Excellence of wearing white clothes and the permissibility of wearingred, green, yellow and black clothes made from Cotton, Linen but not Silk | Riyad-us-Saliheen

779 Ibn `Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, “Put on white clothes because they are the best; and use them for shrouding your dead.”[At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud].

780 Samurah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Wear white clothes because they are the purest and they are closest to modesty; and shroud the dead in it.”[An-Nasa’i and Al-Hakim].

781 Bara’ (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ was of medium stature. I saw him wearing a red mantle. I have never seen anything more graceful than that.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

782 Abu Juhaifah Wahb bin `Abdullah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: I saw the Prophet ﷺ by Al-Abtah valley in Makkah, in a red tent made from tanned skin. Bilal brought him ablution water. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out wearing a red mantle; and I can still remember looking at whiteness of his shanks. So he made his ablution, and Bilal ﷺ pronounced the call for prayer (Adhan). I kept following the movement of his (Bilal’s) face to the right and to the left when he recited: `Come to the prayer; come to the success.’ Then a spear was fixed (as a Sutrah) in front of Messenger of Allah ﷺ who then stepped forward and led the prayer. Dogs and donkeys passed in front of him (beyond the spear) and no one prevented them from doing so.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

783 Abu Rimthah Rifa`ah At-Taimi (radiyallahu anhu) reported: I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ wearing two green garments.[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].

784 Jabir (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Makkah on the day of its conquest and he was wearing a black turban.[Muslim].

785 Abu Sa`id `Amr bin Huraith (radiyallahu anhu) reported: As if I am seeing Messenger of Allah ﷺ wearing a black turban and both ends of it are falling over his shoulders.[Muslim].

Another narration is: Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delivering a Khutbah wearing a black turban.

786 `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) reported: The body of Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three white Yemeni cotton garments, among which was neither a gown nor a turban.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

787 `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) reported: One morning Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out wearing a black blanket made of camel’s or sheep’s black hair with patterns of camels’ bags upon it.[Muslim].

788 Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: I was with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a journey one night, and he asked me, “Do you have any water with you?” I said, “Yes.” So he dismounted from his riding camel and walked away (to answer the call of nature) until he disappeared in the darkness. When he returned, I poured out some water from a vessel and he washed his face. He was wearing a long woollen cloak and could not take out his forearms from his sleeves, so he brought them out from below the cloak and then washed them, and then passed his (wet) hands over his head. I stretched out my hand to take off his Khuff (leather socks), but he said, “Leave them. I put them on after performing Wudu’,’‘ and he passed his (wet) hands over them.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Another narration is: Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wearing a Syrian cloak with tight sleeves.

Another narration is: This incident took place during the battle of Tabuk.