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Mukhtasar Sahih Bukhari
Praying in a Syrian cloak is permissible
Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I was with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“O Mughirah! Pick up the water container.”So I picked it up. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) walked until he was out of my sight and relieved himself. At that time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a Syrian cloak. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tried to take his hand out from its sleeve, it was tight, so he took his hand out from underneath it. Then I poured water over the noble limbs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he performed ablution just as he would for prayer, and he wiped over his leather socks, then he prayed.


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Dislike of being naked during and outside prayer
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was carrying stones along with the Quraysh for the (re)construction of the Ka'bah, and he (peace be upon him) had his waist-wrapper (tied) around his (blessed) body. His uncle, Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), said to him: "O my nephew! If only you would remove your waist-wrapper and place it on your shoulders under the stone." Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace be upon him) untied his waist-wrapper and placed it on his shoulders, and then he fell unconscious and collapsed. After that, he (peace be upon him) was never seen naked.


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Covering the private parts is obligatory
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade wrapping oneself tightly with a single garment and from sitting in a single garment in such a way that no part of it covers his private parts.


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Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade two (types of) sales: 'Lamas' (touching) and 'Nabadh' (throwing), and from wrapping oneself tightly (ishtimal-e-samma) and from sitting with only one garment wrapped around the body.


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`Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) sent me during that Hajj (which was performed before the Farewell Pilgrimage and in which Sayyiduna Abu Bakr was the leader of all) with the announcers on the Day of Sacrifice so that we could proclaim in Mina that after this year no polytheist should perform Hajj and no one should circumambulate the Ka'bah naked. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) after Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and ordered him to announce Surah Bara'ah. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that thus Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) announced among the people of Mina with us on the Day of Sacrifice: "After this year, no polytheist should perform Hajj and no one should circumambulate (the Ka'bah) naked."


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Reports regarding the thigh
Narrated by Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him):
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) fought in the battle of Khaybar, and we offered the morning prayer near Khaybar in the darkness. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mounted (his ride), and Sayyiduna Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) also mounted, and I was riding behind Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) proceeded through the streets of Khaybar, and my knee kept touching the thigh of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Then he removed his lower garment from his thigh until I began to see the whiteness of the thigh of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Then he entered the valley and said:“Allah is the Greatest! Khaybar is ruined! Whenever we descend upon the courtyard of a people (for battle), then evil is the morning for those who have been warned.”He said this three times. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The people (of Khaybar) came out for their work and said,“Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has come, and the army (has also come).”So we conquered Khaybar by force of the sword. Then the captives were gathered, and Sayyiduna Dihyah (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said,“O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Give me a slave woman from among the captives.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Go and take any slave woman.”He took Safiyyah bint Huyayy. Then a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said,“O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! You have given Safiyyah, the chief lady of the tribes of Qurayzah and Nadir, to Dihyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and she is suitable only for you.”So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Bring Safiyyah here.”When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) looked at Safiyyah, he said (to Dihyah):“Take another slave woman from among the captives instead of her.”(Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, says:) Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) set Safiyyah free and married her. When they set out on the way, Umm Sulaym adorned Umm al-Mu’minin Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and sent her to him at night. In the morning, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), as a bridegroom, said:“Whoever has anything, let him bring it.”And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) spread out a leather mat. Some brought dates, and some brought clarified butter. (The narrator says:) I think Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) also mentioned sattu (roasted barley flour). (Then) he says: Then they mixed all of it and made malidah (a dish of dates, butter, and flour), and that was the wedding feast of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).


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How many garments should a woman wear in prayer?
Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to lead the Fajr prayer, and several Muslim women, wrapped in their sheets, would attend with him. Then they would return to their homes at such a time that (due to the darkness) no one could recognize them.


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Praying in decorated garments and looking at them
Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in a decorated cloak which had designs on it, and his gaze fell upon its designs. Then when he finished, he said: "Take this cloak to Abu Juham and bring me Abu Juham's plain cloak, because this (decorated cloak) has distracted me from my prayer."


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Does prayer become invalid if performed in clothes with crosses or images?
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) had a curtain with which she had covered a corner of her house. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Remove this curtain from us, for its images keep appearing before me during prayer."


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Praying in silk and then removing it
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a silk cloak (a coat, a type of garment worn over clothes) was presented as a gift to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He wore it and performed prayer in it. Then, when he finished, he pulled it off forcefully, as if he disliked it, and said: "It does not befit the pious."


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