There was an Ansari man; whenever he was absent from Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and I was present there, I used to convey to him what had happened (on that day), and when I was absent and he was present there, he used to convey to me what had happened as regards news from Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam).

During that time all the rulers of the nearby lands had surrendered to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) except the king of Ghassan in Sham, and we were afraid that he might attack us. All of a sudden the Ansari came and said, 'A great event has happened!' I asked him, 'What is it? Has the Ghassani (king) come?' He said, 'Greater than that! Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has divorced his wives! I went to them and found all of them weeping in their dwellings, and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had ascended to an upper room of his. At the door of the room there was a slave to whom I went and said, "Ask the permission for me to enter." He admitted me and I entered to see the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) lying on a mat that had left its imprint on his side. Under his head there was a leather pillow stuffed with palm fires. Behold! There were some hides hanging there and some grass for tanning. Then I mentioned what I had said to Hafsa and Um Salama and what reply Um Salama had given me. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) smiled and stayed there for twenty nine days and then came down." (See Hadith No. 648, Book 42 for details)


Hadith Number 735.

Narrated by Um Salama (Radhi Allahu Anha): One night the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) woke up, saying, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah! How many afflictions have been sent down tonight, and how many treasures have been sent down (disclosed)! Who will go and wake up (for prayers) the lady dwellers of these rooms? Many well dressed soul (people) in this world, will be naked on the Day of Resurrection."

Hadith Number 736.

Narrated by Um Khalid bint Khalid (Radhi Allahu Anha): Some clothes were presented to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) as a gift and there was a black Khamisa with it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked (his companions), "To whom do you suggest we give this Khamisa?" The people kept quiet. Then he said, "Bring me Um Khalid," So I was brought to him and he dressed me with it with his own hands and said twice, "May you live so long that you will wear out many garments." He then started looking at the embroidery of that Khamisa and said, "O Um Khalid! This is Sana!" (Sana in Ethiopian language means beautiful.) Ishaq, a sub-narrator, said: A woman of my family had told me that she had seen the Khamisa worn by Um Khalid.


Hadith Number 737.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade men to use saffron.


Hadith Number 738.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade Muhrims to wear clothes dyed with wars or saffron.

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Hadith Number 739.

Narrated by Al-Bara (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was of a modest height. I saw him wearing a red suit, and I did not see anything better than him.


Hadith Number 740.

Narrated by Al-Bara (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered us to observe seven things: To visit the sick; follow funeral processions; say 'May Allah bestow His Mercy on you', to the sneezer if he says, 'Praise be to Allah!; He forbade us to wear silk, Dibaj, Qassiy and Istibarq (various kinds of silken clothes); or to use red Mayathir (silk-cushions). (See Hadith No. 253 A, Book 74).


Hadith Number 741.

Narrated by Sa'id Abu Maslama: I asked Anas (bin Malik) (Radhi Allahu Anhu), "Did the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) use to offer the prayers with his shoes on?" He said, "Yes."


Hadith Number 742.

Narrated by Sa'id Al-Maqburi: 'Ubai bin Juraij said to 'Abdullah Bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma), "I see you doing four things which are not done by your friends." Ibn 'Umar said, "What are they, O Ibn Juraij?" He said, "I see that you do not touch except the two Yemenite corners of the Ka'bah (while performing the Tawaf): and I see you wearing the Sabtiyya shoes; and I see you dyeing (your hair) with Sufra; and I see that when you are in Makkah, the people assume the state of Ihram on seeing the crescent (on the first day of Dhul-Hijjah) while you do not assume the state of Ihram till the Day of Tarwiya (8th Dhul Hijjah)." 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said to him, "As for the corners of the Ka'bah, I have not seen Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) touching except the two Yemenite corners, As for the Sabtiyya shoes, I saw Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) wearing leather shoes that had no hair, and he used to perform the ablution while wearing them. Therefore, I like to wear such shoes. As regards dyeing with Sufra, I saw Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) dyeing his hair with it, so I like to dye (my hair) with it. As regards the crescent (of Dhul-Hijjah), I have not seen Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) assuming the state of Ihram till his she-camel set out (on the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah)."


