Is color red Prohibited
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam
Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and
Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Dear Brother,
As-Salamu-Alaikum
I want to know bout
red colour. I have heard from some one that our Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) did
not like this colour. Is this true. Are we women forbidden to wear red colour.
I tried to clarify and i came to know that women are allowed to wear this
colour and can use things of this colour.
pls let me know
as this is my favourite colour and i want to know about it.
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Answer:
Is color red Prohibited
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
There is absolutely no
evidence that the Messenger of Allah (saws) disliked the color red; and there is absolutely no evidence that
the Messenger of Allah (saws) ever forbade the believing woman to wear red
color clothes. The color that the
Messenger of Allah (saws) forbade the believers (men and women) is the saffron
color; or any other color that
specifically connotes the religion of the pagans. The color most loved by Allah and His Messenger (saws) is
white.
Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of
Allah (saws) said, "The best thing
that one can use to change the color of grey hairs is henna and katm (a reddish
dye)." Related by Bukhari and Muslim.
Ibn 'Umar reported: "Allah's Messenger (saws) forbade women
pilgrims from wearing gloves, veils, and clothes dyed with saffron or
warse. (A sweet smelling plant that was used to dye clothes
yellow) Besides these, they may wear
anything else, any color, silk clothes, ornaments, trousers, or a shirt or shoes." Reported by Abu
Daw'ud, Al-Baihaqi and Al-Hakim.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 4057 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As
The Messenger of Allah (saws) saw me. I think
I wore a garment dyed with a reddish yellow colour. He asked: ‘What is this?’ So I went and burnt it.
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘What have you done with your garment?’ I replied: “I burnt it”. He (saws) said: ‘Why did you not give it to
one of your women to wear?’
The Messenger of Allah
(saws) specifically prohibited the believers from wearing saffron color
clothes. Other than that, all other colors are permissible.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,