Adherents of Islam are concerned with clothing in two contexts: clothing for everyday, inside and outside the house, and clothing required in specifically religious contexts.

Everyday dress (hijab)

Quran calls this mode of dressing "modest". Muslims, male and female, are expected to dress without exposure of intimate body parts as expressed in the Qur'an: Hijab or ħijāb () is the Arabic term for cover (noun), based on the root حجب meaning to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter. In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western countries, the word hijab primarily refers to womens head, face, or body covering. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Qurān [1] (Arabic: , literally the recitation; also called The Noble Quran; also transliterated as Quran, Koran (the traditional term in English), and Al-Quran), is the central religious text of Islam. ...

• "Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do." [24:30]
• "And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms ... " [24:31]
• "O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them. That will be better, so that they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah (SWT) is ever Forgiving, Merciful." [33:59]

However, there are many different interpretations of what "modesty" requires. See the article on hijab for an extended discussion of modest dress. Hijab or ħijāb () is the Arabic term for cover (noun), based on the root حجب meaning to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter. In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western countries, the word hijab primarily refers to womens head, face, or body covering. ...

Generally, most Islamic scholars agree that women are not required to wear the veil seeing as the Prophet said that the only part(s) of the woman's body that need not be covered are her face and hands. Rather, the wearing of the veil came later from Islamic fundamentalists. The history of women wearing the veil has existed in the Middle East since pre-Islamic times. It is said that the wearing of the veil was adopted as a part of Islam by religious fanatics (especially the Wahabbis of Saudi Arabia), from the pagan traditions of pre-Islamic Mecca & Persia.

Proper dress for prayer

Shoes are not allowed in the mosque and must be left at the door. No special clothing is required for worship. Believers are required to dress modestly, according to the customs of their community. A head covering (kufi, like a cap or turban) is considered desirable for men, and necessary by some more strict practitioners of the religion, but is not universally seen as necessary. A kufi is a short rounded cap, traditionally worn by Muslims, although within the US it has become more commonly identified with persons of African descent, who wear it to show pride in their history and their religion. ...

All Muslims wash, or perform ablutions, before prayer, called wudu. Most mosques have some facilities for washing the hands and feet before entering the mosque. Muslim women are required to cover all of their body except for the face and hands and men have to cover from the navel to the knee. People washing before prayer at the Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan Wudu (often translated as ablution) is the Muslim act of washing parts of the body, in clean water, as a part of the preparation for ritual worship, Salah. ...

Proper dress for hajj

Men put on special pilgrim's robes when they go on hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. These robes are two pieces of unhemmed white cloth; they are donned before the walk to Mecca. All, rich and poor, wear the same humble garments. Many pilgrims preserve their ihram carefully. It will be their shroud when they are buried. // This article is about the Islamic tradition. ... Mecca IPA: or Makkah (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah; Arabic: ‎, Turkish: Mekke) is the capital city of Saudi Arabias Makkah province, in the historic Hijaz region. ... Medina (Arabic: ‎ or المدينة ; also transliterated into English as Madinah) is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. ... This is a sub-article of Ehram . ...

Women usually wear plain, simple robes as well.

Special clothing for officials, sayyids, and sufis

There is no special dress for the muezzin, who calls to prayer, nor for the imam who leads prayers in the mosque and delivers a talk or sermon. Islam tends to emphasize the direct relationship of each believer to Allah rather than elaborating roles for human intermediaries. The müezzin (the word is pronounced this way Turkish, Urdu, etc. ... Imam (Arabic: إمام ,Persian: امام ) is an Arabic word meaning leader. ... The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Pakistan with an iwan at center, three domes, and five visible minarets A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... Allah is the Arabic language word referring to God, the Lord and, literally according to the Quran, to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Abrahamic religions. ...

Muslim jurists, such as ayatollahs, imams, muftis, or qadis, may wear special robes or turbans of honor, but these vary according to local custom. Ayatollah (Arabic: آية الله; Persian: آيت‌الله) is a high rank given to major Shia clerics. ... Imam (Arabic: إمام ,Persian: امام ) is an Arabic word meaning leader. ... A Mufti (Arabic: مفتى ) is an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law (Sharia), capable of issuing fataawa (plural of fatwa). // Role of a Mufti in governments In theocracies like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and in some countries where the constitution is based on sharia law, such... Qadi (قاضى) is an Arabic term meaning judge. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban The turban (Arabic: ‎, ‘imāmä; Turkish: tülbent; Persian: دلبنت, dulband) is a headdress, of Asian origin, consisting of a long scarf wound round the head or an inner hat. ...

Also:

• Male sayyids (also spelled sayed, sayid, or said) or sharifs, descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and son-in-law Ali, especially as scholars in the Shia "clergy", often wear black turbans.

• Male sufis, especially the more monastic amongst them, commonly wore a simple robe of white wool, (leading to one tradition of how their name came about, being supposedly derived from the Arabic suf or wool). Present day sufis often do not follow this tradition.

• One Sufi order in present-day Turkey, the Mevlevi, wear white dresses with voluminous skirts. During their prayer services, they twirl (called Sufi whirling) so that the skirts stand out. Hence they are also known as Whirling Dervishes.

Sayyid () (plural Saadah) is an honorific title often given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hassan and Husayn, the sons of his daughter Fatima Zahra and his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib. ... Muhammad (Arabic ; also Mohammed, Mohamet, and other variants[1] [2] [3]), 570-632 C.E.,[4] [5] was an Arab religious and political leader who established Islam and the Muslim community (Ummah, Arabic: أمة) to whom he preached. ... Fatima may refer to: Fátima, Portugal, a town in Portugal Our Lady of Fatima, a famous Marian apparition at Fátima in 1917 Fatima Zahra, daughter of Muhammad and wife of the first Shia Imam. ... Ali ibn Abu Talib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب translit: ‘AlÄ« ibn Abu Ṭālib Persian: علی پسر ابو طالب) ‎ (599 – 661) is an early Islamic leader. ... Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... The Turban (Arabic عمامة; ‘imamah, Persian dulband) is a headdress, of obscure Oriental origin, consisting of a long scarf wound round the head or an inner hat. ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ... See Alpaca wool, Angora wool (of rabbits) and Cashmere wool (of goats) for information about other wools. ... ==Biography== Whirling Dervish Ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey by Rachel Orange - Oct 2004 The Persian Sufi Sage and Poet, was born in Balkh on the 30th September, 1207. ... -1... The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufi order founded by the followers of the Persian Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi in 1273 in Konya present day Turkey; also known as The Whirling Dervishes, sometimes called the Howling Dervishes or the Dancing Dervishes due to their famous practice of...

External links

• Why I wore a headscarf in Iran, by Channel 4 News's Lindsey Hilsum
• Hijab: Question and Answer
• Hijab Wearing Issues
• BBC News graphic of the different styles of Muslim headscarf
• (French) Special issue N° 9 on islam in Socialisme International