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The Islamic lunar calendar begins with the holy month of Muharram. Muharram is amongst the months which are classified under the term Ashhur-ul-Horom “sanctified months.” Allah has stated in the Glorious Qur’an “The number of months, according to Allah is twelve months (which is mentioned) in the book of Allah on the day in which We created the heavens and the earth. Amongst these twelve months, four are sanctified; that is the right religion. So do not wrong yourselves’ therein,” (9:3).
The four months according to authentic traditions are Muharram, Rajab, Zul Qadah, and Zul Hijjah. It has been reported that Rasulullah (saw), on the occasion of the last sermon (hajjat-ul-wada), addressed the Sahabah (ra) saying, “One year consists of twelve months, out of which four are sanctified. Three of them are in sequence: Zul Qadah, Zul Hijjah, Muharram, and the fourth is Rajab. (Bukhari)
The eminent commentator (mufassir) Ibn Katheer has written in his commentary (tafseer), “Allah has declared these four months sanctified and has increased their sanctity. He declared a sin therein more severe and has increased the virtue and reward of good deeds as well” (Ibn Katheer, Vol.2): The scholars of Islam have stated that the actions performed in these months have a great effect on the person as to what they will do, throughout the remainder of the year.
FASTING DURING THE MONTH OF MUHARRAM:
It has been reported by Ali (ra) that a man came to Rasulullah (saw) and asked, “0 Prophet of Allah! During which month should I fast after the month of Ramadan?” Rasulullah (saw) replied, “If you are to fast in any month other than the month of Ramadan, fast during the month of Muharram, because it is the month of Allah. There is a day in this month in which a whole nation was forgiven and wherein Allah will forgive another nation,” (Tirmidhi H. 683).
THE ORIGIN OF THE FAST OF A’ASHURA: (10th MUHARRAM).
The word A’ashura is derived from the Arabic word which means ten in the English language. It has been named A’ashura because it is observed on the 10th of Muhharram. According to numerous authentic traditions, fasting on the day of A’ashura was initially obligatory upon the Muslims. However, it was made optional when Allah commanded the Muslims to fast throughout the month of Ramadan.
It has been reported by A’isha (ra) that when the Rasulullah (saw) came to Madinah, he fasted on the day of A’ashura and directed the people to fast on that day as well. However, when the fast of Ramadan was made obligatory, the obligation of fasting was confined to Ramadan, and the fast of A’ashura was made optional (Abu Dawood).
Nevertheless, Ibn Abbas (ra) relates, when the Prophet of Allah (saw) was informed that the Jews fast on the 10th of Muharram, Rasulullah (saw) asked them, “Why do you fast on this day?” They said, “This is the day when Sayyidna Musa (as) and his followers miraculously crossed the Sea, while Pharaoh was drowned in its water.” Upon hearing this Rasulullah (S.A.W) stated, “We are more closer to Musa than you.” He then directed the Muslims to fast on the day of A’ashura(Abu Dawood).
In addition to fasting on the 10th of Muharram, we should also fast on either the 9th or the llth. As Rasulullah (S.A.W) was informed that the Jews also fast on the 10th of Muharram, he said, “If I will be alive next year, I will also fast on the 9th of this month” (Muslim H. 1917).
VIRTUES OF FASTING ON THE 10th OF MUHURRAM:
Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (ra) relates that Rasulullah (saw) preferred the fast of A’ashura to the fast of other days and preferred the fast of Ramadan to the fast of A’ashura (Bukhari, Muslim).
Abu Qatadah (R.A) relates that Rasulullah (saw) said, “The fasting of the tenth of Muharram grants the forgiveness of one whole year,” (Tirmidhi H.683).
BEING GENEROUS TO ONES FAMILY ON THE DAY OF A’ASHURA:
Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud relates that Rasulullah (saw) stated, “Whosoever is generous to one’s family on the day of A’ashura, Allah will be generous (provide barakah) towards that person throughout the entire year,”(Razeen).
