Now, does the fact that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wore the turban imply that the turban worn by the elderly, this egg-shaped one used as a headband, is...
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The questioner : Now, does the fact that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wore the turban imply that the turban worn by the elderly, this white one used as a headband, is part of the way of the Chosen One (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh : What is it used for?
The questioner : Is it used over the shemagh, for example?
The Shaykh : Whether it is part of the Prophet’s way or not depends on whether wearing the turban is an act of worship or a custom.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What appears to be the case is that it is a custom, not an act of worship. Therefore, a person should wear what is customary in his country, and this is the Sunnah: for a person to wear what is customary in his country. Thus, the turban is not an act of worship. This is indicated by the fact that if we said the turban is an act of worship, we would also have to say that the cloak and the lower garment are acts of worship.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And let people leave their clothes and wear cloaks and lower garments, yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And although it is reported from the Prophet (may Allah’s prayer and peace be upon him) that he used to wear the shirt, even so, he frequently wore the cloak and the lower garment.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And even so, if a man went out, not in the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah, wearing only a lower garment and a cloak in a country where that is not customary, they would consider it eccentric.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that wearing the cloak, the lower garment, and the turban are matters of custom. If people are accustomed to them, the Sunnah is not to deviate from what people are accustomed to.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if they are not accustomed to them, let him wear what people are accustomed to, provided it is not forbidden by the Shari'ah.
The questioner : But these people intend by the turban an increase in worship, because they...
The Shaykh : If they intended what would benefit them.
The questioner : What would benefit them.
The Shaykh : If we know that this is a custom and not an act of worship.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it does not benefit.
The Shaykh : What is it used for?
The questioner : Is it used over the shemagh, for example?
The Shaykh : Whether it is part of the Prophet’s way or not depends on whether wearing the turban is an act of worship or a custom.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What appears to be the case is that it is a custom, not an act of worship. Therefore, a person should wear what is customary in his country, and this is the Sunnah: for a person to wear what is customary in his country. Thus, the turban is not an act of worship. This is indicated by the fact that if we said the turban is an act of worship, we would also have to say that the cloak and the lower garment are acts of worship.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And let people leave their clothes and wear cloaks and lower garments, yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And although it is reported from the Prophet (may Allah’s prayer and peace be upon him) that he used to wear the shirt, even so, he frequently wore the cloak and the lower garment.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And even so, if a man went out, not in the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah, wearing only a lower garment and a cloak in a country where that is not customary, they would consider it eccentric.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that wearing the cloak, the lower garment, and the turban are matters of custom. If people are accustomed to them, the Sunnah is not to deviate from what people are accustomed to.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if they are not accustomed to them, let him wear what people are accustomed to, provided it is not forbidden by the Shari'ah.
The questioner : But these people intend by the turban an increase in worship, because they...
The Shaykh : If they intended what would benefit them.
The questioner : What would benefit them.
The Shaykh : If we know that this is a custom and not an act of worship.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it does not benefit.