DRESS ACCORDING TO THE SUNNAH - The Majlis

DRESS ACCORDING TO THE SUNNAHDRESS ACCORDING TO THE SUNNAHDIVINE PRESENCE ............................................................................... 27GARMENTS FOR SALAAH ..................................................................... 27IMPORTANCE ..................................................................................... 29BASELESS ARGUMENTS ....................................................................... 30RASULULLAH'S KURTAH ...................................................................... 30ISLAMIC DRESS - A SYMBOL OF ISLAM.................................................. 31THE STYLE OF RASULULLAH'S GARMENTWhen a modernist Muslim criticizes the dress style and appearance ofRasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and the Sahaabah, we in this age inwhich kufr preponderates, are not surprised. Immersed in the kufrconcepts and liberalism of the western kuffaar, it is just natural andlogical for modernists to denigrate every teaching of the Sunnah whichconflicts with the tastes and hues of western culture. In fact, even Ulamahave become so terribly desensitized with the kufr of the modernists as aconsequence of their mutual association and their dubious and baselesspolicies of 'hikmat' and diplomacy, that they (the Ulama) too havebecome chronic victims of the maladies of kufr and liberalism.So while we cannot be surprised when modernists criticize, mock andsneer at the dress styles and appearance of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhiwasallam) and his Sahaabah, there is not only surprise but shock whenmolvis —products of Darul Ulooms - who purport to be followers of theUlama of the Sunnah, resort to labyrinthal arguments in order to justifystyles which are in conflict with not only the practical example of theNabi, but in diametric opposition to his explicit statements of prohibitionpertaining to certain dress styles.THE TROUSERSEvery molvi is aware or should be aware that ALL the Books ofHadith contain many authentic ahadith clearly explaining the style ofRasulullah's izaar. There is absolutely no difference of opinion among anyof the innumerable authorities of the Shariah from the very inception ofIslam that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and his Sahaabah alwayswore their izaar and trousers above their ankles.In addition to their practical example, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhiwasallam) and the Sahaabah verbally propagated in explicit terms theprohibition of wearing the trousers below the ankles. This style iscompletely unrelated to age and time. There was no incumbency of the56