By Shaykh al-Hadīth Muhammad Yūnus Jawnpūrī Translated by Mufti Yūsuf Shabbīr [1] Question: How long was the Kurtā (Qamīṣ) of the Prophet ﷺ? Answer: The narrations differ regarding the length of the Kurtā of the Prophet ﷺ. It is narrated in the Sunan of Ibn Mājah (p. 264) from Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, “The Prophet ﷺ used to wear a Kurtā, the length and sleeves of which were short.”[2] Al-Bayhaqī relates in Shu’ab al-Īmān[3], as mentioned [in] the commentary of Shamāil of al-Munāwī (1:134), via Muslim al-A’war who relates from Anas (may Allah be pleased…
The Length of the Qamīs of the Prophet ﷺ
By Shaykh al-Hadīth Muhammad Yūnus Jawnpūrī Translated by Mufti Yūsuf Shabbīr [1] Question: How long was the Kurtā (Qamīṣ) of the Prophet ﷺ? Answer: The narrations differ regarding the length of the Kurtā of the Prophet ﷺ. It is narrated in the Sunan of Ibn Mājah (p. 264) from Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, “The Prophet ﷺ used to wear a Kurtā, the length and sleeves of which were short.”[2] Al-Bayhaqī relates in Shu’ab al-Īmān[3], as mentioned [in] the commentary of Shamāil of al-Munāwī (1:134), via Muslim al-A’war who relates from Anas (may Allah be pleased…