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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

Wearing a shirt:

Al-Ghazali says in his Ihya' al-'Ulum: "The Messenger of
God (may God bless him and grant him peace) would
wear all kinds of clothing prepared for him. Shirts, jack-
ets, shawls etc. 4

He would tie it over his shirt, sometimes opening it at the
daily prayer and outside the daily prayer. 5

He began donning his shirt from the right. 6

Weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen.
The sash is to be the work of an embroiderer. (Exodus, 28:39)

Bring his sons and dress them in tunics. (Exodus, 29:8)

He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed
him with the robe and put the ephod* on him. (Leviticus, 8:7)

* Ephod: A garment worn over the robe.

Using clothes made of linen:

In his book Manaqib, Ibn Shahr Ashub relates: "He (the
Prophet Muhammad [may God bless him and grant him

peace]) would wear clothes of woven linen and cotton. Most
of the blessed one's clothes were white. 7
The Makarim al-Akhlaq relates: "Linen was one of the
prophets' clothes." 8

For Aaron and his sons, they made tunics of fine linen—the
work of a weaver—and the turban of fine linen, the linen head-

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