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Topic: Prayer without wearing anything on the head
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Abu Ubaydah Yaqub ibn Umar
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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركــــاته
Shaykh Al-Albānī (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
"I think, doing Salāt while the head is uncovered is a detested act for a muslim should be in his most beautiful Islamic appearance when doing Salāt. The Prophet (Sall Allahu Aleihi Wa Salam)said: "Allāh is more worthy that one beautifies oneself for"(The first part of the hadīth is "When one of you intends to do his Salāt, he shouldwear his best clothes, for Allāh ". (1) As-Salaf used to consider it a detested act to uncover oneŭs head, walk in the street and get into the mosque in such a state. This bad habit has actually got into our Islamic countries through colonization and muslims regretfully adopted it blindly and hence loosing most of their Islamic characteristics. This [hadīth](2) should not be taken as a pretext to abandon this Islamic tradition especially when doing Salāt.
As for some Egyptian muslim brethren who claim that one is permitted to uncover his head [in Salāt] like he does in Hajj, this is indeed a false analogy. Uncovering the head in Hajj is one of its rites that no other act of worship shares. Had this kind of analogy been correct, then uncovering oneŭs head in Salāt would have been obligatory since it is so in Hajj. Those who claim the first part of this conditional clause should stick to its second part otherwise it should be totally abandoned and they had better do so".
Tamām Al-Minnah Fī At-Talīq Alā Fiqh As-Sunnah (pp. 164-5).
Shaykh Abd al-Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: an imam leads the people in prayer and he is not wearing anything on his head. What is the ruling on that?
He replied:
There is nothing wrong with that, because the head is not part of the awrah, rather what is required is to pray in a lower and upper garment, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: No one of you should pray in a single garment with no part of it over his shoulders. But if he wears his adornment and dresses fully, that is preferable, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes) while prayingŭ
[al-Aŭraaf 7:31]
But if he is in a country where it is not customary to cover the head, then there is nothing wrong with leaving it bare. End quote.
Majmoo Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 10/405, 406
He was also asked: Is it permissible to pray without a turban? Is it permissible for the imam who is leading the people in prayer to pray without a head cover? Is the taaqiyah (kufi, skull-cap) sufficient?
He replied:
There is nothing wrong with praying without a turban because the head is not ŭawrah, and it is not obligatory to cover it whilst praying, whether one is praying as an imam, praying alone or following an imam. But if wearing a turban is customary then it is better to do it, especially when praying with other people, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes) while praying
[al-Araaf 7:31]
and this is part of adornment.
It is well known that men who are in ihraam pray bareheaded, because they are not allowed to cover their heads whilst in ihraam. Hence it is known that there is nothing wrong with praying bareheaded. End quote.
Majmoo Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 10/406
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
It was narrated that Ibn Umar said to his freed slave Naafi: Do you go and meet people bareheaded? He said: No. He said: Allaah has more right that you should be modest before Him. This indicates that it is better to cover the head, but if we apply the words of Allaah - (interpretation of the meaning): O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes) while praying [al-Araaf 7:31] to this issue, we will see that covering the head is better among people who regard covering the head as a kind of adornment. But if we are among people who do not regard that as a kind of adornment, we do not say that covering it is better or that leaving it bare is better. It is proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to pray in a turban, and the turban is a head covering. End quote.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti, 2/166
(1)This hadīth is narrated by At-Tahāwī in "Sharh Maānī Al-Athār"(vol. 1 / p.221), At-Tabarānī and Al-Baihaqī in "As-Sunan Al-Kubrā"(vol. 2 / p. 236). Its chain of narrators is sound as is mentioned in "Majma Az-Zawāid"(vol. 2 / p.51). "As-Silsilah As-Sahihah"(no. 1369).)
(2) The hadīth states Sometimes, the Prophet ((Sall Allahu Aleihi Wa Salam)) used to take off his turban and place it in front of him in Salāt as a Sutraŭ. This is a weak Hadīth. Al-Albānī said: "Ibn Asākir was the only one to narrate it. I clarified its points of weakness in the "Silsilah Ad-Daŭīfah" (no. 2538) Had this hadīth been authentic, it does not mean by any means to uncover oneŭs head all the time, it only indicates that He ((Sall Allahu Aleihi Wa Salam))used to do so if he had no Sutra, for taking Sutra is much more important than covering the head.
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unspecified Asif bin Husain Mullaji
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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركــــاته
Imaam Al-Albany (raheemahullaah) (in Al-Qawl Al-mubin fi akhta' Al-musallin by Mashhūr Hasan Al Salman (Hafidhaullah) on page #58 of the 2nd editio) said : "Praying bareheaded is makruh (disliked). It is not established at all that the Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam ever prayed outside the pilgrimage bare headed, without a turban/cap. Whoever thinks he did so then he he should bring the proof.
If he sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam had done so, it would have been recorded. The narration attributed to Ibn 'Abbaas radiyallaahuanhu that the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam would some times remove his cap and place it as a sutrah in front of him is da'eef (Weak)"
It is worth saying here that the one who does his Salaah while uncovering his head, his Salaat is correct although he has done a detested act as Al-Baghawī and many other 'Ulamah stated.
Consequently, those who refrain from doing Salaah behind an Imaam who uncovers his head, their act is improper although the Imaam should be in his most beautiful shape in his Salaah, fullfilling what he could of the prophetŭs (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) Sunnah. May Allāh (subhaanahu Ta'laa) guide us to the Right Path.
Taken from the book: "The Clarified Ruling Of Mistakes Done In Salaah"
By: Mashhūr Hasan Āl Salmān (Hafidhaullah)
O Allaah, Lord of Jibraeel, Meekail, Israfeel.Maker of the Heavens & the earth. You judge between your slaves regarding in which they differ. Guide me to the truth in which there is difference, by Your leave. Surely, You guide whomever you please to the straight path
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