Can we Pray in One Cloth What to do if Garment is too Short? What cloth to use for Prayer in Islam? It should be too Short or large enough to pray? How to Pray in single garment?
Prayer Clothing Hadith in Islam:
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 357: Narrated Said bin Al-Harith:
I asked Jabir bin ‘Abdullah about praying in a single garment. He said, “I travelled with the Prophet during some of his journeys, and I came to him at night for some purpose and I found him praying. At that time, I was wearing a single garment with which I covered my shoulders and prayed by his side. When he finished the prayer, he asked, ‘O Jabir! What has brought you here?’ I told him what I wanted. When I finished, he asked, ‘O Jabir! What is this garment which I have seen and with which you covered your shoulders?’ I replied, ‘It is a (tight) garment.’ He said, ‘If the garment is large enough, wrap it round the body (covering the shoulders) and if it is tight (too short) then use it as an Izar (tie it around your waist only.)
According to Muslim tradition, the cloth was tight and Jabir R.A. opposed it on both sides and leaned to one side in prayer so that the concealment would not open. Prophet Muhammad PBUH told them that this is the case when the cloth is wide, if it is tight, then only the apron should be worn.
Hope this hadith will help you in details when you have only garment and want to pray in it.
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