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ture about ourselves muslim clothing and islamic clothing amongst muslims there exist many peoples living in different nations and societies they share much in common in terms of customs and tradition and they also have much that us unique to themselves just as we speak many different languages and live in different places we also dress differently to each other what we do have however are unifying and common factors whilst we all speak different languages we all perform our 5 daily prayers in arabic whilst we live apart from each other in different cities we all pray towards and make pilgrimage to the one city makkah similarly in our clothing we share common trends be they items of clothing styles of clothing or regulations on dress there is no doubt that there exist certain things in regards to our clothing that are not only specific to ourselves but have also become symbols of our ummah our clothing helps to identify ourselves and at times begins to shape and define us in our societies it happens often that we encounter other muslims in the street and we use our clothing as a means to discern as to whether they are muslim or not think for example if we were to see a person with a long beard we would not instantly assume that he must be a muslim as many other people also share long beards be they sikhs hindus orthodox christians or even bikies what we usually then do is look for identifying markers that would give us a hint that the person is a muslim such things we may look for may be headwear is he wearing a kufi an imāmah turban or any headwear associated with muslims is he weaing a thawb is he wearing a shalwar kameez is his garment above or below his ankles is he wearing any gold or silk within that split second we analyse all of these details in our mind and we are so well acquainted with these things that we can usually come to a conclusion in seconds and have enogh time to greet them as salāmu alaykum what we are doing in such a situation is recognising the manifest symbols of islam apparent in another person s clothing we are able to identify someone as a muslim based upon what they wear what is considered as muslim clothing may vary from place to place for example a peci in indonesia is a very well known item of clothing associated with muslims and islam however the same item of clothing worn in mauritania by a local would seem out of place an example of this that i came across recently was when an egyptian friend of mine told me that his father who works in saudi arabia was wearing an item of clothing which in egypt is considered to be standard casual wear the piece in question is a type of qamees similar to a thawb except that it is short sleeved one might find people going to the mosque or walking in the streets with this item of clothing in egypt in saudi arabia however it is considered to be a style of pyjama his father found this out when trying to enter a building only to be refused entry by the security guard on duty who told him that he could not allow him to enter whilst he was wearing his pyjamas there is no doubt that our clothing becomes somewhat of a uniform something which displays our faith it is like flying a flag to identify yourself amongst a crowd our clothing however may only be understood by those who are familiar with them to a degree for example the niqab of a muslim woman is well known to be clothing item associated with islam and muslims due to prominence in media and the fact that it is easily recognisable and stands out means that almost anybody will know that its wearer is a muslim what may cause an item of islamic clothing to not be recognised would be if the person observing it were not familiar with the clothing as being islamic an example of this may be when a muslim male is wearing silver rather than gold i as a muslim would know that a muslim man should not wear gold however many non muslims would not be familar with this so would not recognise this amongst muslims due to the fact that we are familiar with the clothing considered to be symbols of islam within our societies we are able to not only recognise them but lso add extra meaning to them for example a headscarf jilbaab worn by a woman can convery further information about her not only her fashion in wearing it but also things that may be picked up by those observant a common example is of a headscarf jilbaab which covers one s chin is common amongst the shi a when one is in a country such as lebanon which is split in terms of sunni shi a population covering the bottom of one s chin is a symbol of their shi ism and not covering the chin becomes a symbol of being from ahlus sunnah the problem with such things is that whilst they may generally be true the wearer themselves may not be aware of what they are doing and may simply be following what they percieve as fashion this is why its always good to not take the language of clothing as a hard and fast rule as just as we may misunderstand each other in conversation we may also misinterpret what we see as signs in clothing social norms in regards to certain clothing some time ago i was present at a masjid awaiting the jumu ah khutbah friday sermon to begin there seemed to be a great deal of activity amongst some of the people towards the rear of the masjid so i went to see what the matter was it appeared that the imam of the mosque was running very late and was not answering his phone so they were deciding whether or not to have somebody else take the role of khateeb the problem was not who to find as they had already agreed on who should give the khutbah but rather the problem was the way that the chosen person was dressed some argued that the clothing was innapropriate for a khateeb that it was too casual to wear the others disagreed saying that the people should listen to his words and not pay attention to his clothing whilst the latter opinion would be ideal the fact of the matter stands that had the khateeb stood to give the khutbah wearing the casual clothing that he was wearing the people in the jamaa ah congregation would identify the clothing as being different from what is usual and some might even find it unsuitable for a khateeb due to this the fact that certain clothing becomes associated with certain roles one wishing to fulfill such a role must be cognizant of these social norms for surely no person would wish to be seen as standing out unnecessarily when fulfilling such a major role could you imagine the imam of the haram on makkah giving a khutbah wearing a tracksuit outfit indeed a muslim should be proud of what they wear and they should be cautious as to avoid clothing that is haraam forbidden and they should avoid clothing that will cause them to be looked down upon amongst their people especially for muslims living in majority non muslim societies the value of wearing clothing which identifies ourselves as muslims becames very important to recognise one another and to see symbols of our perfect religion prevalent where we are is a source of great joy for all muslims whether it be a kufi or a jilbaab a thawb or an abaayah these things help us to identify each other and to increase brotherhood and to bring us closer to one another comments 5 march 9 2009 puma paranoia filed under muslim urban legends abuaisha 9 21 am tags allah cool name puma shoes a pair of shoes made by puma have been alleged to contain the name of allāh written on them in arabic causing people to