According to these types of traditions, one should be more generous to his/her family by providing more for them on the day of A’ashura as compared to other days. Although these traditions (above-mentioned tradition) are not very authentic according to the scholars of hadith, many other eminent scholars like Imams Ibn Hibban and Bahiqi have accepted them as reliable.
by Shaykh Fayaz Tilly
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Warriors of the Battle of Badr:313
Abul Yasr Khazraji
Abul Haytham Awsi
Abu Mulayl Awsi
Abu Mas’ud Khazraji
Abu Makhshi Muhaajiri
Abu Marthad Muhaajiri
Abu Kabsha Muhaajiri
Abu Lubaabah Awsi
Abu Qataadah Khazraji
Abu Qais Khazraji
Abu Talha Khazraji
Abu Aqeel Awsi
Abu Sinaan Awsi
Abu Shaikh Khazraji
Abu Sirmah Khazraji
Abu Dhayyaah Awsi
Abu Saleet Khazraji
Abu Salamah Muhaajiri
Abu Dujaanah Khazraji
Abu Sabrah Muhaajiri
Abu Khuzaymah Khazraji
Abu Khaarijah Khazraji
Abu Hanna Awsi
Abu Huthayfah Muhaajiri
Abu Habeeb Khazraji
Abu Hasan Khazraji
Abu Ayub Khazraji
Abu Habbah Awsi
Abul A’war Khazraji
Yazeed ibn Munthir Khazraji
Yazeed ibn Hizaam khazraji
Yazeed ibn Ruqaysh Muhaajiri
Yazeed ibn Sakan Awsi
Yazeed ibn Haarith Khazraji(Martyr)
Hilaal ibn Mu’allaa Khazraji
Yazeed ibn Akhnas Muhaajiri
Hubayl Ibn Wabarah Khazraji
Haani ibn Niyaar Khazraji
Wahb ibn Abi Sarh Muhaajiri
Wahb ibn Sa’ad Muhaajiri
Wadee’ah ibn Amr Khazraji
Wadqah ibn Iyaas Khazraji
Nauful Ibn Abdullah Khazraji
Waaqid ibn Abdillaah Muhajiri
Nu’maan ibn Maalik Khazraji
Nuaymaan ibn Amr Khazraji
Nu’maan ibn Asr Awsi
Nu’maan ibn Amr Khazraji
Nu’maan ibn Abdi Amr Khazraji
Nu’maan ibn Sinaan Khazraji
Nu’maan Al’Araj ibn Maalik Khazraji
Nu’maan ibn Abi Khazmah Awsi
Mihja’ ibn Saalih(Slave of Umar)(Martyr)
Nadhr ibn Haarith Awsi
Munthir ibn Muhammad Awsi
Munthir ibn Qudaamah Awsi
Mulayl ibn Wabarah Khazraji
Munthir ibn Amr Khazraji
Miqdaad ibn Amr ibn Aswad Al Kindi Muhajiri
Muawwith ibn Amr Khazraji
M’an ibn Yazeed Muhajiri
Mu’awwith ibn Harith Khazraji(Martyr)
Ma’an ibn Adi Awsi
Ma’mar ibn Harith Muhajiri
Maalik ibn Khauli Muhajiri
Maalik ibn Dukhsham Khazraji
Maalik ibn Rabeeah Khazraji
Maalik ibn Rifaa’ah Khazraji
Maalik ibn Amr Muhaajiri
Maalik ibn Qudaamah Awsi
Maalik ibn Mas’ud Khazraji
Maalik ibn Numaylah Awsi
Mubashir ibn Abdil Munthir(Martyr)
Mujaddir ibn Ziyaad Khazraji
Muharrir ibn Aamir Khazraji
Muharriz ibn Nadhlah Khazraji
Muhammad ibn Maslamah Awsi
Midlaaj ibn Amr Muhajiri
Marthad ibn Abi Marthad Muhajiri
Mistah ibn Uthaathah Muhajiri
Mas’ud ibn Aws Khazraji
Mas’ud ibn Khaldah Khazraji
Mas’ud ibn Rabeeah Khazraji
Mas’ud ibn Zayd Khazraji
Mas’ud ibn Sa’ad Khazraji
