Black Clothing and Shi'ism

 بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

والصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله

Mirza of Jhelum, one of the hideous barking dogs and squealing pigs of our time makes it a point to regularly wear black clothing and teaches a new doctrine that wearing black is a Sunnah and it is the most preferable color with regard to clothing. 

This donkey from Jhelum combines in his rhetoric a strange mixture of Wahhabism and Rafidi Shi’ism. Because wearing all black is generally associated with the Shi’ites, the pig from Jhelum is eager to promote this trend as a way of annoying Sunni Muslims, especially the pious thereof who generally wear all white.

Yet, the verdict of the Holy Quran is that white is certainly superior to black, as Allah Most High says:

یَّوۡمَ تَبۡیَضُّ وُجُوۡہٌ وَّتَسۡوَدُّ وُجُوۡہٌ ۚ فَاَمَّا الَّذِیۡنَ اسۡوَدَّتۡ وُجُوۡہُہُمۡ ۟ اَکَفَرۡتُمۡ بَعۡدَ اِیۡمَانِکُمۡ فَذُوۡقُوا الۡعَذَابَ بِمَا کُنۡتُمۡ تَکۡفُرُوۡنَ

وَاَمَّا الَّذِیۡنَ ابۡیَضَّتۡ وُجُوۡہُہُمۡ فَفِیۡ رَحۡمَۃِ اللّٰہِ ؕ ہُمۡ فِیۡہَا خٰلِدُوۡنَ

The Day some faces will be whitened and some faces will be blackened. So as for those whose faces will be blackened, “Did you disbelieve after your Faith? Now taste the punishment because of your disbelieving!”

And as for those whose faces will be whitened, so they are in the mercy of Allah. In it they will abide eternally

(Surah 3, Ayah 106 & 107)

Some of the Sahabah, may Allah be pleased with them, with regard to this passage in the Holy Quran, rightly interpreted the white faces as a reference to the Sunnis and the black faces as a reference to the people of innovation and misguidance—such as the Shi’ites, Kharijites, etc.

Now the pig of Jhelum, in arrogantly declaring that black clothes are preferable to white, blatantly contradicts the Hadith of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him:

الْبَسُوا الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ

“Wear white, for indeed it is purer and cleaner, and shroud your deceased in it.” (Jami al-Tirmidhi)

Engineer Mirza, the hideous, black barking dog from Jhelum, shamelessly slanders the Sunni Ulama by alleging that they discourage the laity from wearing black clothing by saying it is the clothing of the inhabitants of Hell.

The irony is that such narrations to the effect that black clothing is associated with the cursed Pharaoh and the inhabitants of Hell is derived from Shi’ite literature, not Sunni. Hence, it is reported in Yaqub al-Kulayni’s book Furu al-Kafi, under the chapter heading:

لبس السواد

Wearing Black

قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام أما إني ألبسه وأنا أعلم أنه لباس أهل النار

Abu Abdullah [Imam Ja’far], peace be upon him, “I am wearing it and I know that it is the clothing of the people of the Fire.” (Furu al-Kafi, v.6, p.282)

It is similarly narrated from Amir ul-Mu’minin, Ali bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, according to the Twelver Shi’ite scholar Shaykh al-Saduq, that he said:

لا تلبسوا السواد فإنه لباس فرعون

“Do not wear black for indeed it is the clothing of Pharaoh.”

(Man La Yahdarah ul-Faqih, v.1, p.251)

Keep in mind we Sunni Muslims rejects these narrations from the Shi’ite literature, and regard it as completely permissible to wear black for both men and women.

I only quote these narrations to point out the irony and the hypocrisy of the Shi’ites who frequently wear black from head to toe, such that is has become a symbol of their religion, and to repudiate the donkey Mirza of Jhelum who falsely accuses the Sunnis of spreading the idea that black clothing is associated with the inhabitants of Hell.

So while it is permissible to wear black, and other colors, Sunni Muslims are highly encouraged to prefer all white clothing, as that is the true Sunnah, and the wearing of all white is especially today almost exclusively associated with Muslims. This is one of the wonders of Allah that out of so many different cultures, religions and populations, the wearing of all white is almost universally recognized as exclusively Islamic.

It is lamentable that Muslims today are abandoning the wearing of all white flowing garments for the European style coat and pants which tend to be black or other dark colors. The immoral celebrities and influencers of the Kuffar who wear all black are being copied by our stupid, senseless youth. All of this is taking them away from the Religion. They should instead emulate the style of our pious saints, scholars and elders who wear flowing white garments, and cover their heads with white skullcaps or turbans.

One of the reasons Twelver Shi’ites wear all black is to symbolize their mourning, especially in the sacred month of Muharram (the month in which this article is written). But the association between mourning and the color black has no basis in Islam. The custom of wearing black to funerals comes from European Christians, itself originating in the custom of Pagan Rome. It is totally alien to us Muslims, who are encouraged to frequently wear white, and shroud our deceased in it. We should make it a point to wear white to funerals as a symbolic rejection of the vain European custom. Even the Bible does not associate wearing black with mourning, but instead wearing sackcloth and ashes.

Till this day, wearing all black is not only associated with Twelver Shi’ites, especially their clergy, but also the Christian clergy, especially Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Assyrian clergy. It is also strongly associated with the Haredi and Hasidic Jewish sects.

But as for wearing all white, the Sunnah of my Master the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the Angels, it is till this day universally associated with the Muslims and may it continue to be so till the end of time. Amin!

Now some people might question why I have used such harsh language in this article against Engineer Mirza of Jhelum. This is an individual who has committed blasphemy against the Saints of Allah, and rude, disrespectful language and tone of voice against my Master the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and many of his Companions. This is an individual who day and night seeks to destroy Islam with his heretical ideas and notions, and deceives the youth with his anti-clerical narrative, and his rabid hostility to Sufism. Simultaneously, he glazes the enemies of Islam, both external and internal, including heretics and innovators like Ghamidi. The Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

مَنْ وَقَّرَ صَاحِبَ بِدْعَةٍ فَقَدْ أَعَانَ عَلَى هَدْمِ الْإِسْلَامِ

“Whoever honors an innovator has surely aided in the destruction of Islam!” (Shu’b al-Iman, #9018)