is required for the obligatory (fard) is required for the voluntary (nafl), such as purification. It is the text of Ahmad (22), in the narration of Hanbal, that it suffices for him to wrap himself with a single garment, without having any of it on his shoulder, during supererogatory (tatawwu') prayer; because the voluntary prayer (24) is built upon leniency. Therefore, one is granted concession [therein by omitting standing, and facing the qibla while walking, so one who omits standing is granted a concession] (25) for this amount. Abu Bakr argued for this based on the statement of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace): "If the garment is narrow, then fasten it around your waist (26)." He said: This is regarding supererogatory prayer, while the hadith of Abu Hurayrah is regarding the obligatory prayer.
192 - Issue: He said: (And whoever has a single garment, some of it being on his shoulder, that suffices him)
[The entirety of this] (1) is that the discussion regarding clothing is in four sections: The first section is regarding what suffices [in prayer]. The second is regarding virtue. The third is regarding what is disliked. And the fourth is regarding what is forbidden.
As for the first [it suffices him of it that which covers his private parts, if there is something of clothing on his shoulder, whether it is from the garment with which he covered his private parts, or from other than it; because of what we mentioned, and] (3) because of what was narrated
(22) In M, there is an addition: "that it suffices for him in supererogatory prayer, for he said". (23) Omitted from M. (24) Omitted from the original. (25) In M: "in it". (26) Narrated by Al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on If the Garment is Narrow, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/101. And Muslim, in: The Chapter of the Long Hadith of Jabir and the Story of Abu al-Yusr, from the Book of Asceticism. Sahih Muslim 4/2307, 2308. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on If the Garment is Narrow, One Should Fasten it Around the Waist, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/148. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 3/335. Al-Haqw: the place where the izar is fastened, which is the waist. (1) Omitted from the original. (2) Omitted from M. (3) In M: "For it suffices him if there is one garment with which he covers his private parts, and some of it or other than it is on his shoulder."
