And the evidence that the prohibition of praying in a single garment without anything on the shoulders of the one praying is not applicable if the garment is wide, is that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, permitted praying in a single tight garment if the one praying ties it around his waist.

Hazrat Nafi’ says that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw me performing prayer in a single garment, so he said,“Did I not give you two garments to wear?”I replied,“Indeed, you did.”He said,“What do you think, if I were to send you for some task, would you go in just one garment?”I replied,“No.”He said,“Allah Almighty has more right that you adorn yourself for Him.”Then he said,“I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘When any one of you has only one garment, he should tie it around his waist and not wrap himself in it like the Jews.’”Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that this narration is also concise and unexplained. The garment which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to be tied around the waist is a narrow garment, not a loose and wide one. And the narration that explains these two concise hadiths is as follows.