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Conduct - Manners
Lesson 64 Dressing, Cleanliness
Proper
manners of dressing
·
Men
should not wear silk or gold. · Be
modest in dress, and do not wear clothes intending to show off.[37] ·
Women’s
dress should cover their bodies except the face and the palms, and should not
reveal their charms. ·
Women
should not overdo their adornments or apply perfume while going out. ·
Women
should not wear the dress of men, and men should not wear that of women.[38]
(See: Purification) · They
are five in number:
a)
Circumcision for males, while for females it is preferred but without
exaggeration, better to ask a trustworthy Muslim doctor.
b)
Trimming the moustache.
c)
Clipping the nails.
d)
Removing the pubic hairs. e) Plucking the hairs of the armpit.[ Evidence of the Qur'an and Sunnah
Proper manners of dressing:
Men
should not wear silk or gold:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Do not wear silk (clothes),
for whoever wears (them)
in this life will be deprived of them in the Hereafter.”
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Silk (clothes)
are worn only by him who has no share in the Hereafter.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Wearing
of silk and gold has been made unlawful for males and lawful for the females
of my nation.”
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever
allows his lower garment to drag out of vanity, Allah will not look at him
on the Day of Resurrection.”
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “On
the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not look at him who trails his lower
garment out of pride.”
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “What
is below the ankles of a lower garment is condemned to the Fire (Hell).” (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
It
should be noted that it is only men who are forbidden to let their dress
drag, which is not the case with women.
The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “Allah
loves to see the sign of His Bounties on his slave.”
Modesty of women:
Allah
says:
]قُل
لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
يَغُضُّوا
مِنْ
أَبْصَارِهِمْ
وَيَحْفَظُوا
فُرُوجَهُمْ
ذَلِكَ
أَزْكَى
لَهُمْ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
خَبِيرٌ
بِمَا
يَصْنَعُونَ.
وَقُل
لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
يَغْضُضْنَ
مِنْ
أَبْصَارِهِنَّ
وَيَحْفَظْنَ
فُرُوجَهُنَّ
وَلا
يُبْدِينَ
زِينَتَهُنَّ
إِلا مَا
ظَهَرَ
مِنْهَا
وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ
بِخُمُرِهِنَّ
عَلَى
جُيُوبِهِنَّ
وَلا
يُبْدِينَ
زِينَتَهُنَّ
إِلا
لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ
أَوْ
آبَائِهِنَّ
أَوْ آبَاء
بُعُولَتِهِنَّ
أَوْ
أَبْنَائِهِنَّ
أَوْ
أَبْنَاء
بُعُولَتِهِنَّ
أَوْ
إِخْوَانِهِنَّ
أَوْ بَنِي
إِخْوَانِهِنَّ
أَوْ بَنِي
أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ
أَوْ
نِسَائِهِنَّ
أَوْ
مَا
مَلَكَتْ
أَيْمَانُهُنَّ
أَوِ
التَّابِعِينَ
غَيْرِ
أُوْلِي
الإِرْبَةِ
مِنَ الرِّجَالِ
أَوِ
الطِّفْلِ
الَّذِينَ
لَمْ
يَظْهَرُوا
عَلَى
عَوْرَاتِ
النِّسَاء[
This
means: “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at
forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual
acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they
do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at
forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual
acts, etc.) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is
apparent (like palms of hands and face), or outer dress like veil, gloves,
head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna (i.e.
their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms, etc.) and not to reveal their
adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers,
their sons, their husband's sons, their brothers or their brother's sons, or
their sister's sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islam),
or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants
who lack vigor, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex.”
(24, An-Nur: 30 - 31)
Allah
says:
]وَقَرْنَ
فِي
بُيُوتِكُنَّ
وَلا
تَبَرَّجْنَ
تَبَرُّجَ
الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ
الأُولَى[
This
means: “And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that
of the times of ignorance.” (33, Al-Ahzab: 33)
Allah
says:
]وَالْقَوَاعِدُ
مِنَ
النِّسَاء
اللاتِي لا
يَرْجُونَ
نِكَاحًا
فَلَيْسَ
عَلَيْهِنَّ
جُنَاحٌ أَن
يَضَعْنَ
ثِيَابَهُنَّ
غَيْرَ
مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ
بِزِينَةٍ
وَأَن
يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ
خَيْرٌ
لَّهُنَّ
وَاللَّهُ
سَمِيعٌ
عَلِيمٌ[
(النور:
60)
This
means: “And as for women past child-bearing who do not expect wed-lock, it
is no sin on them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as
not to show their adornment. But to refrain (i.e. not to discard their outer
clothing) is better for them. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.” (24, An-Nur: 60)
Allah
says:
]يَا
أَيُّهَا
النَّبِيُّ
قُل
لأَزْوَاجِكَ
وَبَنَاتِكَ
وَنِسَاء
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
يُدْنِينَ
عَلَيْهِنَّ
مِن
جَلابِيبِهِنَّ
ذَلِكَ
أَدْنَى أَن
يُعْرَفْنَ
فَلا
يُؤْذَيْنَ
وَكَانَ
اللَّهُ
غَفُورًا
رَّحِيمًا[
This
means: “O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the
believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e. screen
themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will
be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not
to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever OftForgiving, Most Merciful.” (33,
Al-Ahzab: 59)
`A’ishah
(may Allah be pleased with her) narrated:
“May
Allah have mercy on the early immigrant women. When the part of verse:
Umm
Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “O
Asma’, when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her
that she displays her parts of body except this and this, and he pointed to
hes face and hands.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
Women
should not overdo their perfume:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“The prayer of a woman who uses perfume for this mosque is not accepted
until she returns and takes a bath like that of sexual defilement
(perfectly).”
(Reported by Abu Dawud)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“If
a woman fumigates herself with perfume, she must not attend the Evening
prayer with us.”
Men
emulating women Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah (peace
be upon him) had cursed the
males who emulate females. He cursed the females who emulate males.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari) Abu Hurayrah (may Allah
be pleased with him) narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah (peace
be upon him) cursed the man
who puts on the dress of a woman and the woman who puts on the dress of a
man.” Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah (peace
be upon him) cursed effeminate
males and masculine females.”
Cleanliness and the traits of instinct: Good manners of cleanness: [see the selected quotations in: Lessons 31-34]
The
traits of instinct:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“There
are five acts which are quite akin to the Fitrah
(traits of instict):
Circumcision, shaving the pubes, trimming the nails, plucking the hair under
the armpit and clipping (or
trimming till one’s skin is about to appear)
the moustache.”
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Do
the opposite of what the pagans do. Keep the beards and cut the moustaches
short.”
`A’ishah
(may Allah be pleased with her) narrated:
“Allah's
Messenger used to let his head in (the house) while he was in the mosque and
I would comb his hair. When in I`tikaf, he used not to enter the house
except for a need.” (Reported by
Al-Bukhari)
Umm
`Atiyyah Al-Ansariyyah narrated: (Reported by Abu Dawud)
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