and earth…”—and so on to the end of the hadith. It is reported by al-Tirmidhī (1), who asked (2) al-Bukhārī about it; he replied, “It is authentic.” Our teacher explained that from that morning onward, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, let the end of his turban hang between his shoulders. This is knowledge that the tongues and hearts of the ignorant reject. I have not seen anyone else offer this insight concerning the hanging end of the turban.
He wore a shirt, which was his favourite garment, and its sleeves reached his wrists.
He wore a robe and a farrūj (a back-slit garment), which resembles a qabāʾ (coat) (3), as well as a farajiyyah (an open-front outer robe) [*] (4). He also wore a qabāʾ. When travelling, he wore a robe with narrow sleeves.
He wore a waist wrap and an upper-body wrap. Al-Wāqidī said (5): His upper wrap was a mantle six cubits long and three cubits and a handspan wide. His waist wrap was woven in Oman, four cubits and a handspan long and two cubits and a handspan wide.
He wore a red two-piece outfit. Such an outfit consists of a waist wrap and an upper wrap; the term applies only to the two garments together. Those who thought it was entirely red, with no other colour mixed in, were mistaken. Rather, the red outfit consisted of two Yemeni cloths woven with red stripes against black, like other