Hadith Number 743.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade that a Muhrim should wear clothes dyed with Saffron or Wars, and said, "Whoever has no shoes can put on Khuffs after cutting it below the ankles."


Hadith Number 744.

Narrated by Ibn Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever has no Izar (waist sheet), can wear trousers; and whoever has no sandals, can wear Khuffs." (but cut them short below the ankles),


Hadith Number 745.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to like starting from the right in performing ablution, combing his hair and putting on his shoes.


Hadith Number 746.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "None of you should walk, wearing one shoe only; he should either put on both shoes or put on no shoes whatsoever."


Hadith Number 747.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If you want to put on your shoes, put on the right shoe first; and if you want to take them off, take the left one first. Let the right shoe be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off."

Hadith Number 748.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The sandal of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had two straps.


Hadith Number 749.

Narrated by Isaa bin Tahman: Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu) brought out for us, two sandals having two straps. Thabit Al-Banani said, "These were the sandals of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)."


Hadith Number 750.

Narrated by Abu Juhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while he was inside a red leather tent, and I saw Bilal taking the remaining water of the ablution of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), and the people were taking of that water and rubbing it on their faces; and whoever could not get anything of it, would share the moisture of the hand of his companion (and then rub it on his face).


Hadith Number 751.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) called for the Ansar and gathered them in a leather tent.


Hadith Number 752.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to construct a room with a Hasir at night in order to pray therein, and during the day he used to spread it out and sit on it. The people started coming to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) at night to offer the prayer behind him When their number increased, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) faced them and said. O people! Do only those good deeds which you can do, for Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) till you get tired, and the best deeds to Allah are the incessant ones though they were few."


Hadith Number 753.

Narrated by Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade us to use seven things: He forbade using gold rings, silk, Istabraq, Dibaj, red Mayathir, Al-Qassiy, (*) and silver utensils. He ordered us to do seven other things. To pay a visit to the sick; to follow funeral processions; to say, "May Allah be merciful to you" to a sneezer if he says "Praise be to Allah"; to return greetings, to accept invitations; to help others to fulfil their oaths and to help the oppressed ones.

* Istibraq and Dibaj are two kinds of silk. Mayathir are luxurious cushions. Al-Qassiy are garments decorated with silk and made in Qass, an Egyptian town.


Hadith Number 754.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the wearing of a gold ring.


Hadith Number 755.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) wore a gold or silver... ring and placed its stone towards the palm of his hand. The people also started wearing gold rings like it, but when the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw them wearing such rings, he threw away that golden ring and then wore a silver ring.


Hadith Number 756.

Narrated by Ibn. 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) wore a gold ring or a silver ring and placed its stone towards the palm of his hand and had the name 'Muhammad, the Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) of Allah' engraved on it. The people also started wearing gold rings like it, but when the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw them wearing such rings, he threw away his own ring and said. "I will never wear it," and then wore a silver ring, whereupon the people too started wearing silver rings. Ibn Umar added: After the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) Abu Bakr wore the ring, and then Umar and then 'Uthman wore it till it fell in the Aris well from 'Uthman.


Hadith Number 757.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he saw a silver ring on the hand of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) for one day only. Then the people had silver rings made for themselves and wore it. On that, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) threw away their rings as well. (For the details of this Hadith, see Fateh-Al-Bari, Vol. 12, page 438).


Hadith Number 758.

Narrated by Humaid: Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu) was asked, "Did the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) wear a ring?" Anas said, "Once he delayed the: 'Isha' prayer till midnight. Then he came, facing us... as if l am now looking at the glitter of his ring... and said, "The people have offered their prayers and slept but you have been in prayer as you have been waiting for it."


Hadith Number 759.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The ring of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was of silver, and its stone was of silver too.


Hadith Number 760.

