سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب المناسكThe Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wal-Hajj)
باب مَا يَلْبَسُ الْمُحْرِمُChapter: What The Muhrim Should Wear.
Hadith 1824
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ،عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، بِمَعْنَاهُ .
The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn Umar from the Prophet ﷺ to the same effect.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1824. Commentary:
➊ It is not necessary for a woman to wear the special sheets of ihram. Rather, she will enter into ihram in her shalwar kameez and dupatta and veil. However, she also cannot use perfume, especially wars (a type of perfume) and saffron. Similarly, she cannot wear gloves. However, she can wear socks or stockings, and in fact, wearing them is better for her because they provide more covering.
➋ According to the correct opinion for men, it is also permissible to wear socks (khuffayn), even if they are not cut. Although the majority opinion is that they should be cut, the correct view is that when shoes are not available, it is not obligatory to cut the socks, because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, while delivering the sermon at Arafah, said: “Whoever does not have shoes should wear socks, and whoever does not have an izar (lower garment) should wear trousers.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Jaza’ al-Sayd, Hadith: 1841 and Sahih Muslim, al-Hajj, Hadith: 1178) In this hadith, he did not command that the socks be cut, so it is understood from this that the hadith in which cutting the socks is commanded was at the beginning of ihram, and the second ruling is for the day of Arafah. From this, it is established that the command to cut them is abrogated.
➊ It is not necessary for a woman to wear the special sheets of ihram. Rather, she will enter into ihram in her shalwar kameez and dupatta and veil. However, she also cannot use perfume, especially wars (a type of perfume) and saffron. Similarly, she cannot wear gloves. However, she can wear socks or stockings, and in fact, wearing them is better for her because they provide more covering.
➋ According to the correct opinion for men, it is also permissible to wear socks (khuffayn), even if they are not cut. Although the majority opinion is that they should be cut, the correct view is that when shoes are not available, it is not obligatory to cut the socks, because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, while delivering the sermon at Arafah, said: “Whoever does not have shoes should wear socks, and whoever does not have an izar (lower garment) should wear trousers.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Jaza’ al-Sayd, Hadith: 1841 and Sahih Muslim, al-Hajj, Hadith: 1178) In this hadith, he did not command that the socks be cut, so it is understood from this that the hadith in which cutting the socks is commanded was at the beginning of ihram, and the second ruling is for the day of Arafah. From this, it is established that the command to cut them is abrogated.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1824
