Dress of the Arabs at the time of Allah's Messenger [before Islam - 6th century CE.]

people in the Arabian Gulf region are still wear somehow similar kind of clothes but in white colors -in most cases-....not exactly the same but white long dresses for the men with covering their head by what we call (ghautra)
something like this: http://abuhaleeqa.net/m_s_data/data/images/bisht-01.jpg

women also are still wear those kinds of colored long dresses with covering their hair....but they only change the way they wear the scarf than the way in the picture
its all about how they design the new version of dresses, but alhumdulilah they still preserve that habit.

jazak allah khair for sharing

The Prophet (peace be upon him) himself wore a long shirt like a kurta or a jubba, an izar-type cloth around his legs, a turban and a type of large cloak or shawl. Today all of these except the kurta/jubba have been left by the Arabs and most other Muslims. People say, 'oh, you shouldn't have western dress, that's a modern invention', when actually most 'Islamic dress' is also a modern invention.

curious.. I was under the impression.. pre Islam, they ran around naked...
they seem to sport colored hooded cloaks -- where did the artist get the impression that is what they wore? I'd be very interested in seeing actual clothing articles dating back to that time...

Thanks for the thread

What on earth made you think they ran around naked? :eek:

Although men did do tawaaf around the Kabaa naked.ffended:

^^ Pretty sure it was both men and women that did tawaf nude..

what about the arabs current dress? you know those black donuts they have on top of their heads with those red patchy cloths, when did they come about?

This is a clear proof that Makkah was not a simple tiny town because we know that Allah calls it the Mother of towns in the Qur'an. [Quran Al-Shura 42:7]


Now if Makkah was a poor area where people just live in mud houses, just look at the amount of wealth that was carried in the caravan of Abu Sufyan (which partially was the cause for the battle of Badr):

The Prophet [pbuh] despatched Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullâh and Sa‘id bin Zaid northward to scout around for any movements of this sort. The two scouts stayed at Al-Hawra’ for some days until Abu Sufyan, the leader of the caravan, passed by them. The two men hurried back to Madinah and reported to the Prophet [pbuh] their findings.

Great wealth amounting to 50 thousand gold Dinars guarded by 40 men moving relatively close to Madinah constituted a tempting target for the Muslim military, and provided a potentially heavy economic, political and military strike that was bound to shake the entire structure of the Makkan polytheists.

Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum - (THE SEALED NECTAR). by Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri. Chapter on the Battle of Badr.

http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/B...tsn/ch4s5.html

http://www.rasoulallah.net/subject_e...61&sub_id=1839



That's alot of gold. If they're trading with that much wealth, its likely that theres alot of people spending money to buy, aswell as buying alot of different things.