• The Prophet ﷺ
    • Connecting to the Prophet
    • Following the Sunnah
    • Mawlid
    • Prophetic Biography
    • Salawat
    • Ahl al-Bayt and Sahabah
  • The Path
    • Travelling the Path
    • Awrad
    • Knowledge
    • Specific Adhkar
    • The Shaykh
    • Gatherings of Remembrance
    • The Ba`Alawi Way
    • Worship
  • Da`wah
    • Methodology
    • Muslims
    • New Muslims
    • Non-Muslims
    • State of the Ummah
  • Social Issues
    • Family & Marriage
    • Gender Relations
    • Living in the West
    • Raising Children
    • Women’s Issues
  • Blessed Days
    • Muharram
    • Safar
    • Rabi’ al-Awwal
    • Rajab
    • Sha`ban
    • Ramadan
    • Shawwal
    • Dhu’l Qa`dah
    • Dhu’l Hijjah
  • Biographies
    • Early Imams
    • Later Imams
    • Contemporaries
  • Lessons
    • Blameworthiness of Ostentation
    • Disciplining the Soul
    • Insights into Purification
    • Key to the Inner Secrets
    • Tafsir of Short Surahs

Muwasala

Scholarly Teachings of Ḥaḍramawt

You are here: Home / The Prophet ﷺ / Following the Sunnah / On Wearing a Turban (`Imamah)

On Wearing a Turban (`Imamah)

January 12, 2017 By admin

IMG-20170112-WA0011

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What are the conditions and etiquettes of wearing a turban (`imamah)?

There are two conditions.

Firstly the material which the turban is made from must be permissible to wear and not silk for example. Secondly it must be worn with a good intention such as following the Prophet ﷺ and the person wearing it must not be doing so to show off.

There are a number of etiquettes.

It should only be worn after the age of puberty out of veneration for this sunnah. Some people put a turban on their children with a good intention but this should not be done. Some scholars even regard the turban as a garment of adornment which should only be worn after getting married.

It should be worn while attending the Friday Prayer and at other important gatherings.

It should not be excessively large or small. The longest turban which the Prophet ﷺ is recorded to have worn is 7 or 10 or 13 cubits but it is only fitting for scholars and pious elders to wear a turban this length. An appropriate length for students of sacred knowledge and those who wish to follow the sunnah is 5 cubits.[1]

When tying the turban, a tail or two tails (`adhbah) should be left at the back in accordance with the Sunnah.

[1] A cubit (dhira`) is the length of the forearm from the middle finger tip to the bottom of the elbow

Filed Under: Following the Sunnah, The Prophet ﷺ

Get updates sent to your inbox.

  • The Prophet ﷺ
      • Ahl al-Bayt and Sahabah
      • Connecting to the Prophet
      • Following the Sunnah
      • Mawlid
      • Prophetic Biography
      • Salawat

    Get Email Updates

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • Home
    • About
    • Resources
    • Partners
    • Spanish
    • Contact

    Get Email Updates

    Connect with us

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    Search

    Copyright © 2019 · Muwasala