those men who imitate women and those women who imitate men. (1)

The same conditions required for leather socks apply to it: it must be intrinsically pure and permissible to wear. Thus, it is not permissible to wipe over an impure turban containing images, or a silk turban.

His statement, “for a man”: the word “man” generally refers to an adult, but that is not what is intended here. Rather, it is permissible for a boy to wear a turban and wipe over it.

The word “male” is used for that which is the counterpart of female.

Wound beneath the chin, or having a tail . . .

His statement, “wound beneath the chin, or having a tail”: this is the second condition for the permissibility of wiping over a turban. A turban wound beneath the chin is one part of which is passed under the chin, while one having a tail is one with an end hanging down from the back. “Having” here means possessing.

Thus, the author stipulates two conditions for a turban:

First: that it be for a man.

Second: that it be wound beneath the chin or have a tail,

in addition to the conditions that it be permissible to wear and intrinsically pure.

The evidence for stipulating that it be wound beneath the chin, or have a tail, is that this was the customary manner in which the Arabs wore it . . .