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was at hand: e.g. a wrapper (izar), an outer wrapping garment (rida), a long shirt
gown (qamis), an upper gown with full sleeves (jubba), or other garments. He
used to admire green garments. He wore white garments most frequently,
saying: “Wear them while you are living and shroud yourself in them when you
die.” The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him wore a padded tunic (qaba) for
battle and for other occasions.
On occasions he wore only the waist wrapper (izar), tying the two ends between
his shoulder blades; and so dressed, he led the people in funeral prayer.
Sometimes he prayed in his house wearing the single waist wrapper, tying its two
ends crosswise. Moreover he wore that particular garment on the day in, which
he had sexual relations. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, sometimes
prayed during the night in a waist wrapper, wrapping himself with the end part of
the garment, which was in his reach, and laying the remainder over his wife.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him gave away a black single piece
garment (kisa). At this Umm Salama said: “You who are dearer to me than my
father and mother, what happened to that black garment?” The Prophet, praise
gown (qamis), an upper gown with full sleeves (jubba), or other garments. He
used to admire green garments. He wore white garments most frequently,
saying: “Wear them while you are living and shroud yourself in them when you
die.” The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him wore a padded tunic (qaba) for
battle and for other occasions.
On occasions he wore only the waist wrapper (izar), tying the two ends between
his shoulder blades; and so dressed, he led the people in funeral prayer.
Sometimes he prayed in his house wearing the single waist wrapper, tying its two
ends crosswise. Moreover he wore that particular garment on the day in, which
he had sexual relations. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, sometimes
prayed during the night in a waist wrapper, wrapping himself with the end part of
the garment, which was in his reach, and laying the remainder over his wife.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him gave away a black single piece
garment (kisa). At this Umm Salama said: “You who are dearer to me than my
father and mother, what happened to that black garment?” The Prophet, praise