This honorable Ayah refutes the idolators' practice of performing Tawaf
around the Sacred House while naked. Muslim, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Jarir, (the
following wording is that of Ibn Jarir) recorded that Shu`bah said that Salamah
bin Kuhayl said that Muslim Al-Batin said that Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn
`Abbas said, "The idolators used to go around the House while naked, both men
and women, men in the day and women by night. The woman would say, "Today, a
part or all of it will be unveiled, but whatever is exposed of it, I do not
allow.'' Allah said in reply,
[خُذُواْ زِينَتَكُمْ
عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ]
(Take your adornment to every Masjid,) Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas
commented on:
[خُذُواْ زِينَتَكُمْ
عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ]
(Take your adornment to every Masjid) o"There were people who used to perform
Tawaf around the House while naked, and Allah ordered them to take adornment,
meaning, wear clean, proper clothes that cover the private parts. people were
commanded to wear their best clothes when performing every prayer.'' Mujahid,
`Ata', Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Qatadah, As-Suddi, Ad-Dahhak and
Malik narrated a similar saying from Az-Zuhri, and from several of the Salaf.
They said that this Ayah was revealed about the idolaters who used to perform
Tawaf around the House while naked. This Ayah (7:31), as well as the Sunnah,
encourage wearing the best clothes when praying, especially for Friday and `Id
prayers. It is also recommended [for men] to wear perfume for prayer, because it
is adornment, and to use Siwak for it is part of what completes adornment. The
best color for clothes is white, for Imam Ahmad narrated that Ibn `Abbas said
that the Messenger of Allah said,
«الْبَسُوا مِنْ
ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ، وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا
مَوْتَاكُمْ وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الْإثْمَدُ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ
وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعَر»
(Wear white clothes, for it is among your best clothes, and also wrap your
dead with it. And Ithmid (antimony) is among the best of your Kuhl, for it
clears the sight and helps the hair grow.) This Hadith has a sound chain of
narration, consisting of narrators who conform to the conditions and guidelines
of Imam Muslim. Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah also recorded it, and
At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih".
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