Do the people of knowledge have a specific dress code, and what is it?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, regarding the statement: "the one wearing the clothes of the people of knowledge", and did the people of knowledge have specific clothes, meaning...?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, the people of knowledge have a specific dress code. Allahu Akbar. You are the first to know this. Look at the scholars of Algeria; they do not have a specific dress code.
The questioner : They wear the turban, but others wear it too.
The Shaykh : But a turban of a specific shape.
The questioner : A turban like theirs, like anyone else's.
The Shaykh : In any case, in my opinion.
The questioner : I am asking about their era, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Look, even here in Saudi Arabia, most of the shaykhs, until not long ago, could not walk in the market without wearing a thobe. But now, in fact, they have expanded, so they are distinguished. Therefore, if you find ten of them wearing a thobe, you know that this is the shaykh.
The questioner : And they do not wear the agal.
The Shaykh : And they do not wear the agal either, except that something happened.
The questioner : In Egypt, O Shaykh, they have a specific dress.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, this is in every place, in every place. And the truth is, you see, this is not strange, nor is it something reprehensible, because if the scholar is distinguished, at least the one who came ignorant of him and does not know him, he looks to his appearance, he looks to his state by his appearance. Yes, what?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, no, if you review the words of the Shaykh al-Islam, you will know that he spoke about some of the shaykhs, saying... how much, this turban, and his turban is twenty cubits long, and so on. This exists, and the Sufi shaykhs, it has existed for a long time.
The student: ... Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, they see that he did this himself.
The Shaykh : This is a normal thing, this is a normal thing, it is necessary. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, the people of knowledge have a specific dress code. Allahu Akbar. You are the first to know this. Look at the scholars of Algeria; they do not have a specific dress code.
The questioner : They wear the turban, but others wear it too.
The Shaykh : But a turban of a specific shape.
The questioner : A turban like theirs, like anyone else's.
The Shaykh : In any case, in my opinion.
The questioner : I am asking about their era, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Look, even here in Saudi Arabia, most of the shaykhs, until not long ago, could not walk in the market without wearing a thobe. But now, in fact, they have expanded, so they are distinguished. Therefore, if you find ten of them wearing a thobe, you know that this is the shaykh.
The questioner : And they do not wear the agal.
The Shaykh : And they do not wear the agal either, except that something happened.
The questioner : In Egypt, O Shaykh, they have a specific dress.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, this is in every place, in every place. And the truth is, you see, this is not strange, nor is it something reprehensible, because if the scholar is distinguished, at least the one who came ignorant of him and does not know him, he looks to his appearance, he looks to his state by his appearance. Yes, what?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, no, if you review the words of the Shaykh al-Islam, you will know that he spoke about some of the shaykhs, saying... how much, this turban, and his turban is twenty cubits long, and so on. This exists, and the Sufi shaykhs, it has existed for a long time.
The student: ... Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, they see that he did this himself.
The Shaykh : This is a normal thing, this is a normal thing, it is necessary. Yes.