Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the companions used to pray with the Prophet (peace be upon him) with their lower garments tied around their necks like children. So it was said to the women: Do not raise your heads (from prostration) until the men sit up straight. In the narration of Janab Salm bin Junadah, there is an addition:“Because the lower garments were tight and short (the women were instructed not to raise their heads quickly).”

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I was one of the seventy people of Ahl al-Suffah. None of them had a (garment covering the upper part of the body), or they had a striped sheet or a blanket, etc., which they would tie around their necks. Some of them would reach up to the shins and some up to the ankles, so they would gather it with their hands, fearing that their private parts might become exposed. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the name of Abu Hazim Madani, who narrates from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him), is Salamah bin Dinar. And the name of Abu Hazim, who narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), is Salman Ashja’i.