16 False Narrations About Wearing Turbans (Imaamahs) [Updated]

IntheNameofAllaah,theMostGracious,theEverMercifulWhileitisauthenticallyestablishedthatourMessenger(mayAllaahraisehisrankandgranthimpeace)didwearimaamahs(turbans),thereareanumberoffabricatedandextremelyweakhadeethnarrationsthatmanySufis,Shia,andotherfanaticalturbanenthusiastspassonwithoutverification,seekingtomaketheissueofwearingaturbananessentialpartoftheIslaamicdresscode,morethanahistoricaltraditionofdresssharedbytheMuslimsandnonMuslimsofmanyArabregions.Thefollowingisabrieflistofsomeofthefabricatedandunauthenticnarrationsthatmanyturbanenthusiastsoftentrytopassoffasauthentichadeeth:

1TURBANSARETHEMARKOFTHEANGELS?

Uponyouis(towear)imaamahs(turbans),astheyarethemarkoftheAngels.Fix

themsotheirtailsaredownyourbacks.Munkar(unauthenticandcontradictory):ItwascollectedbyalBayhaqeeinShuabalEemaan,atTabaraaneeinalMujamalKabeer,andIbnAdeeinalKaamilwithcontradictorychainsnarratedbyweakandunknownnarrators.See:AlMaqaasidalHasanah(no.717)andSilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.677).2MULTIPLIEDREWARDSANDANGELSPRAYINGFORPEOPLEWITHIMAAMAHS(TURBANS)?

Aprayerperformedwhilstwearinganimaamah(turban)isequalto25prayersperformedwithoutwearinganimaamah.Jumuahprayerwhilstwearinganimaamahisequalto70Jumuahprayersperformedwithoutwearinganimaamah.VerilytheAngelsattendJumuahprayerwearingimaamahs,andtheygoonprayingforpeoplewithimaamahsuntilthesunsets.Mowdhoo(fabricated):ThisfakehadeethwasidentifiedbyanumberofHadeethspecialistsasafabrication,thelikesofIbnHajr,asSakhaawee,andasSuyooteeintheircompilationsoffabricatednarrations.Referto:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.127).3MULTIPLIEDREWARDSFORSOMEONEWHOPRAYSWEARINGANIMAAMAH(TURBAN)?

Tworakahs(unitsofprayer)whilstwearinganimaamah(turban)isbetterthan70rakahsperformedwithoutwearinganimaamah.

Mowdhoo(fabricated):Itwascollectedby AbooNuaymandAdDaylamee.AlAlbaaneecategorizeditasalieinSilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.128and5699).4PRAYERINANIMAAMAH(TURBAN)ISWORTH10,000GOODDEEDS?

Prayerofferedwhilstwearinganimaamah(turban)isequalto10,000gooddeeds.Mowdhoo(fabricated):ItwascollectedbyadDaylameewithachaintoAbaan,whofabricateditasanarrationfromAnasibnMaalik,asthescholarsofHadeethhaveexplained.AlAlbaaneecategorizeditasalieinSilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.129),saying:

Ihavenodoubtthishadeethisfalse,asarethetwobeforeit,sincetheWiseLegislator(Allaah)weighsmatterswithpreciseaccuracy,anditisnotrationalforthe(additional)rewardoftheprayerwearinganimaamah(turban)tobelikethatofcongregationalprayer,orevenmany,manytimesmore!Thereisahugedifferencebetweentherulingsofwearinganimaamahandthatofcongregationalprayer.Themostthatcouldbesaidaboutwearinganimaamahisthatitisrecommended,whilewhatiscorrectistoconsideritasunnahaadah(customarypractice),notaSunnahusedinworship.WhiletheleastthatcanbesaidaboutcongregationalprayeristhatitisahighlystressedSunnah.Somebelievethatitisanessentialmatter(pillar)withoutwhichtheprayerisinvalid.Whatiscorrectisthatit(congregationalprayer)isobligatory,whiletheprayerisvalidwithoutit,butwithgreatsinincurred.SohowcouldtheMostWise,theAllKnowingmakeitsrewardequaltoprayerofferedwhilstwearinganimaamah,orevenmanytimeslessvalued?!

5ALLAAHPRAISESPEOPLEWHOWEARIMAAMAHS(TURBANS)ONFRIDAYS?

Verily,Allaah,theMightyandMajestic,andHisAngelspraisethosewearingimaamahs(turbans)onFriday.

Mowdhoo(fabricated):ItwascollectedbyAtTabaraaneeandAbooNuaym,fromthereportofAlAlaaibnAmralHanafee,narratingfromAyyoobibnMudrik,bothconsideredliarsbythescholarsofHadeeth.Referto:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.159).6ANGELSASSIGNEDTOSEEKFORGIVENESSFORPEOPLEWEARINGIMAAMAHS(TURBANS)?