Narrated by Sahl (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A woman came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "I have come to present myself to you (for marriage)." She kept standing for a long period during which period the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) looked at her carefully. When she stayed for a long period, a man said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) "If you are not in need of her, then marry her to me." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Have you got anything to give her (as Mahr)?" The man said, "No." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Go (to your house) and search for something." The man went and came back to say, "By Allah, I could not find anything." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Go again and search for something, even if it be an iron ring." He went again and came back saying, "No, by Allah, I could not get even an iron ring." The man had only an Izar and had no Rida' (upper garment). He said, "I will give her my Izar as Mahr." On that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Your Izar? If she wears it, nothing of it will remain on you, and if you wear it nothing of it will be on her" The man went aside and sat down When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw him leaving (after a while), he called back and asked. "How much Qur'an do you know (by heart)? He said, 'I know such and such Surahs," naming some Surahs. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I marry her to you for the amount of Qur'an you know (by heart)."

Hadith Number 761.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) wanted to write a letter to a group of people or some non-Arabs. It was said to him, "They do not accept any letter unless it is stamped." So the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had a silver ring made for himself, and on it was engraved: 'Muhammad, the Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) of Allah'... as if I am now looking at the glitter of the ring on the finger (or in the palm) of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam).


Hadith Number 762.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had a silver ring made for himself and it was worn by him on his hand. Afterwards it was worn by Abu Bakr, and then by 'Umar, and then by 'Uthman (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) till it fell in the Aris well. (On that ring) was engraved: 'Muhammad, the Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) of Allah."


Hadith Number 763.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) got a ring made for himself and said, "I have got a ring made (for myself) and engraved a certain engraving on it so none of you should get such an engraving on his ring." I saw the glitter of the ring on his little finger.


Hadith Number 764.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) intended to write to the Byzantines, it was said to him, "Those people do not read your letter unless it is stamped." So the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) took a silver ring and got 'Muhammad, the Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) of Allah' engraved on it... as if I am now looking at its glitter in his hand.


Hadith Number 765.

Narrated by Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had a golden ring made for himself, and when he wore it. he used to turn its stone toward the palm of his! hand. So the people too had gold made for themselves. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then ascended the pulpit, and after glorifying and praising Allah, he said, "I had it made for me, but now I will never wear it again." He threw it away, and then the people threw away their rings too. (Juwairiya, a sub-narrator, said: I think Anas said that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was wearing the ring in his right hand.)


Hadith Number 766.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) took a silver ring and had 'Muhammad, the Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)' of Allah' engraved on it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said (to us), 'I have a silver ring with 'Muhammad, the Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) of Allah engraved on it, so none of you should have the same engraving on his ring."


Hadith Number 767.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That when Abu Bakr became the Caliph, he wrote a letter to him (and stamped it with the Prophet’s (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ring and the engraving of the ring was in three lines: Muhammad in one line, 'Messenger' in another line, and 'Allah' in a third line. Anas added: 'the ring of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was in his hand, and after him, in Abu Bakr's hand, and then in 'Umar's hand after Abu Bakr. When Uthman was the Caliph, once he was sitting at the well of 'Aris. He removed the ring from his hand and while he was trifling with it, it dropped into the well. We kept on going to the well with Uthman for three days looking for the ring, and finally the well was drained, but the ring was not found.


Hadith Number 768.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): I offered the 'Id prayer with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and he offered prayer before the Khutbah (sermon). Ibn 'Abbas added: After the prayer the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came towards (the rows of) the women and ordered them to give alms, and the women started putting their big and small rings in the garment of Bilal.


Hadith Number 769.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out on the day of 'Id and offered a two-Rak'at prayer, and he did not pray any Rak'ah before it, nor after it. Then he went towards the women and ordered them to give alms. The women started donating their earring and necklaces.


Hadith Number 770.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): A necklace belonging to Asma' was lost, and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent men in its search. The time for the prayer became due and they were without ablution and they could not find water; therefore they prayed without ablution. They mentioned that to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Then Allah revealed the Verse of Tayammum. ('Aisha added: that she had borrowed (the necklace) from Asma').


