Prayer: Conditions of Clothing for Prayer
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani
Ruling 785
The clothing worn by someone performing prayers must meet six conditions:
1. It must be pure (tahir);
2. It must be permissible (mubah) [i.e. it must not be usurped], as an obligatory precaution;
3. It must not be made from the parts of the carcass [of an animal that has not been slaughtered according to Islamic law];
4. It must not be from a predatory animal, and based on obligatory precaution, nor must it be from an animal whose meat is unlawful to eat;
5.–6. If the person performing prayers is male, it must not be made from pure silk nor embroidered with gold.
The details of these conditions will be explained in the following rulings.