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with any other color provided it is traditionally ~fitting men. The idtabehind this is to withdraw on .. df from luxury and to have the feelingof asubmissive servant of Allah through wearing such humbledothing.Morem",r, such clothing always reminds one oft>eing in a state of ib.nlm.and thus one keeps alert and avoids committi ng the acts prohibitedduring ib.rnm. The clothing of iarnm reminds one of death, the shroudof dead people, and the Day of Resurrection, and so On and so forth. Inaddition. taking off sewn clothes before intending to assume ihrdm isan act of the SUllllah, but it is obligatory ait« assuming ibnlm. So, if apilgrim intends assuming ib.mm while ,till wearing his ordinary sewndothes. his ihrdm is considered valid, bUI he is then obliged to take suchdoth .. off and put on the dothes of ihnlm.By fulfilling the aforesaid prerequisites, a pilgrim is thus prep.red to be ina state of ihrJm, but such acts Ihemsdvrs a", not called i/lrdm as many peoplemistakenly believe; ib.mm meanS the intention of starting performing Ihe ritesof Hajj or ·Umrah. Accordingly. a pilgrim is not conside",d in a slate of j/lrdmonce he takes off his sewn clothes and wears the afo",menlioned clothing ofihrdm without having the intention of starting performing the rites of l;1ajj or. Ummh. This is b~aus e the Prophet (PBUH) said:"Indeed, (the correClrless and rewards of) deeds depend uponintentions .. . bAs for praying befo", assuming ib.rnm, the more valid opinion is that thereis not a sp~ia\ kind of prayer to be offered before ihrdm. However, if the timeof ihrdm coincides with an obligatory prayN, then a pilgrim is to performthe obligatory prayer first then assume i/Jrdm. To illustrate, it was narratedthat the Prophet (PBUH) assumed i/Jr