2. supplication when wearing a garment
alhamdu lillahil-lathee kasanee hatha (aththawb) warazaqaneehi min ghayri hawlin minnee wala quwwah.
‘all praise is for allah who has clothed me with this garment and provided it for me, with no power nor might from myself.’
3. supplication said when wearing a new garment
allahumma lakal-hamdu anta kasawtaneeh, as-aluka min khayrihi wakhayri ma suniaaa lah, wa-aaaoothu bika min sharrihi washarri ma suniaaa lah.
‘o allah, for you is all praise, you have clothed me with it (i.e. the garment), i ask you for the good of it and the good for which it was made, and i seek refuge with you from the evil of it and the evil for which it was made.’
4. supplication said to someone wearing a new garment
tublee wayukhliful-lahu taaaala.
‘may you wear it out and allah replace it (with another).’ the intended meaning: a supplication for long life. “
ilbas jadeedan waaaish hameedan wamut shaheedan.
‘wear anew, live commendably and die a shaheed.’
shaheed:one who dies fighting the kuffar in order to make the word of allah superior or in defense of islam. it also has other meanings found in the sunnah such as: the one who dies defending his life, wealth or family; the woman who passes away due to childbirth; one who drowns…etc.
5. before undressing
bismil-lah
‘in the name of allah.’
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