Wearing an imaamah (turban)
Question
I want to know the hadith on the wisdom of wearing an imaamah (turban)?
Answer
Wearing the imaamah is a mubaarak sunnah of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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