129 – The mintaqa, that is, the ḥiyāṣa (1)—a belt—was certainly known, but no report has reached us indicating that the Prophet ﷺ ever girded his waist with such a belt.
Mahāmīz (spurs)
130 – As for the mahāmīz (2), they were superfluous: an Arabian horse ridden by a competent horseman needs no spur.
131 – For this reason the hadiths never mention that they rode with spurs; only those who genuinely required them ever adopted them.
Wide and narrow sleeves
132 – Likewise, the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions did not wear excessively long sleeves, nor sleeves that were overly wide.
133 – We have already noted that the sleeve of the Prophet’s shirt reached his wrist; anything beyond that is extravagance (3).
134 – Moreover, a combatant would be unable to fight effectively in such sleeves.
125 – Some people claim that they were introduced only by certain individuals who professed affiliation to