The Impact of Clothing on a Person's Character

The Shaykh : I have read a great many books, especially in the early stages of my academic life. I read what I should have read and what I should not have read. Then, by the grace of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), He guided me to the Sunnah. I read a book with a strange title: *The Philosophy of Clothing*. The author was a foreign, non-Muslim European, and the translator was an Arab Muslim. I read this anecdote, which we benefit from to clarify—excuse me, not to support, but to clarify—that the Shari'ah preceded the sciences. All of these say, "The clothes a person wears affect his character." The example he gives is one everyone understands: "You find a poor man wearing tattered clothes, walking with a slouch, walking with humility, and so on. This same man, if he wears new clothes, stands straight." His inner voice says, "O earth, be firm, for no one is above you." This man did not change; he is the same person, but the clothes affected him. This confirms the saying taken from some of the hadiths I mentioned earlier: "Nature is a thief." Nature is a thief. And therefore.
The student : You are the ones who imposed that I am not the owner of the house. If I were the owner of the house, I would have opened it wide open...

The Shaykh : I am not denying this now, yes.
The student : ... the singers are less than the hot weather, but there is no power and no strength except in Allah. Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.