Remaining Bareheaded

Question

Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ keep a cap on his head while eating and drinking or not? In states other than prayer, was his head uncovered or was there a cloth on his head? Apart from sleep — while walking about, sitting in gatherings, meeting ordinary people and conversing — did he take care to wear a cap or not? Please set out the hadiths on this matter.

Answer

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked to tie a turban over a cap. Sometimes it was otherwise as well. The fashion of going bareheaded that is current nowadays — that was not the practice. The narration on this is cited in “Jamʿ al-Wasa’il sharh Shama’il al-Tirmidhi”.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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