Mas’ud ibn Abdi Sa’ad Khazraji
MUS’AB IBN UMAIR Muhaajiri
Mu’aath ibn Jabal Khazraji
Mu’aath ibn Haarith Khazraji
Mu’aath ibn Simmah Khazraji
Mu’aath ibn Amr Khazraji
Mu’aath ibn Maa’is Khazraji
Ma’bad ibn Abbaad Khazraji
Ma’bad ibn Qais Khazraji
Mu’attib ibn Ubayd Awsi
Mu’attib ibn Auf Muhajiri
Mu’attib ibn Qushayr Awsi
Ma’qil ibn Munthir Khazraji
Ammaar ibn Yaasir Muhaajiri
Ammarah ibn Hazm Khazraji
Ammaarah ibn Ziyaad Awsi
Amr ibn Iyaas Khazraji
Amr ibn Tha’labah Khazraji
Amr ibn Jamooh Khazraji
Amr ibn Haarith Khazraji
Amr ibn Haarith Muhaajiri
Amr ibn Suraaqah Muhaajiri
Amr ibn Abi Sarh Muhaajiri
Amr ibn Talq Muhajiri
Amr ibn Qais Khazraji
Amr ibn Ma’bad Awsi
Amr ibn Mu’aath Awsi
Umair ibn Haram Khazraji
Umair ibn Humaam Khazraji
Umair ibn Aamir Khazraji
Umair ibn Auf Muhaajiri
UMAIR IBN ABI WAQQAAS Muhajiri(Shaheed)
Auf ibn Haarith khazraji(Shaheed)
Uwaym ibn Saaidah Awsi
Ayaadh ibn Zuhair Muhaajiri
Ghannaam ibn Aws Khazraji
Faakihah ibn Bishr Khazraji
Farwah ibn Amr Khazraji
Qataadah ibn Nu’maan Awsi
Qudaamah ibn Math’oon Muhaajiri
Qutbah ibn Aamir Khazraji
Qais ibn Amr Khazraji
Qais ibn Mihsan Khazraji
Qais ibn Mukhallad Awsi
Ka’ab ibn Ammaar Khazraji
Ka’ab ibn Zaid Khazraji
Libdah ibn Qais Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Urfatah Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Amr Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Umair Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Qais Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Qais ibn Sagr Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Ka’ab Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Maghramah Muhaajiri
Abdullah ibn Mas’ud Muhaajiri
Abdullah ibn Math’oon Muhaajiri
Abdullah ibn Nu’maan Khazraji
Abdi Rabbihi ibn Haq Khazraji
Abdurahmaan ibn Jabr Awsi
Abdata ibn Hashaas Khazraji
Abas ibn Aamir Khazraji
Ubayd ibn Aws Awsi
Ubayd ibn Tayhaan Awsi
Ubayd ibn Zaid Khazraji
Ubayd ibn Ubayd Awsi
Ubaydah ibn Haarith Muhaajiri(Shaheed)
Itbaan ibn Maalik Khazraji
Utbah ibn Rabeeah Khazraji
Utbah ibn Abdillaah Khazraji
Utbah ibn Ghazwaan Muhaajiri
UTHMAAN IBN MATH’OON Muhaajiri
Ajlaan ibn Nu’maan Khazraji
Adi ibn Abi Zaghbaa Khazraji
Isma ibn Husayn Khazraji
Usaymah Ashja’i Khazraji
Atiyyah ibn Nuwayrah Khazraji
Uqbah ibn Aamir Khazraji
Uqbah ibn Uthmaan Khazraji
Uqbah ibn Wahb Khazraji
Uqbah ibn Wahb Muhaajiri
UKAASHAH IBN MIHSAN Muhaajiri
Tulayb ibn Umair Muhajiri
Aasim Ibn Thaabit Awsi
Aasim ibn Adi Awsi
Aasim ibn Ukayr Khazraji
Aasim ibn Qais Awsi
Aaqil ibn Bukayr Muhaajiri (Shaheed)
Aamir ibn Umayyah Khazraji
Aamir ibn Bukayr Muhajiri
Aamir ibn Rabeeah Muhaajiri
Aamir ibn Sa’ad Khazraji
