Feasts that end the resentment are the most important days for Islam. Even the clothes worn while turning the traditions and customs into worship and acting with the awareness of circumcision during the holidays when the divine peace is reached can bring rewards to the person. So how should the choice of clothes be in this case? How was the choice of clothes in the Ottoman period? Eid clothes according to Islam…
holidays family, While it is one of the most important days that strengthen the ties of kinship, neighborliness and brotherhood, it also keeps joy and joy together. Sharing also gains intensity during the holiday, where spiritual feelings meet with enthusiasm and sincere conversations between believers are created. It is also necessary to be prepared in a suitable framework for visits to the cemetery or relatives, which are made during the holidays when almost all occupations are abandoned and there are spiritual orientations. For this reason, while focusing on the feast days before, as it is included in the sunnah, at the same time, wearing clean and beautiful clothes, making a ghusl, using a miswak or brushing the teeth, applying good smells, and being smiling gives a different meaning to both the person and other people. Therefore, if one converts traditions and customs into worship and acts with the awareness of sunnah, even the clothes worn can open the door to good deeds. So, how was the dress code in Islam? Eid clothes according to Ottoman and Islam…
CLOTHING SELECTIONS IN THE OTTOMAN PERIOD
Fridays, which are of great importance for Islam, are like a believer’s holiday. Ottoman sultans also showed their sensitivity to today with their costumes and clothes. On the other hand, on the feast days, the sultans, who first wore their festive clothes, would pray with Enderun students in the Hırka-ı Saadet and celebrated the feast.
French writer Octavien Dalvimart used the following expressions in his book about Ottoman costumes:
“Turks change their outer clothes frequently in different seasons. The days of change are determined by the will of the sultan every year. The day the Sultan changes his coat… This usually coincides with the Friday greetings. He goes before the grand vizier with a ceremony with a private room and announces the situation, and immediately all the people of the palace wear the same clothes. wears.”
CLOTHING CODE IN ISLAM
Everyone has their own style. Clothing preferences of every religion, every region and every tradition can give direction as well as reveal the understanding of fashion. Clothing that reflects the character of the person, from its color to its design, can also give an idea about the religion, nationality, region, material and spiritual conditions of the person.
Our Prophet (PBUH), the founder of Islamic civilization, also put a lot of emphasis on clothing and clothing. The clothes of women and men, the clothes of children; It has been the subject of many hadiths such as the length, narrow and wideness of the clothes, color, type of fabric, cleanliness and pollution, Friday and Eid clothes, Islamic and non-Islamic clothes.
In a hadith narrated by Bukhari, our Prophet (SAW) “Every Muslim should wash on Friday, use the miswak and apply perfume.” he ordered. In this case, Islam encourages those who have the means to dress nicely without ‘wasting’.
In addition, the Prophet (SAV) states the following in another hadith:
“You should be well dressed. Fix your attire, until you look distinguished among people like white on black.”
In addition, the definition of low and high clothing that will affect people spiritually and in terms of appearance in Islam. “Very low clothing will make a person spiritually miserable and damage his human dignity, and a high dress will create a sense of unity in the soul, which is a symbol of unity, and cause normal people to go away and become lonely.”made in the form.
For this reason, according to what Ibn Umar (ra) narrated, our Prophet (saas) said:
“Too high dress, too low dress”(Resin etched, Kutub-ü Sitte, 5267)
