It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) called for a new shirt of his and put it on. I do not think it had reached his collarbones before he recited: 'Al-hamdu lillahi alladhi kasani ma uwari bihi awrati, wa atajammalu bihi fi hayati' (All praise is for Allah, who clothed me with that by which I cover my private parts and adorn myself in my life). Then he asked: Do you know why I said this? I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) call for new clothes and put them on; I think they had reached his (peace and blessings be upon him) collarbones when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said the same as I have said. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul! There is no Muslim servant who puts on a new garment, then says what I have said, then turns to one of his worn-out old garments (samal) which he has set aside and clothes with it a poor, needy Muslim, clothing him for none but Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, except that he will remain in the protection of Allah and the guarantee of Allah, in life and in death, as long as a single thread of it remains on him (the poor man)." This is a hadith whose chain the two Shaykhs did not use as evidence, and I have not mentioned anything like it in this book either, except that this hadith was narrated uniquely by the Imam of the people of Khurasan, Abdullah bin al-Mubarak, from all the Imams of the people of Sham. So I preferred to record it so that the Muslims would be encouraged to act upon it.