Aamir ibn Salamah Khazraji
Aamir ibn Fuhayrah Muhaajiri
Aamir ibn Mukhallad Khazraji
Aamir ibn Yazeed ibn Sakan Muhajiri
Aa’ith ibn Aasis Khazraji
Abbaad ibn Bishr Awsi
Abbaad ibn Qais Khazraji
Ubaadah ibn Saamit Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Tha’labah Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Jubair Awsi
Abdullah ibn Jahsh Muhaajiri
Abdullah ibn Jadd Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Humair Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Rabee’ Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Rawaahah Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Zaid Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Suraaqah Muhaajiri
Abdullah ibn Salimah Awsi
Abdullah ibn Sahl Awsi
Abdullah ibn Suhayl Muhajiri
Abdullah ibn Shareek Awsi
Abdullah ibn Taariq Awsi
Abdullah ibn Aamir Khazraji
Abdullah ibn Abdi Manaaf Khazraji
Sufiyaan ibn Nasr Khazraji
Salamah ibn Aslam Awsi
Salamah ibn Thaabit Awsi
Salamah ibn Salaamah Awsi
Saleet ibn Qais Khazraji
Sulaym ibn Haarith Khazraji
Sulaym ibn Malhaan Khazraji
Simaak ibn Sa’aad Khazraji
Sinaan ibn Abi Sinaan Muhajiri
Sinaan ibn Sayfi Khazraji
Sahl ibn Hunayf Awsi
Sahl ibn Raafi Khazraji
Suhayl ibn Wahb Muhajiri
Suhayl ibn Raafi Khazraji
Sahl ibn Ateek Khazraji
Sahl ibn Qais Khazraji
Sawaad ibn Raz Khazraji
Sawaad ibn Ghaziyyah Khazraji
Suwaybit ibn Harmalah Muhaajiri
Shujaa ibn Abi Wahb Muhaajiri
Shareek ibn Anas Awsi
Shammaas ibn Uthmaan Muhaajiri
Sabeeh Mawlaa Abil Aas Muhajiri
Safwaan ibn Wahb Muhajiri
Suhayb ibn Sinaan Muhajiri
Sayfi ibn Sawaad Khazraji
Dhahhaak ibn Haarithah Khazraji
Dhahhaak ibn Abdi Amr Khazraji
Dhamrah ibn Amr Awsi
Tufail ibn Haarith Muhaajiri
Tufail ibn Maalik Khazraji
Tufail ibn Nu’maan Khazraji
Rib’ay ibn Raafi Awsi
Rabee’ ibn Iyaas Khazraji
Rabeeah ibn Aktham Khazraji
Rukhaylah ibn Tha’labah Khazraji
Rifaa’ah ibn Haarith Khazraji
Rifaa’ah ibn Raafi Khazraji
Rifaa’ah ibn Abdil Munthir Awsi
Rifaa’ah ibn Amr Khazraji
Ziyaad ibn Sakan Awsi
Ziyaad ibn Amr Khazraji
Ziyaad ibn Labeed Khazraji
Zaid ibn Aslam Awsi
Zaid ibn Haaritha Muhajiri
Zaid ibn Khattaab Muhaajiri
Zaid ibn Mazeen Khazraji
Zaid ibn Mu’allaa Khazraji
Zaid ibn Wade’a Khazraji
Saalim Mawla Abi Huthayfah Muhajiri
Saalim ibn Umair Awsi
Saa’ib ibn Uthmaan ibn Math’oon Muhajiri
Sabrah ibn Faatik Muhaajiri
Suraaqah ibn Amr Khazraji
Suraaqah ibn Ka’ab Khazraji
Sa’ad Mawla Haatib Muhajiri
Sa’ad ibn Khawla Muhajiri
Sa’ad ibn Zaid Awsi
Sa’ad ibn Sa’ad Khazraji
Sa’ad ibn Sahl Khazraji
SA’AAD IBN UBAADAH Khazraji
Sa’ad ibn Ubaid Awsi
Sa’ad ibn Uthmaan Khazraji
SA’AAD IBN MU’AATH Awsi
HAATIB IBN ABI BALTA’A Muhaajiri
Haatib ibn Amr Muhaajiri
