—on the day of the Conquest of Mecca—wearing a black turban. Reported by Muslim.

Commentary
Imam al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, cites these ḥadiths in Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn under “The Book of Dress,” and some of them have already been mentioned. Here we are concerned with the ḥadith of Wahb ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Suwaʾī, Abū Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him). He relates that he saw the Prophet ﷺ in a red leather tent—made of adam (leather; the correct reading is adam)—at al-Abṭaḥ during the Farewell Pilgrimage. When the Prophet ﷺ reached Mecca for that pilgrimage, in the tenth year after the Hijrah, he entered the city mid-morning on Sunday, the fourth of Dhū al-Ḥijjah. He proceeded to the Sacred Mosque, performed ṭawāf and saʿy, then came out to al-Abṭaḥ and remained there until the eighth. It was inside this tent, which had been erected for him, that the incident occurred.

Abū Juhayfah says that when the sun had passed its zenith the Prophet ﷺ emerged wearing a red ḥulla, and he could almost see the whiteness of the Prophet’s shins. The term “red ḥulla” means that its stripes were red, not black or green, for a garment that is purely, solidly red has been forbidden by the Prophet ﷺ. Accordingly, this narration is understood to indicate that its bands and woven patterns were red. Bilāl (may Allah be pleased with him) then came out carrying the Prophet’s ablution water