Clothing, Dress & Adornment

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The king of Rome presented a fur of silk brocade to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he wore it. The scene that his hands were moving (while wearing the robe) is before my eyes. He then sent it to Ja'far who...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I do not ride on purple, or wear a garment dyed with saffron, or wear shirt hemmed with silk. Pointing to the collar of his shirt al-Hasan (al-Basri) said: The perfume used by men should have...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

my companion went to the mosque before me. I went there after him and sat beside him. He asked me: Did you hear the preaching of AbuRayhanah? I said: No. He said: I heard him say: The Messenger of Allah...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

It is forbidden to use purple saddle-clothes.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade me to wear a gold ring, or a Qassi garment or the use purple saddle-cloths.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) once prayed wearing a garment having marks. He looked at its marks. When he saluted, he said: Take this garment of mine to AbuJahm, for it turned my attention just now in my prayer, and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

A similar tradition has also been transmitted by 'Aishah through a different chain of narrators. But the former is more perfect.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

Abdullah AbuUmar, client of Asma', daughter of AbuBakr, said: I saw Ibn Umar buying a Syrian garment in the market. When he saw that it had red warp, he returned it. I then came to Asma' and mentioned it to...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

It is only a garment wholly made of silk which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade, but there is no harm in the ornamented border and the wrap.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave license to 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf and al-Zubair b. al-'Awwam to wear silk shirts during a journey because of an itch which they had.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) took silk and held it in his right hand, and took gold and held it in his left hand and said: both of these are prohibited to the males of my community.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The word "siyara" means striped with silk.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

We used to take it away (i.e. silk) from boys, and leave it for girls. Mis'ar said: I asked Amr ibn Dinar about it, but he did not know it.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

We asked Anas b. Malik: Which cloth was dearer to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ? or Which cloth did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) like best to wear ? He replied: The striped cloaks (hibrah).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid) for it clears the vision and makes the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) paid visit to us, and saw a dishevelled man whose hair was disordered. He said: Could this man not find something to make his hair lie down? He saw another man wearing dirty clothes and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) wearing a poor garment and he said (to me): Have you any property? He replied: Yes. He asked: What kind is it? He said: Allah has given me camels. Sheep, horses and slaves. He...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

Ibn Umar used to dye his beard with yellow colour so much so that his clothes were filled (dyed) with yellowness. He was asked: Why do you dye with yellow colour? He replied: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

I went with my father to the Prophet (ﷺ) and saw two green garments over him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

On his father's authority, said that his grandfather said: We came down with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from a turning of a valley. He turned his attention to me and I was wearing a garment dyed with a reddish...