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I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) delivering a sermon at `Arafat saying, "If a Muhrim does not find slippers, he
could wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather, but he has to cut short the Khuffs below
the ankles), and if he does not find an Izar (a waist sheet for wrapping the lower half of the body) he
could wear trousers."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 28, Hadith 21
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`Abdullah bin Al-Abbas and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama differed at Al-Abwa'; Ibn `Abbas said that a
Muhrim could wash his head; while Al-Miswar maintained that he should not do so. `Abdullah bin
`Abbas sent me to Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari and I found him bathing between the two wooden posts (of
the well) and was screened with a sheet of cloth. I greeted him and he asked who I was. I replied, "I
am `Abdullah bin Hunain and I have been sent to you by Ibn `Abbas to ask you how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
used to wash his head while in the state of lhram." Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari caught hold of the sheet of
cloth and lowered it till his head appeared before me, and then told somebody to pour water on his
head. He poured water on his head, and he (Abu Aiyub) rubbed his head with his hands by bringing
them from back to front and from front to back and said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) doing like this."
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked what sort of clothes a Muhrim should wear. He replied, "He should not
wear a shirt, turbans, trousers, a hooded cloak, or a dress perfumed with saffron or Wars; and if
slippers are not available he can wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather) but he should
cut them so that they reach below the ankles.