Shamail al-Muhammadiyah

"Allah’s Messenger said (Allah bless him and give him peace): “You must apply antimony before going to sleep, for it clears the vision and makes the eyelashes grow.”

"Allah’s Messenger said (Allah bless him and give him peace): 'The best of your eye salves is antimony, for it clears the vision and makes the eyelashes grow.'”

"You must apply antimony, for it clears the vision and makes the eyelashes grow.”

"The apparel dearest to Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) was the shirt .”

"The apparel dearest to Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) was the shirt.”

"The apparel dearest to Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) was the shirt he used to wear.”

“The sleeve of the shirt of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) extended to the wrist.”

“I came to Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) in a group of fewer than ten men from the Muzaina tribe, so that we might pay homage to him, and his shirt was set loose (or: “the button of his shirt was set loose”), so I inserted my hand in the breast of his shirt and I touched the Seal.”

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) came out leaning on Usama ibn Zaid, wearing an outer garment of coarse cotton fabric, which he had thrown on loosely, then he led them in the ritual prayer.”

"When Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) donned a new garment, he would call it by its name, then he would say: 'O Allah praise be to You, as You have clothed me with it! I beg You for its goodness and the goodness of what it has been made for, and I take refuge with You from its evil and the evil of what it has been made for!’”

“The apparel dearest to Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) was the hibara that he used to wear.”

“I saw the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) wearing a red garb, as if I were looking at the sheen of his legs.” Sufyan said: “I think it was a hibara .”

"I never saw anyone among the people more handsome in a red garb than Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace), when the hair of his head was touching close to his shoulders.”

“I saw the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) wearing two green garments."

“I saw the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) wearing the tatters of two sheets which had been dyed with saffron, but had lost their color....” (This tradition is part of a longer story.)

Allah’s Messenger said (Allah bless him and give him peace): “You should acquire white clothes, so that your living ones may wear them, and you can shroud your deceased in them, for they are among the best of your clothes.”

“Allah’s Messenger said (Allah bless him and give him peace): 'Wear white, for it is most pure and pleasant, and you must shroud your deceased therein'.”

'Aisha said; “Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) went out one early morning, wearing a wrap of black hair.”

“The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) wore a Byzantine robe with narrow sleeves.”

We were in the presence of Abu Huraira, and he was wearing two linen garments dyed with red clay. He blew his nose in one of them, then said: “Bravo! Bravo! Abu Huraira is blowing his nose in the linen! I had found myself (in the past) as I would drop between the pulpit of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) and the room of 'A'isha (may Allah be well pleased with her) falling unconscious, so the one who would come (by) would come then plant his foot on my neck, supposing I was afflicted with insanity, though I was not afflicted with insanity, and it was merely hunger.”

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) never ate his fill of bread, nor of meat, except at a meal in the company of many diners.”

"The Negus gave the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) a pair of plain black shoes, so he put them on, then performed the minor ritual ablution and wiped over them.”

"Dihya a gown, so he wore the shoes until they were perforated, without the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) knowing whether or not they were made from the hide of a lawfully slaughtered animal.”

‘How were the sandals of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace)?’ He said: ‘They had two thongs'.”

"The sandals of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) had two thongs with double laces.”

"Anas ibn Malik brought out to us a pair of hairless sandals with two thongs. Then Thabit told me afterwards, on the authority of Anas, that they were the sandals of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace).”

"I saw you wearing the tanned ox-hide sandals with no hair on them ." He replied: "I saw Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) wearing the sandals on which there is no hair, and he performed the minor ritual ablution in them, so I love to wear them!”

"The sandals of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) had two thongs."

"I saw Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) performing the ritual prayer in sewn sandals.”

“Let none of you walk in a single sandal. Let him wear them both or take them both off!”

“The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) forbade one (referring to the man) to eat with his left hand, or to walk in a single sandal.”

“The Prophet said (Allah bless him and give him peace): "When one of you puts on sandals, let him begin with the right, and when he takes them off, let him begin with the left, for the right must be the first of them to be put on, and the last of them to be taken off.”

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) would love to start whatever he could on the right side, in his combing, his footwear and his purification.”

“The sandals of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) had two thongs, as did those of Abu Bakr and 'Umar (may Allah the Exalted be well pleased with them), and the first to tie a single knot was 'Uthman (may Allah be well pleased with him).”

“The signet ring of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) consisted of silver, and its stone was Abyssinian.”

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) chose a signet ring of silver, so he used to seal with it, and he would not wear it.”

“The signet ring of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) consisted of silver, including its stone.”

“When Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) wished to write to the non-Arabs, he was told: ‘The non-Arabs will not accept a letter unless it bears a seal.’ He therefore created a signet, and I can see its whiteness in the palm of his hand.”

“The inscription engraved on the signet ring of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) was: Muhammadun forming one line, Rasulu forming one line, and Allahi forming one line.”

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) wrote to Chosroes, Caesar and the Negus, whereupon he was told: 'The non-Arabs will not accept a letter unless it bears a seal.' Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) therefore cast a signet which had a silver ring, and on which was engraved; “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.”

"When the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) entered the toilet, he used to remove his signet ring.”

“Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) chose a signet ring of silver, so it was in his possession. Then it was in the possession of Abu Bakr and the possession of 'Umar. Then it was in the possession of 'Uthman, until it fell into the well of Aris. Its engraved inscription was: ‘Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.”

“The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to wear his signet ring on his right hand.”

"I saw Ibn Abi Rafi' wearing a signet ring on his right hand, so I asked him about that and he said: 'I saw 'Abdu llah ibn Ja'far wearing a signet ring on his right hand', and 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far said: 'Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to wear a signet ring on his right hand'.”

“He (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to wear a signet ring on his right hand.”

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to wear a signet ring on his right hand.”

“Ibn 'Abbas used to wear a signet ring on his right hand, without adornment, and he said: 'Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to wear a signet ring on his right hand'.”

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) chose a signet ring of silver, and put its stone in the part close to the palm of his hand. On it he engraved: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,” and he forbade anyone to engrave on it. It is the one that fell from Mu'aiqib into the well of Aris.”

"Al-Hasan and al-Husain used to wear signet rings on their left hands."

“He (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to wear a signet ring on his right hand.”