Hubaab ibn Munthir Khazraji
Habeeb ibn Aswad Khazraji
Haraam ibn Milhaan Khazraji
Hurayth ibn Zaid Khazraji
Husayn ibn Haarith Muhajiri
Hamzah ibn Humair Khazraji
Khaarijah ibn Zaid Khazraji
Khaalid ibn Bukayr Muhaajiri
Khaalid ibn Qais Khazraji
KHABBAAB IBN ARAT Muhaajiri
Khabbaab Mawla Utbah Muhajiri
Khubayb ibn Isaafaa Khazraji
Khidaash ibn Qataadah Awsi
Khiraash ibn Simmah Khazraji
Khuraym ibn Faatik Muhajiri
Khallaad ibn Raafi Khazraji
Khallad ibn Suwayd Khazraji
Khallaad ibn Amr Khazraji
Khallaad ibn Qais Khazraji
Khulayd ibn Qais Khazraji
Khaleefah ibn Adi Khazraji
Khunais ibn Huthaafah Muhaajiri
Khawwaat ibn Jubair Awsi
Khawli ibn Abi Khawli Muhajiri
Thakwaan ibn Ubaid Khazraji
Thu Shimaalayn ibn Amr Muhajiri(Shaheed)
Raashid ibn Mu’allaa Khazraji
Raafi ibn Haarith Khazraji
Raafi ibn Unjadah Awsi
Raafi ibn Maalik Khazraji
Raafi ibn Mu’allaa Khazraji
Raafi ibn Yazeed Awsi
Haarithah ibn Suraaqah Khazraji(Shaheed)
Haarithah ibn Nu’maan Khazraji
Haarith ibn Qais Khazraji
Haarith ibn Nu’maan Awsi
Haarith ibn Qais Awsi
Haarith ibn Arfajah Awsi
Haarith ibn Hazmah Khazraji
Haarith ibn Simmah Khazraji
Haarith ibn Abi Hazmah Awsi
Al Haarith ibn Hazmah Awsi
Haarith ibn Aws ibn Mu’aath Awsi
Haarith ibn Haatib Awsi
Al Haarith ibn Aws ibn Raafi Awsi
Haarith ibn Anas Awsi
Jubair ibn Ayaas Awsi
HAMZAH IBN ABDIL MUTALIB Muhaajiri
Jabbaar ibn Sagr Khazraji
Jabr ibn Ateek Awsi
Jaabir ibn Abdillaah ibn Amr Khazraji
Jaabir ibn Abdillaah ibn Rabaab Khazraji
Thaqfi ibn Amr Muhajiri
Tha’labah ibn Anamah Khazraji
Thaabit ibn Hazzaal Khazraji
Thaabit ibn Amr Awsi
Tha’labah ibn Haatib Awsi
Tha’labah ibn Amr Muhaajiri
Thaabit ibn Khaalid Khazraji
Thaabit ibn Tha’labah Khazraji
Tameen ibn Yu’aar Khazraji
Thaabit ibn Aqwam Awsi
Tameem Mawla Khiraash Khazraji
Tameen Mawla Bani Ghanam Awsi
Basheer ibn Sa’eed Khazraji
BILAAL IBN RABAAH MUHAAJIRI
Basbasah ibn Amr Khazraji
Bishr ibn Baraa Khazraji
Baraa ibn Ma’roor Khazraji
Bahhaath ibn Tha’labah Khazraji
Iyaas ibn Bukayr Muhajiri
Bujayr Abil Bujayr Khazraji
Iyaas ibn Aws Awsi
Aws ibn Thaabit Khazraji
Unays ibn Mu’aath Khazraji
Anas ibn Mu’aath Khazraji
Anasah Mawla Nabi Alayhis Salaam Muhajiri
As’ad ibn Yazeed Khazraji
Arqam ibn Abil Arqam Muhajiri
Akhnas ibn Khubayb Muhaajiri
Ubay ibn Ka’ab Khazraji
ABU UBAYDAYH ibn JARRAAH MUHAAJIRI
ABDURAHMAAN IBN AUF MUHAJIRI
SA’AD IBN ABI WAQQAAS MUHAAJIRI
ZUBAIR IBN AWWAAM MUHAJIRI
TALHA IBN UBAYDULLAH MUHAJIRI
ALI IBN ABI TAALIB MUHAJIRI
UTHMAAN IBN AFFAAN MUHAAJIRI
UMAR IBNUL KHATTAAB MUHAAJIRI
ABU BAKR IBN ABI QUHAAFAH MUHAAJIRI
Radhiyallahu Anhum Ajma’een
Muhammad Mustafaa Alayhi Salawaatullahi wa Tasleemaat.