VerilyAllaahhasappointedAngelsatthegatesofthelargemosquesonFridaywhoseekforgivenessforthosewearingwhiteimaamahs(turbans).

Mowdhoo(fabricated):ItwascollectedbyAlKhateebalBaghdaadeeinhisTaareekhfromthereportofYahyaaibnShabeebAlYamaanee,whoconcoctedit.Referto:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.395).7REWARDFORWRAPPINGIMAAMAHS(TURBANS),FORGIVENESSFORUNWRAPPINGTHEM?

Whoeverwearsanimaamah(turban)shallhaveagooddeedforeveryloophewrapsandasinremovedforeveryloopheunwraps.

Mowdhoo(fabricated):ItwasindexedbyalHaytameeinhisAhkaamalLibaasasbeingextremelyweak.AlAlbaaneecalleditafabricationinSilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.718).8TURBANSONCAPSARETHEDISTINCTIONBETWEENMUSLIMSANDPOLYTHEISTS?

Wearingtheimaamah(turban)ontopofthecapisthedistinguishingdifferencebetweenusandthepolytheists.Foreachloop(ofaturban)hewrapsaroundhis

head,oneshallhaveanamountoflightontheDayofJudgment.Baatil(falsehood):ThefirsthalfwascollectedbyatTirmithee,whodeclaredthehadeethtobedhaeef(unauthentic).ThesecondpartwasindexedbyIbnHajaralHaytameeinhisAhkaamalLibaas,whocalleditextremelyweak.Referto:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.1217).9TURBANSARETHECROWNSOFTHEMUSLIMS?

Gotothemasjidshumblywithyourgazeslowered,forverilyimaamahs(turbans)arethecrownsoftheMuslims.

Mowdhoo(fabricated):ItwascollectedbyIbnAdeeinalKaamilwithMubashshiribnUbaydinthechain,aknownfabricatorofhadeeth.See:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.1296and1593).10TURBANSAREBARRIERSBETWEENFAITHANDDISBELIEF?

VerilyAllaah,theMightyandMajestic,supportedmeontheDayofBadrandHunaynwithAngelsdressedintheseimaamahs(turbans).Verilytheimammahisabarrier

betweendisbeliefandfaith.

Dhaeefjiddan(extremelyweak):ItwascollectedbyAtTayaalaseeinhisMusnadfromthereportofAlAshathibnSaeed,anabandonednarrator.Referto:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.3052).11THEANGELSWOREREDTURBANSDURINGTHEUHUDBATTLE,BLACKTURBANSATBADR?

ThemarkoftheAngelsontheDayofBadrwasblackimaamahs(turbans),andontheDayofUhuditwasredimaamahs.

Mowdhoo(fabricated):ItwascollectedbyatTabaraaneeinalMujamalKabeer,fromthereportofAbdulQuddoosibnHabeeb,aknownfabricatorofnarrations.ItwasalsonarratedthattheyworeredattheBattleofHunaynandwhiteatBadr.Notonlyarethesenarrationscontradictory,noneofthemareauthentic.See:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.4088).12ALLAAHHONOREDTHISNATIONWITHTURBANSANDFLAGS?

Allaah,theMightyandMajestic,hashonoredthisNationwithimaamahs(turbans)andflags.

Dhaeef(unauthentic):ItwascollectedbySaeedibnMansoorinhisSunan,withabroken,disconnectedchainofnarration.RefertoSilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.5503).13WEARINGTURBANSOVERCAPSISFROMTHEFITRAH(UNTAINTEDSTATEOFPURITY)?

MynationwillremainupontheFitrah(untaintedpurity)solongastheywearimaamahsovertheircaps.

Mowdhoo(fabricated):ItwascollectedbyadDaylameeinhisMusnad,withMuhammadibnYoonusalKudaymeeinthechain,aknownliar.Referto:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.6072).14NOTWEARINGTURBANSISALOSSOFHONORANDDISTINCTION?

Imaamahs(turbans)constitutetherespectfulpresenceofthebelievers,andtheyarethehonoroftheArabs.WhentheArabsputdowntheirimaamahs,theycast

asidetheirhonor.Dhaeef(unauthentic)atleast:ItwascollectedbyAdDaylameeinMusnadalFirdows,withHanthalahasSadooseeandAbooNuaymAbdulMalikibnMuhammad.Hanthalahwasconsideredweakbysomehadeethcritics,extremelyweakbyothers.AbdulMalikremainsunknown.ThishadeethwascitedbyasSakhaaweeinalMaqaasidalHasanah(pp.465466),inhislistofunauthenticnarrationsaboutimaamahs,aboutwhichheconcluded:Noneofthemareestablished,whilesomeofthemareweakerthanothers.Review:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(4/9697).15WEARINGTURBANSENHANCESGOODCHARACTER?

