Evidence for the long cap

Question

Question: (1) Respected Mufti! Here in the Hooghly district there is a place called Furfura; there is a great khanqah (a Sufi lodge) of spiritual guidance and discipleship here, and its chain (silsila) is also long. Hazrat Mawlana Abu Bakr ﵀, who in his time was a very great saint — the line of his descendants continues even now. In small issues they differ greatly from the books of the elders, and one of these is the round and the long cap.

Answer

[ar]عن أبي كبشة قال: كان كمام أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ بطحًا، رواه الترمذي، وقال: هذا حديث منكر. (كمام أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ) بكسر الكاف جمع كمة بالضم كقباب وقبة، وهي القلنسورة المدورة، سميت بها لأنها تغطي الرأس، (بطحًا) بضم الموحدة فسكون المهملة جمع بطحاء، أي كانت مبسوطة على رؤوسهم لازقة غير مرتفعة عنها[/ar] “From Abu Kabsha, who said: ‘The caps (kimam)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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