Is there a contradiction between the saying of the Exalted, “Take your adornment at every mosque,” and the prohibition of combing the hair except every other day?

The questioner : ... regarding the verse Are we not commanded to pray in the mosque at five times? When one begins, he takes his adornment at every visit to the mosque, which means he would be doing so all day long.

The Shaykh : This is appropriate for the issue. Your brother, Abu 'Adnan, who enters the mosque, might have his pants stained with tar or covered in dust or something similar. In that case, we tell him to take his adornment at the mosque. First, we must remember two facts here. The first fact is that the primary intent of the verse is covering the 'awrah (nakedness). The verse originally intends covering the 'awrah because it was revealed to discipline the Arabs who used to circumambulate the Ka'bah naked, based on a very foolish, illogical, and rationalistic philosophy. They used to say, “We should not circumambulate the House of Allah in clothes in which we have disobeyed Allah. Therefore, O my Lord, as You created me, so I will be.” Even when a woman would come and want to circumambulate, she would take off her clothes and place her hands like this while circumambulating, reciting and saying:
“Today some of it is revealed, or all of it, *** And what is revealed of it, I do not make lawful.”
They closed their eyes! Oh men! It is extreme foolishness. So Allah the Mighty and Majestic revealed this verse meaning, “Cover your 'awrah.” Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came with a ruling, as he is the explainer of the Qur'an by the text of the Qur'an , and he expanded the meaning of this adornment. He said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, . Then the Sunnah provided details for this matter. He said, . A question came, perhaps on an occasion like this, and at that time the question would be considered strange, as I say to some people, “My brother, your question is taken from the previous speech,” or the question that came, which I will mention, came in another session. He said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, . The implication is that one who does not have it does not have that. So I want to say that a question came: “O Messenger of Allah, does one of us pray in a single garment?” This answer is implied by the concept of the opposite, as the jurists say. One who has an izar (lower garment) and a rida' (upper garment) uses them, but one who does not have an izar and a rida' uses the garment he has to cover his waist and cover the 'awrah, which is the 'awrah in prayer and outside of prayer. But this question came either from a negligent person who does not understand the implication of the saying of the Messenger of Allah , or on another occasion where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mention this hadith. He said:The questioner : “Does one of us pray in a single garment?” He said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, . This statement is not said today in this age. As Allah wills, you find a poor man wearing better than a rich man sometimes. Ah, the severe, extreme poverty where one cannot find what to cover his body, top and bottom, is no longer there. That is the one who cannot find breakfast and dinner in one day. Where were their conditions compared to ours? Then Allah opened up the lands and wealth for them, while He has closed it upon us today. All of that is due to their adherence to their religion. The answer was . A detail was given. He said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, . Why does he wrap himself in it? To cover his upper part, which is part of the complete adornment. In fact, he said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, . You see how many people today Allah has provided for. You find a lazy person wearing a shirt... and praying. Why? He covers his 'awrah. He does not know that this poor man has a second 'awrah regarding his prayer, which is the upper part of the body. He must wear something. Did not the Messenger of Allah say in a hadith from Ibn 'Umar, or a narration in this hadith, where he saw his slave Nafi' praying in a single garment? He said to him, “Did I not present you with two garments?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “What do you think if you went to meet one of these, meaning the princes, would you go with one garment or two?” He said, “No, with two.” He said, “Then Allah is more worthy that you adorn yourself for Him.” These meanings have become lost among the Muslims today. One of them stands up to pray in his house in a shirt... Why? His 'awrah is covered. But prayer has a specific etiquette. We do not pray with the 'awrah of the upper part exposed. But this is an etiquette related to prayer. The reason is that he keeps a shirt on his shoulders. And a shirt today is easy to wear, an abaya is very easy, a jilbab, and so on. But like this shirt... this is a lack of etiquette with Allah when the believer stands to converse with his Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He. This is if we understand the saying of the Exalted . The first thing we must understand is: cover your 'awrah. The clothing is the second thing. We expand as the Messenger of Allah expanded . But a person does not always have this available, as we said. Exactly regarding the limit, we must keep in mind that when the living person stands to pray before Allah, he adorns himself if he can. When the dead person is buried, we dress him in the coffin. We talk about clothes. We are dressing him in the coffin now. No, this is not possible, and this is not feasible. No problem, there is no blame. Do you know the answer of the Messenger of Allah when they used to ask him about Hajj? One would say to him, “I did not throw the stones except when I arrived in the evening.” He said . He said, “What did he do?” I no longer remember the hadith. Yes, he said, “There is no blame, there is no blame.” But keep in mind that you fulfill the Shari'ah of your Lord. If it is not feasible, there is no blame.