but rather, many people in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had only one garment.
The apparent meaning of the author’s words is that covering the head is not a sunnah, since he said, “His prayer in two garments”: an izar and an upper wrap, a shirt and an upper wrap, and the like. This apparently indicates that covering the head is not prescribed. Previously, however, it was mentioned in the report from Ibn Umar that he said to his freedman Nafiʿ: “Would you go out among people bareheaded?” He replied, “No.” He said, “Then Allah is more deserving of one’s modesty.” (1) This indicates that it is preferable to cover the head. Yet, when we apply this issue to the saying of Allah, “O children of Adam, take your adornment at every place of prayer” [al-Aʿraf 7:31], it becomes clear that covering the head is preferable among a people who regard head-covering as part of proper adornment. But if we are among a people who do not regard it as part of proper adornment, then we do not say that covering it is preferable, nor that uncovering it is preferable. It is authentically established that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, “used to pray wearing a turban” (2), and a turban covers the head.
“Covering his private parts is sufficient for voluntary prayer” …
His statement, “Covering his private parts is sufficient for voluntary prayer,” means the private parts of a man, which are what lies between the navel and the knee, except that from the age of seven to ten, they are the two private parts,