The Precious Pearl concerning the rulings of clothing and adornment
31 December 2025 • 877 views

19: The prohibition of imitating the clothing of the disbelievers
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said:
“Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”
[Reported by Abū Dāwūd (4031)]
And from Ibn ʿUmar that it was said to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: “The People of the Book wear trousers and do not wear waist-wrappers.”
So he said:
“Wear trousers, and wear waist-wrappers, and differ from the People of the Book.”
[Al-Ṣaḥīḥah (1245)]
And from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saw me wearing two garments dyed with safflower, and he said:
“Indeed, these are from the clothing of the disbelievers, so do not wear them.”
[Reported by Muslim (2077)]