Islam and Christianity

31– Sometimes he laid aside the amount of barley and dates
that would sustain his nine wives and a few servants for one year,
giving some of that amount as alms to the poor.
32– Mutton, broth, pumpkin, desserts, honey, dates, milk,
cream, water melon, melon, grapes, cucumbers, and cool water
were the kinds of food (and drink) he specially liked.
33– When he drank water, he would say the Basmala, take
small swallows slowly, and make two pauses, (thus dividing an act
of drinking into three). He would say, “All-hamdu-lillâh,” after
drinking. (Al-hamdu-lillâh means, “May gratitude and praise be to
Allah.”)
34– Like other Prophets, he would refuse to be given alms or
zakât. He would accept presents, mostly giving much more in
return.
35– He would wear whatever he found of the sorts of garments
that were permissible to wear. He used to cover himself with
seamless garments made from thick material, like ihrâm, wrap
waist-cloths around himself, and wear shirts and long and ample
robes. These garments were woven from cotton, wool, or hair.
Sometimes he wore a white garment, and sometimes he was clad
in a green one. There were also times when he wore sewn
garments. On Fridays, on special days such as the days of ’Iyd,
during diplomatic receptions, and at times of battle, he wore
valuable shirts and robes. His garments were mostly white. There
were also times when he wore green, red or black garments. He
would cover his arms down to the wrists and his blessed legs down
to the mid-shins.
It is stated as follows in the book Shemâil-i-sherîfa, by Imâm-i-
Tirmuzî ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’: “Rasûlullah liked to wear a shirt
(called qamîs). The sleeves of his shirt reached his wrists. There
were no buttons on the sleeves or on the collar. His shoes were of
leather, and each shoe had one strap with two cords going between
two toes and connecting the strap to the front of the shoe.
Convention should be observed in wearing garments and shoes.
Defying the convention causes fame. And fame, in its turn, is
something that should be avoided. When he entered Mekka, he
was wearing a black turban wrapped around his blessed head.”
36– He wrapped a strap of mostly white and sometimes black
muslin as a turban around his head, letting a span-long of its end
hang down between his two shoulders. His turban was neither too
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