Hadith Number 771.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) offered a two-Rak'at prayer on 'Id day and he did not offer any (Nawafil prayer) before or after it. He then went towards the women, and Bilal was accompanying him, and ordered them to give alms. And so the women started giving their earrings (etc.)."


Hadith Number 772.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I was with Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in one of the Markets of Al-Madinah. He left (the market) and so did I. Then he asked thrice, "Where is the small (child)?" Then he said, "Call Al-Hasan bin 'Ali." So Al-Hasan bin 'Ali got up and started walking with a necklace (of beads) around his neck. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) stretched his hand out like this, and Al-Hasan did the same. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) embraced him and said, "O Allah! l love him, so please love him and love those who love him." Since Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said that nothing has been dearer to me than Al-Hasan (Radhi Allahu Anhu).


Hadith Number 773.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) cursed those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of women and those women who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of men.

Hadith Number 774.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) cursed effeminate men (those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners of women) and those women who assume the manners of men, and he said, "Turn them out of your houses." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) turned out such-and-such man, and 'Umar turned out such-and-such woman.


Hadith Number 775.

Narrated by Um Salama (Radhi Allahu Anha): That once the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was in her house, and an effeminate man was there too. The effeminate man said to 'Abdullah, (Um Salama's brother) "O 'Abdullah! If Ta'if should be conquered tomorrow, I recommend you the daughter of Ghailan, for she is so fat that she has four curves in the front (of her belly) and eight at the back." So the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to his wives) "These effeminate (men) should not enter upon you (your houses).


Hadith Number 776.

Narrated by Ibn Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "To get the moustaches cut short is characteristic of the Fitra." (*)

* 'Fitra' to the majority of Muslim scholars, means the Islamic pattern and tradition of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). (Literally, it means 'human nature'.) Religion of pure Islamic nature (i.e. worshipping none but Allah). Fitr as a verb also means "to create". (See Quran Surah Ar-Rum 30: 30).



Hadith Number 777.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic region, clipping the nails and cutting the moustaches short."


Hadith Number 778.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra."


Hadith Number 779.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying. "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits."


Hadith Number 780.

Narrated by Nafi': Ibn Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) said, The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Do the opposite of what the pagans do. Keep the beards and cut the moustaches short.' Whenever Ibn 'Umar performed the Hajj or 'Umrah, he used to hold his beard with his hand and cut whatever remained outside his hold.


Hadith Number 781.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Cut the moustaches short and leave the beard (as it is)."


Hadith Number 782.

Narrated by Muhammad bin Sirin: I asked Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu), "Did the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) dye his hair?" Anas replied, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did not have except a few grey hairs."


Hadith Number 783.

Narrated by Thabit: Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu) was asked whether the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used a hair dye or not. Anas replied, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had not enough grey hair to dye. I could even count the white grey hairs of his beard if I would."


Hadith Number 784.

Narrated by IsraiI: Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to Um Salama (Radhi Allahu Anha)" Israil approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). 'Uthman added, "If any person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel (containing water) to Um Salama. (*) I looked into the container (that held the hair of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) and saw a few red hairs in it."

* Um Salama would dip those hairs into the vessel and return it to the patient to drink that blessed water or wash himself with it, seeking to be healed.


Hadith Number 785.

Narrated by Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab: I went to Um Salama (Radhi Allahu Anha) and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Ibn Mauhab also said that Um Salama had shown him the red hair of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam).


Hadith Number 786.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Jews and Christians do not dye their hair so you should do the opposite of what they do.


Hadith Number 787.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was neither conspicuously tall, nor short; neither, very white, nor tawny. His hair was neither much curled, nor very straight. Allah sent him (as a Messenger) at the age of forty (and after that) he stayed for ten years in Makkah, and for ten more years in Al-Madinah. Allah took him unto Him at the age of sixty, and he scarcely had ten white hairs on his head and in his beard.


Hadith Number 788.

Narrated by Al-Bara' (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I did not see anybody in a red cloak looking more handsome than the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) Narrated Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The hair of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to hang near his shoulders. Narrated Shu'ba (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The hair of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to hang down to the earlobes.