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9 things you should know about the 9th of Dhul Hijjah:
1. It is called the day of Arafah. (Muslim)
2. Fasting this day expiates the sins of the past and coming year. (Muslim)
3. The Prophet peace be upon him said, “Hajj is Arafah” (Ahmad) i.e. Hajj is invalid if one does not go to Arafah during the prescribed timing.
4. The monumental Prophetic Last Sermon was delivered on this day.
5. Supplication on this day is considered the most virtuous. (Malik; Al-Muwatta)
6. The most meritorious remembrance this day is: {there is no God except Allah.He is One and He has no partner; sovereignty and praise belong to him, and He is powerful over everything}. (Tirmidhi) لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له ، له الملك ، وله الحمد ، وهو على كل شيء قدير
7. With the exception of the battle of Badr, Satan is the most disgraced and humiliated on this day. (Al-Muwatta)
8. There is no other day on which people are emancipated from the Fire more than this day. (Mustadrak)
9. Allah takes an oath of this day in Surah Al-Fajr; Chapter 89
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By: Abdullah Anik Misra
Source: http://seekersguidance.org/
The color most pleasing to Prophet Muhammad (Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was green, while some said it was white. With respect to clothing, the Prophet (peace be upon him) encouraged men to wear white in numerous hadiths. Thus, according to the sunnah, it is preferred to wear white, as well as black and green. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
While wearing a green turban is not a specific sunnah, wearing green garments in general is from the sunnah, so one could wear a green turban to fulfill that.
It is important to note that the Prophet (Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) himself wore different types of clothing from different places, and of different colors and designs, not just one style or color, though there would be nothing wrong if one chose to did this.
On Green Being the Favorite Color
Anas in Malik (Allah be pleased with him) is reported to have said,
“The most beloved of colors to the Messenger of Allah (Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was green.” [Tabarani, Mu’jam al-Awsat; al-Bazzar, Musnad]
Although this hadith by itself is weak in its chain, it is strengthened by a corroborating narration in which Anas and a group of people went out to a plot of land covered in vegetation, and so someone exclaimed, “How beautiful is this greenery!” Thereafter, Anas reminisced that, “We used to say that the Prophet’s (Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) favorite color was green.” [al-Bayhaqi, Shu’ab al-Iman]
The main reason that scholars cite for this preference is that green will be the main color of the clothing of the people in Paradise [Qur’an 18:31]. It is also reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) used to like to gaze at the beauty of natural greenery.
The Virtue of White Clothing
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Wear white from amongst your clothes, for indeed they are amongst the best clothes you have, and shroud your dead in them (also).” [Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Tirmidhi with variation in wording]
This does not make it an obligation, but it is a strong encouragement and a sunnah. It is the most preferred color to wear for men [Sayyid Ali Zada, Sharh Shir’atul Islam].
Based on this hadith, some scholars such as Ibn al-Qayyim inferred that the Prophet’s favorite color was white, peace and blessings be upon him [Ibn al-Qayyim, Zad al-Ma’ad].
The Green Turban: Is it Specifically a Sunnah?
The green turban itself is not a specific sunnah, in that we have no report that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore it. However, generally wearing green clothes is a sunnah. [Ibn Abideen, Radd al-Muhtar; Shaykhi-Zada, Majma’ al-Anhur]
It is reported in the Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shayba however, that some Companions were seen wearing turbans of various colors, one of them being green.
Al-Kattani quotes Imam al-Suyuti as saying, “This green turban is not [prescribed] from the Sacred Law itself, nor from the Sunnah, and was not around [as a specific dress] in the early period [of Islam]. It was only begun [as a distinct practice] in the year 763 hijri by the order of [Sultan] al-Ashraf Sha’ban ibn Hasan [to those of the Prophetic Household, so that it might distinguish them from others out of respect].”
He then quotes al-Khadimi from al-Tariqa al-Muhammadiya, saying “This sign is a permissible innovation; the one who is not a Sharif [ie. Sayyid, from Ahl al Bayt] should not be prevented from wearing it, and a Sharif who leaves it should not be ordered to wear it…” [al-Kattani, al-Di’amah fi Ahkam Sunna al-‘Imama]
This returns back to the custom of one’s land. Today, one’s choosing a green turban can be based on the virtues of wearing the color green as a sunnah, or seeking to emulate those of prophetic lineage or spiritual learning who wear it in our times. And Allah knows best.
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