We all have to
wear clothes, even non-Muslims have to wear clothes. So do this act according
to sunnat and just think that this is the sunnat of my Nabî Salallahu Alaihi
Wasallam. And the sunnat method is not difficult either!
When wearing the
kurtâ, and even a shirt for that matter -though it is not sunnat to wear a
shirt - we can wear it according to sunnat; that is put the right hand in
the right sleeve first, and then the left hand in the left sleeve. For this, in
this day and age we will get the reward of a hundred martyrs. The martyr of the
battlefield gets the reward of a single shahîd, while this shahîd gets the
reward of 100 shaheeds and does not even die! Then put the right leg in the
right side of the trouser, then the left leg in the left side. And dare not
give somebody an appointment the 1st thing in the morning! Wear your
trouser first! What will happen if you gave an appointment and you do not have
your trouser on?!
Our Sheikh (dâmat
barakâtuhum) says, in his wonderful, humorous way, that there are only 3 ways
you can wear your trousers, firstly, the left leg in the left side first. Never
do this, this is the way of shaytân. The 2nd way is to hang the
trouser between 2 chairs and make a runaway in the house and run and jump with
both legs at one time into the trouser. Never try this, this is not sunnat and
you will break your head and back, and won’t succeed either. The 3rd
way is the simple sunnat way, that is the right leg in the right side first and
then the left side. The same ruling applies with the socks and shoes.
Ladies have an
added bonanza and gift. They bring up the children, so if they teach the
children to wear their clothes according to sunnat, as long as they will carry
on doing it and in turn teach their children, all the rewards will accrue in
their account as well! Children of 2 years, the terrible 2, do all impossible
and upside down things, they will wear the left foot first in the right shoe,
and the right foot in the left shoe. So if the mother teaches the child, “My
darling, the right foot in the right shoe first and then the left foot in the
left shoe,” for a few days and the child gets used to it and carries on doing
it its whole life and teaches it to others, the mother will carry on getting
its reward for as long as this action carries on. May Allah Ta'ala grant us the
ability to learn every sunnat.
Try and acquire
our Sheikh’s little pocket size booklet titled ‘The beautiful sunnats of our
beloved Nabî Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam’. May Allah Ta'ala grant us the
ability to inculcate the love of every sunnat, practise upon it, and spread it
in the entire ummah! Âmîn.
