is in the Fire.” Reported by al-Bukhari.

794 – Abū Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There are three people to whom Allah will neither speak on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He look at them, nor will He purify them, and for them is a painful punishment.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated this statement three times. Abū Dharr exclaimed, “They are ruined and lost! Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “The one who lets his garment drag (below the ankles), the one who reminds others of his favors, and the merchant who promotes his goods by false oaths.” Reported by Muslim. In another of his narrations: “the one who lets his lower garment hang.”

[Commentary]
These aḥādīth cited by Imām al-Nawawī ﵀ in “The Book of Dress” indicate that the garment dearest to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the qamīṣ (tunic). The reason is that the qamīṣ covers more fully than the izār (waist-wrap) and ridāʾ (upper wrap). In the Prophet’s time people would at times wear an izār and ridāʾ, and at other times a qamīṣ. The Prophet ﷺ preferred the qamīṣ because it affords greater modesty and because it is a single piece that one can put on at once; it is easier than first donning an izār and then a ridāʾ. Nonetheless, if you are in a country where people customarily wear waist-wraps and cloaks and you dress as they do, there is no harm—what matters is that you do not go against the customary dress of your locality and thereby fall into