Benefits of the Hadith: (If the garment is wide, wrap it around yourself, meaning in prayer).

The Shaykh : It is derived from what we have mentioned that it is preferable for a person during prayer to cover his entire body. This is indicated by the saying of Allah the Exalted: meaning your clothing at every mosque, i.e., at every prayer. Among the benefits of this hadith is that it is not obligatory to cover the upper part of the body during prayer, based on his saying: and he did not say: "Pray with what covers the body" or a similar phrase. This indicates that the upper part of the body is not an awrah (part of the body that must be covered), and that is indeed the case. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that the awrah of a man in prayer is what is between the navel and the knee, so the thighs are included in the awrah in prayer, while the knee and the navel are not included in the awrah, because the phrase is "what is between the navel and the knee", so the navel and the knee are not part of the awrah. Among the benefits of this hadith is the facilitation for the Ummah (the Muslim community), where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distinguished between the wide and the narrow. This is an established principle in the Islamic Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding it: And he said to those he sent to call people to Islam: So keep this principle before your eyes always: that Islam, and praise be to Allah, is a religion of ease, simplicity, and leniency. Among the benefits of this hadith is that the lower part of the body is more deserving of covering than the upper part, based on his saying: .