Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

IHRAM (Pilgrim’s garments)

Hadrat Abdullah lbn Umar (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that when a man asked ALLAAH’s messenger what clothing one, who was on pilgrimage, should wear he said, “Do not wear shirts, turbans, trousers, garments with head coverings, or shoes, unless one cannot get sandals and wear shoes in which case he must cut them to come below the ankles: and you must not wear clothing which had dye of saffron or wars.”

(Wars is a plant of a yellow colour in the Yemen, like sesame. The word is also used for the colouring matter that is shaken out when the flower opens).

Hadrat lbn Umar (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated he heard ALLAAH’s messenger forbidding women to wear gloves or veils or any garment with dye of saffron on it while they were engaged  in the rites of pilgrimage; but after wards they could wear any kind of clothing they like dyed yellow, or silk, or jewelry, or trousers, or shirts or shoes. [Mishkat]

For men, there are only two sheets in lhram- one to be used as tahband (wrapping round the waist) and the other to cover the upper body. The head and feet remain uncovered. The shoes should be such that the upper part should be open just falling short of the toes.

For women, the prescribed manner is to leave their faces open but this does not mean that they should expose their faces even to strangers; if they come face to face with strangers they should screen themselves with their wrapping sheet or any other thing, as directed in the following traditions. Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anha) said: Riders would pass us when we were performing the rites of Hajj along with ALLAAH’s messenger, and when they came by us one of us would let down her outer garment from her head over her face, and when they had passed on we would uncover our faces. [Abu Dawud]