For the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“When Allah bestows a blessing upon a servant, He loves to see the effects of His blessings upon him.”

He also said:

“Allah is beautiful and loves beauty.”

Whoever forgoes fine clothing out of humility before Allah—not out of miserliness or as an absolute commitment to abstaining from it—will be rewarded by Allah for doing so and clothed in robes of honour. Conspicuous dress is disliked, whether unusually grand or unusually humble. The early generations disliked both forms of conspicuous dress: the grand and the humble. It is stated in the hadith:

“Whoever wears a garment of notoriety, Allah will clothe him in a garment of humiliation.”

The best course lies between extremes. The same outward act may earn a person reward when performed with a righteous intention, or punishment when performed with a corrupt intention. Whoever performs Hajj on foot because he is strong enough to walk, and gives others preference by spending the money on them instead, receives two rewards: one for walking and another for giving others preference.

Whoever performs Hajj on foot out of miserliness with his money, thereby harming himself, incurs two sins: the sin of miserliness and the sin of harming himself. Whoever performs Hajj riding because he is too weak to walk, seeking thereby to rest and gain strength for worship, receives two rewards. Whoever performs Hajj riding while wronging the camel-driver and the porter incurs two sins.

The same applies to clothing. Whoever forgoes fine clothing out of miserliness with his money receives no reward. Whoever forgoes it as an act of worship by treating permissible things as forbidden is sinful. And whoever wears