My love for the Qameese:

Growing up I used to playfully mock the deen in which I now follow. Certainly my heart was blind towards the Haqq. Never would I have thought growing up that I would wear a qameese, or even take it to be my favourite garment. It was a transition with many challenges, from tucking in my qameese when friends and family seen me, to putting it on only when I attend the Masajd… It was a transition which moulded me to care less what people care to say. Though the qameese isn’t necessarily considered wajib to some, it remains my favourite item to wear because of the benefit it brings.

Some of the benefits include:
° Comfort
° Being greeted by fellow ikhwaan
° Modesty
° Awrah being fully covered during and outside of salat
° & that it was the most beloved garment to our Nabi ﷺ.

Indeed it was a dress of customs, but I am not aware of any other type of garment which covers your awrah as the qameese does. It is undeniable that when one goes in rukku’ or sajdah that their pants cups their awrah. Allah commands us to observe modesty yet we meet him (In salat) sometimes in tight garments where our shirt rides up in sujood, or the shape of awrah is visible, wAllahul musta’an.

This was a brief illustration on my personal love for the Qameese, furthermore:

Imam Shawkani rahimahullah said:

والحديث يدل على استحباب لبس القميص، وإنما كان أحب الثياب إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لأنه أمكن في الستر من الرداء والإزار اللذين يحتاجان كثيراً من الربط والإمساك وغير ذلك، بخلاف القميص.

“عن أم سلمة رضي الله عنها قالت:
كَانَ أَحَبُّ الثِّيَابِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْقَمِيص
رواه الترمذي”

Narrated by Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, that: The most beloved garment to the Prophet (ﷺ) is the qameese.
Reported in Tirmidhi

Imam Shawkani rahimahullah said:
The Hadith proves the recommendation of wearing the qameese. Verily it was the most beloved clothing to the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam because it is more capable of covering the body than the rida (upper garment) and izar (lower garment) which are in need of tightening and other than that unlike the qameese”

(Nayl al-Awtaar)

**But the qameese is a Sunnah of custom not a Sunnah of ibaadah**

Translated by:

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan

Imam Suyuti rahimahullah said:

Chapter: Asking about that which does not concern him

“From that [the innovations] is for a man to ask his brother: where did you come from? What do you want? And he is solliciting information [to spread/broadcast]

[al-Amr bi ‘Ittiba’ wan-Nahi ‘an Ibtidaa’ pg. 273]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

On the authority of Usamaah ibn Shareek radiallahu anhu that the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam said:
ما كرهتَ أن يراهُ الناسُ فلا تفعلهُ إذا خلوتَ
“Whatever you dislike that people see from you, then do not do it when you are alone”

[Graded Hasan by al-Albani in Saheeh Jami no. 5659]

Imam al-Munaawi rahimahullah said:
أي كنت في خلوة بحيث لا يراك إلا الله تعالى والحفظة وهذا ضابط وميزان
“That is: you are alone such that none can see you except Allah and the Angels who record. This is the principle and the scale [to measure yourself or remind yourself of]”

[Fayd ul-Qadeer Sharh Jami as-Sagheer]

So this Hadith teaches us to remind ourselves not to do in private what we would dislike anyone seeing from us in public. Likewise, that Allah is always observing us as He, the Exalted said:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً
Surely, Allah is always watching over you
[4:1]

It was narrated from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) that a man was with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when another man passed by and he said: O Messenger of Allaah, I love this man. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him: “Have you told him?” He said: No. He said: “Tell him.” So he caught up with him and said: I love you for the sake of Allaah. He said: May the one for Whose sake you love me also love you.

Narrated by Abu Dawood (no. 5125) and classed as saheeh by al-Nawawi in Riyadh al-Saaliheen (183) and classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

عن علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله تعالى عنه، قال، قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم:
” إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ”
رواه البخاري و مسلم. ‏
Narrated by ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, he said that the Messenger (ﷺ) said:
“Obedience is required in only what is good.”
Reported by all Bukhaari and Muslim