and on the day of Eid al-Aḍḥā he would wear a black turban, over which he put a crimson-purple burnus (hooded cloak). (1)
ʿĀrim informed us, Ḥammād narrated from Shuʿayb ibn al-Ḥabḥāb: “I saw Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab wearing a purple burnus.” (2)
Abū Nuʿaym informed us, Khālid ibn Ilyās narrated: “I saw Saʿīd wearing a shirt that reached halfway down his shins, its sleeves extending to the tips of his fingers, and a cloak over the shirt measuring five cubits and a handspan.” (2)
Rawḥ informed us, Saʿīd related from Qatādah, from Ismāʿīl ibn ʿImrān: “Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab used to wear a ṭaylasān (mantle) whose buttons were of brocade.” (2)
Maʿn informed us, Muḥammad ibn Hilāl related: “I never saw Saʿīd wearing anything except white.” (2)
It is also reported from Ibn al-Musayyab that he used to wear sarāwīl (trousers).
(2) Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar informed us, Abū Maʿshar said: “I saw Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab dressed in khazz (fine woolen cloth).” (3)
Yazīd ibn Hārūn informed us, Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr told us (4): “Ibn al-Musayyab did not use dye.”
Khālid ibn Mukhallad informed us, Muḥammad ibn Hilāl narrated: “I saw Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab dyeing his beard a yellow color.” (5)
Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUways informed us, Abū al-Ghuṣn narrated that he—