BENEFIT 109: Adhering to the dress code of the Prophet ﷺ does not fall under لباس الشهرة (dress of high repute, i.e. to show-off or as a status symbol)!
8 March 2024 • 1.55K views
Prohibition of wearing such clothing:
عن ابْنِ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنهما قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ((مَنْ لَبِسَ ثَوْبَ شُهْرَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَلْبَسَهُ اللهُ ثَوْبَ مَذَلَّةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ)).
Narrated ’Abdullāh ibn ’Umar: Allah's messenger Muhammad ﷺ said: “Whoever wears the clothing of shuhra in this world will be dressed in humiliating clothes on the day of judgment.” [Ahmed & Abu Dawood; graded "Hasan" by Sheikh Albani in Sahih Al-Jami' (6526)]
Does emulating the dress-code of the Prophet ﷺ enter into libaas Ash-Shuhrah?
دخل محمد بن واسع -سيد العباد في زمانه رحمه الله- على بلال بن أبي بردة -أمير البصرة- وكان ثوبه إلى نصف ساقيه، قال له بلال ما هذه الشهرة يا ابن واسع؟ فقال له ابن واسع أنتم شهرتمونا!!؟ هكذا كان لباس من مضى وإنما أنتم طولتم ذيولكم فصارت السنة بينكم بدعة وشهرة.
Muḥammad ibn Wāsi’, the leader of the worshippers in his time rahimahullah, entered upon Bilāl ibn Abī Burdah, the Amīr of Baṣrah, while his Thawb was up to the middle of his shins. Bilāl asked him, what is this shuhrah O Ibn Wāsi’? So Wāsi responded: You made us fall into shuhrah! This was the dress of those who preceded, but it is you who have lengthened your tails such that the Sunnah has become among you an innovation and an act of shuhrah. ["Sirāj Al-Mulūk" of Aṭ-Ṭurṭūshi (36)]