بسم الله الرحمـن الرحيم
والصلاة والسلام على
رسوله الكريم
والعاقبة للمتّقين
Color of Turban
Recently a well-known Barelwi sect, so-called Da’wat-i-Islami,
known for their green turbans, decided to update their ‘uniform’ by adapting
seven other colors for their turban: 1. Black 2. Burnt 3. Yellow 4. Saffron 5.
Red 6. White and 7. Green. The truth is, we do not know any authentic evidence
which establishes that the Prophet ﷺ ever wore a solid green turban.
Undoubtedly, the Hadith mentions that the Prophet ﷺ would wear a solid black turban, as he
wore it during the Conquest of Mecca, and also on the pulpit with its two ends
hanging between his shoulder blades. Of course the Prophet ﷺ encouraged us
to wear pure white garments, and that would include a white turban. According
to the Hadith of Ibn UmarRA via Zayd b. AslamRA the
Prophet ﷺ wore clothing dyed with yellow, including his turban. In
a weak report, it is mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ wore a Qitri turban, which
is a coarse cloth with red in it and designs, imported from Qatar or the region
of Bahrain in eastern Arabia (the Gulf region). As mentioned, this report is
weak due to an unknown narrator – Abi Ma’qal. So it must be repeated that there
is absolutely no authentic proof that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ever wore
a green turban. Therefore, while wearing any color of turban is permissible, it
is not Sunnah to wear a green colored turban, rather, one should stick to black
and white colored turbans. It is also permissible to wear turbans with designs
or patterns just as it is permissible to wear a solid colored turban. The green
turban was (until quite recently!) almost exclusively associated with these
grave-worshiping Barelwis and other misguided pseudo-Sufi sects, and hence the
people of Tawhid and Sunnah tend to avoid that color of turban and stick to the
Sunnah of black or white colored turbans. It is also mentioned in a Hadith that
the Prophet ﷺ described the seventy-thousand Jews of Isbahan who would follow
the Dajjal (Antichrist) as being draped in Sijan which the Ulama, such
as Mulla Ali Qari, explained as being green shawls. As for wearing green
garments in general, that is definitely a Sunnah as it is proven from an
authentic Hadith that the Prophet ﷺ wore two green garments.
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