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Wearimaamahs(turbans),yourgoodcharacterwillimprove.

Dhaeefjiddan(extremelyweak):ItwascollectedbyAlHaakimandothers,withUbaydullaahibnAbeeHumaydinthechain,anabandonednarrator.AlHaakim,knownforlaxnessinauthenticatingnarrations,mistakenlycalledthehadeethauthenticinhisMustadrak(4/193).InAthThahabeescriticalreviewofthoserulings,herejectedthiserror,saying:UbaydullaahwasabandonedbyAhmad[ibnHanbal].InIbnHajarsdesktopreferenceofnarrators,TaqreebatTahtheeb,heclasifiedthisnarratoras:Abandonedinhadeeth.Furthermore,thehadeethwasnarratorbyothers,similarinstatustoUbaydullaah,withcontradictionsinthechainsofnarrations.ReviewSilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(no.2819)formoredetailedcriticism.Likethepreviousnarration,itwasalsocitedbyasSakhaaweeinalMaqaasidalHasanah(pp.465466),inhislistofunauthenticnarrationsaboutimaamahs,aboutwhichheconcluded:Noneofthemareestablished,whilesomeofthemareweakerthanothers.16TRAVELFORGOODHEALTHANDWEARTURBANSFORGOODCHARACTER?

Travel,youwillhavegoodhealth.Wearimaamahs(turbans),youwillhavegoodcharacter.

Dhaeefjiddan(extremelyweak):ItwascollectedbyIbnAdeeinalKaamil,with AbooBakralHuthaleeinthechain,anabandonednarrator.Referto:SilsilatalAhaadeethadDhaeefah(6/344).PointsofConfusionSpreadbyFanaticalTurbanEnthusiastsWearingaTurbanisanAuthenticSunnahinSaheehAlBukhaareeResponse:NoonecandenythattheMessengerofAllaah(mayAllaahraisehisrankandgranthimpeace)woreimaamahs.Thatisahistoricalfact.However,whatismissingisanyproofthatimaamahsweremadeaspartofAllaahsReligion.WorshippingAllaahwithArabculturethattheMessengerhimselfdidnotworshipAllaahwithismostcertainlyablameworthyinnovationinIslaam.ScholarsofAhlusSunnahEncouragetheWearingofTurbans

Response:Thisisalsotrue,butwithinthecultureofthoseplaceswherewearingsuchheadwearisthecustomarypracticeofuprightpeople.Itisencouragedasmurooah(matchingculturalnorms),notpartoftheReligionthough.Additionally,somescholarsusethewordimaamahtorefertoanyheadcovering,andtheyencouragetheMuslimstodistinguishthemselvesbycoveringtheirheads,withcaps,shimaaghs,ghutrahs,oranyothercustomaryturban.SomescholarscallsomeofthesenarrationsauthenticResponse:Ifthereisascholarwhocanproduceanauthenticchainofnarrationforanyoftheseorsimilarnarrations,thenheisfreetodoso.Thenarrationscitedabovearenotauthentic,withoutadoubt.Themostobviousoftheirdefectshavebeenmentionedinbrevityalongwitheachone.Itisacknowledgedthatsomescholarserredintheirrulingsonsomeoftheabovenarrations.However,theSunnahhasbeenpreservedthroughthescholarscollectivecontributions.Whenascholarerrs,theUmmahwillfindotherscholarsclarifyingthematter.AnexampleofthisisreferredtointhenotestoHadeeth#15above.Whilethemethodologyofthepeopleoffalsehoodistochampionthemistakesofscholars,thewayofthepeopleoftruthistoascertainwhatiscorrectbasedonevidences,noterrorsorpersonalities.ItisstillallowedtoactbyweakhadeethsResponse:Someofthescholarsallowactinguponweaknarrations,undercertainconditionsthatmustbefulfilled.Firstly,theysaythatthehadeethmustbeonlyslightlyweak,notfabricated,munkar,baatil,ordhaeefjiddan,likethesenarrations.Secondly,theycannotestablishanythingnotalreadyfoundedinauthenticnarrations.Thirdly,thereisanimportantmannerusedwhenquotingthemifthefirsttwoconditionsarefulfilled:Yousay,Ithasbeennarratedinaweakhadeethorthelikes,soyoudonotattributesomethingunauthentictotheMessengerofAllaah(mayAllaahraisehisrankandgranthimpeace).Mostfanaticalturbanenthusiastsfailmiserablyinfulfillingtheseconditions,especiallythelastone.

ActingbyaweakhadeethdoesnotgiveanyonetherighttoattributethingstotheMessenger(mayAllaahraisehisrankandgranthimpeace)whichhedidnotsayordo.Hesaidinthewidelyreportedauthentichadeeth:

Whoeverliesonmeintentionally,lethimtakehisplaceintheFire.

AndAllaahknowsbest.