It is disliked during the prayer to let the garment hang loosely (sadal), to wrap oneself completely in a single cloth so that the arms cannot emerge (the ishtimāl al-ṣammāʾ), to cover the face, to place a veil over the mouth and nose, to roll up or wrap one’s sleeves1, and to gird the waist with a belt resembling a zunnār (the distinctive Christian belt).

It is unlawful to display arrogance through one’s clothing or anything else, to make images or use them, and to make use of any fabric or object woven with—or plated in—gold2 before the gold has undergone a change of substance. Silk garments, and any garment whose predominant outward part is silk3, are forbidden for males, except when the silk and the other material are equal in amount, or when there is a necessity such as itching, illness, lice, combat4, or when the silk serves merely as lining, or as a decorative stripe no wider than four finger-breadths, or as small patches, or as the inner facing of a collar, pocket flaps, or the side edges of a fur cloak.

It is disliked for men to wear garments dyed with ʿuṣfur (safflower) or saffron.

Among the prerequisites is avoiding impurities5: whoever carries an impurity that is not excused, or whose garment or body comes into contact with it, his prayer is invalid. If he packs impure ground with clay or lays a pure covering over it, the act is disliked yet the prayer is valid; and if the impurity is at the contiguous edge of his place of prayer, the prayer is likewise valid6, provided it is not dragged along by his movement7.

Whoever, after finishing the prayer, notices an impurity on himself but does not know whether it was present during the prayer is not required to repeat it. If, however, he knows that it was present but had forgotten about it or was unaware of it, he must repeat the prayer.