get angry and to demand that the shoes be taken down from store shelves and withdrawn from the market sound familiar it probably does not so long ago some muslims in the usa were alleging the same about a pair of nike shoes they caused quite a stir in the media and ended up with nike pulling the shoes and promising muslims to never make the mistake again puma it seems didn t take the same lesson that nike did they have gone and made some shoes bearing what resembles the name of allāh written in arabic on them or at least that s what some muslims are again claiming let s be honest with ourselves some muslims really do have quite the imaginations let s take a look at the offending pair of shoes now if you can t read arabic you can take my word for it that the text in red does slightly resemble the arabic word allāh written in a stylised script but what it really looks like to me is the english word cool is it really that hard to see or am i just an eagle eyed fanatic or now that i think about it it almost resembles the estrangelo aramaic word lashu and it might pass for the hebrew vass i and if you put it in a mirror it looks like the amharic namu how can i be so certain that what is written is none of the above it is because every other word written on the shoe is not in aramaic hebrew or amharic but rather in english common sense dictates that therefore of all the languages to choose from english would be the right one as can be seen in the image on the word that clearly says you just below the blue circle the letter o has an open top just like in the word cool the font used on the shoe makes it a little bit less clear than ususal but the word is still as clear as daylight one needn t be a language scholar to make out the word cool on the shoe the anger of some people about finding a word which resembles the name of allāh on a shoe is only surpassed by the fascination with finding similar writings on a plethora of obscure objects take a look for example at allāh written on a rock a leaf a tomato an eggplant a bean aurora borealis sometimes its worth admitting the obvious as fun as it might be to have your 2 minutes of fame as being the one who exposed the secret threat of shoe manufacturers evil plot to discredit islamic symbols let the shoes be let s show people that muslims are logical not just overly emotional note there is a large amount of comments coming through for this article please note that i will not approve any comments not in english or containing abusive or foul language comments 42 february 8 2009 the false dajjāl filed under muslim urban legends abuaisha 6 58 am so another e mail finds its way into my inbox what could it be this time orders to boycott mcdonald s for the 1 000th time claims that barack obama is a secret alien bent on destryoing the earth or perhaps something more mundane like an assurance that if i pass on this e mail to another 100 people i will meet the love of my life in 1 week s time none of the above rather i find a truly absurd e mail titled is dajjal has born in israel sic the e mail states alert ummah there is a 90 chance that we will see the jewish dajjal in our lifetime one of the prominent events preceding the day of judgement is the appearance of dajjal we have been apprised of many aspects of dajjal both in the qur an and the ahadis in fact the muslims have been more informed about the dajjal by the holy prophet than previous nations by their respective prophets dajjal will appear somewhere between iraq and syria after the battle of istanbul takes place the name in the ahadis is constantinople which is the former name of istanbul dajjal will be a jew his distinguishing feature is that he will be one eyed and the word kafir or unbeliever will be written on his forehead that he is a jew is confirmed from another hadis which says that his followers will be mainly of jewish religion shock horror a 90 chance of seeing the dajjāl in our lifetime i wonder how they figured those odds out only a 10 chance remains that we will not see this jewish dajjāl in our lives ok time to be serious this latest e mail suggests that just recently the dajjāl was born in israel the dajjāl of course is what we would refer to in english as the antichrist we have been informed by our prophet muhammad that this man would come towards the end of times and cause havoc on earth and would be a time full of trials and great calamaties so is it true has the dajjāl been born recently of course not what rubbish any learned muslim will tell you straight out after hearing this that the dajjāl has already been born and is waiting to be unleashed as is attested to in many statements of the prophet and his companions so what evidence does this e mail offer us primarily it shows a picture of the supposed dajjal baby any observant person will be able to see that this is no ordinary baby primarily due to the fact that it seems to have one eye planted in the centre of its forehead this is a birth defect known as cyclopia synophthalmia or synophthalmia whereby the child is born with 1 undivided eye it is very rare but is documented and does occur in humans the assertation is that this 1 eyed baby must be the dajjāl based solely upon this fact i fear for those who claim such things for if it were true then we sure would have a lot of dajjāls running around as 6 in 10 000 births are subject to this birth defect surely just having one eye is no qualifier to being the dajjal not just due to its common occurance but also due to the very clear fact that no islamic text even claims that the dajjāl will have 1 eye this stems from a misunderstanding of the description given to us of the dajjāl abu hurayrah may allaah be pleased with him said the messenger of allaah peace and blessings of allaah be upon him said as for the false messiah he will be one eyed with a wide forehead and broad upper chest and he will be hunchbacked narrated by ahmad no 7564 by itself this hadeeth seems to suggest the cyclops notion however many others hadeeths such as the one below demonstrate the exact understanding of one eyed showing that it refers to blindness in one eye and not cyclopia from abd allaah ibn umar may allaah be pleased with him who said the messenger of allaah peace and blessings of allaah be upon him said whilst i was sleeping i saw myself performing tawaaf around the ka bah when i saw a dark man with straight hair standing between two other men with water dripping from his head i asked who is this they said the son of maryam then i turned and saw a ruddy complexioned man well built with curly hair blind in his right eye with his eye looking like a floating grape i asked who is this they said this is the dajjaal the person who looks most like him is ibnu qatan narrated by al bukhaari no 6508 ibn qatan was a man from banu mustalaq from khuzaa ah so the dajjāl will be blind in one eye but not single eyed and surely not a cyclops like creature further to this the e mail incorrectly asserts that the dajjāl will be jewish claiming that the sunnah has established this whilst there are suggestions that it may be so from those who have read into the texts there is no clear hadeeth ever stating this so we cannot accept this claim to be true without an evidence if there were such a hadeeth we would need to read it ourselves not just be told that one exists so who then is this baby in the photo it was a young girl born not in israel but rather in chennai india she lived shortly then death came to her and she...