Question 2085: Did the Infallibles (Ma'soomeen), peace be upon them, wear a cap (hat)?
Answer
✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:
1 عن أبان بن عثمان عن أبی عبدالله في حديث قَالَ : لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله الْوَفَاةُ.. قَالَ یَا عَلِیُّ یَا أَخَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَ تُنْجِزُ عِدَاتِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تَقْضِی دَیْنَهُ وَ تَقْبِضُ تُرَاثَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ بِأَبِی أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّی ذَاکَ عَلَیَّ وَ لِی قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَیْهِ حَتَّی نَزَعَ خَاتَمَهُ مِنْ إِصْبَعِهِ فَقَالَ تَخَتَّمْ بِهَذَا فِی حَیَاتِی.... إلي أن قال ثُمَّ صَاحَ یَا بِلَالُ عَلَیَّ بِالْمِغْفَرِ وَ الدِّرْعِ وَ الرَّایَةِ وَ الْقَمِیصِ وَ ذِی الْفَقَارِ وَ السَّحَابِ وَ الْبُرْدِ وَ الْأَبْرَقَةِ وَ الْقَضِیبِ...ثُمَّ دَعَا بِزَوْجَیْ نِعَالٍ عَرَبِیَّیْنِ جَمِیعاً أَحَدُهُمَا مَخْصُوفٌ وَ الْآخَرُ غَیْرُ مَخْصُوفٍ وَ الْقَمِیصَیْنِ الْقَمِیصِ الَّذِی أُسْرِیَ بِهِ فِیهِ وَ الْقَمِیصِ الَّذِی خَرَجَ فِیهِ یَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَ الْقَلَانِسِ الثَّلَاثِ قَلَنْسُوَةِ السَّفَرِ وَ قَلَنْسُوَةِ الْعِیدَیْنِ وَ الْجُمَعِ وَ قَلَنْسُوَةٍ کَانَ یَلْبَسُهَا وَ یَقْعُدُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِهِ....
📚 Kafi, Vol. 1, p. 236
Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, said in a hadith: When the death of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, approached... he said: O Ali! O brother of Muhammad! Do you fulfill the promises of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and pay off his debt, and take possession of his inheritance? So Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Yes! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! That is my responsibility and for me. He said: Then I looked at him until he took off his ring from his finger and said: Wear this during my lifetime.
Up to where he said: Then he called Bilal and said: Bring my helmet, armor, banner, shirt, Dhu al-Fiqar (sword), the 'Sahaab' (cloud) turban, cloak (burd), ewer, and staff.... Then he requested two pairs of Arabic sandals, one patched and the other unpatched, and two shirts, one of which was the shirt he wore when he ascended (Mi'raj), and the other was the shirt he wore when he went to the Battle of Uhud, and the three caps, one of which was the travel cap, another the cap for Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Qurban, and Fridays, and the third was the cap he wore when he sat among his companions....!
2 عن الحسن بن علی الوشاء عن أبی الحسن الرضا قال سَمِعْتُهُ یَقُولُ کَانَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ یَلْبَسُ فِی الشِّتَاءِ الْخَزَّ وَ الْمِطْرَفَ الْخَزَّ وَ الْقَلَنْسُوَةَ الْخَزَّ فَیَشْتُو فِیهِ وَ یَبِیعُ الْمِطْرَفَ فِی الصَّیْفِ وَ یَتَصَدَّقُ بِثَمَنِهِ ثُمَّ یَقُولُ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِینَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِی أَخْرَجَ لِعِبادِهِ وَ الطَّیِّباتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ.
📚 Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 451
Washa' said: I heard Imam Reza, peace be upon him, say: Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, used to wear a garment of khazz (a kind of silk/fur), a patterned embroidered cloak of khazz, and a cap of khazz in the winter and would spend the winter in it, and in the summer he would sell that patterned embroidered cloak and give its money in charity, and he would say:
"Say: 'Who has forbidden the ornaments of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the pure provisions?"'
3 عن ابن أبی عمیر عن بعض أصحابه عن أبی عبدالله قَالَ: کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله یَلْبَسُ قَلَنْسُوَةً بَیْضَاءَ مُضَرَّبَةً وَ کَانَ یَلْبَسُ فِی الْحَرْبِ قَلَنْسُوَةً لَهَا أُذُنَانِ.
📚 Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 462
Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to wear a sewn white cap and in war, he would wear a cap that had two ears!
4 عن السکونی عن أبی عبداللَّه قال: کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ یَلْبَسُ مِنَ الْقَلَانِسِ الْیَمَنِیَّةَ وَ الْبَیْضَاءَ وَ الْمُضَرَّبَةَ وَ ذَاتَ الْأُذُنَیْنِ فِی الْحَرْبِ وَ کَانَتْ عِمَامَتُهُ السَّحَابَ وَ کَانَ لَهُ بُرْنُسٌ یَتَبَرْنَسُ بِهِ.
📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 461
Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to wear Yemeni, white, embroidered (mudarrab), and two-eared caps in war, and his turban was 'Sahaab' (cloud), and he had a capped garment (a garment with an attached hood/cap) that he would wear!
5 عن الحسین بن المختار قال: قال أَبُوعَبْداللَّهِ اعْمَلْ لِی قَلَانِسَ بَیْضَاءَ وَ لَا تُکَسِّرْهَا فَإِنَّ السَّیِّدَ مِثْلِی لَا یَلْبَسُ الْمُکَسَّرَ.
📚 Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 462
Husayn ibn Mukhtar said: Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: Make white caps for me, but do not make them mukassar (broken or with a brim/peak), for a master like me does not wear a mukassar (broken or brimmed) cap!
✅ A cap (hat) was one of the coverings used by the Infallibles (Ma'soomeen), peace be upon them.