Yemeni invasion of Saudi Arabia

[Bengal_Tiger]

Despite the American-made junk Saudi Arabia has bought and is using, the Yemeni army units loyal to ex-president Saleh and their allies the pro-Iranian Houthis are still strong and have allegedly captured parts of Saudi Arabia.

Yemen's Houthis claim control of Saudi territory: Report

#YemenCrisis
Fighters from the Houthi movement in Yemen claim to be in control of a Saudi military base


Wednesday 19 August 2015 13:51 UTC

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A Yemeni television channel broadcast footage on Tuesday reportedly showing Houthi fighters inside Saudi Arabia who claimed to be within striking distance of a city populated by 1.6 million people.

Al Masirah, a TV station which is run by the Houthis, aired a video report with Houthi fighters who said they were less than two km from Najran, a city in a province of the same name near the Yemeni border.

The cameraman zooms in on a city, which can be seen in the distance. A fighter says it is Najran.

In the clip, the presenter points to a stone apparently marking the border, which has an image of the Saudi national flag on one side and the Yemeni flag on the other.

A group of Houthi fighters are shown next to the stone, one standing on top of it and holding a Yemeni flag.

The fighters shouted the Houthi slogan: “God is great, Death to America, Death to Israel, A curse upon the Jews, Victory for Islam.”



One of the fighters, who is not named, claims that the Houthi forces have captured the Shirfa military base, which is near the Yemeni border and used by Saudi forces to protect Najran city.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI4E7_mYEzw

The Houthis have previously broadcast footage claiming to show their forces attacking the Shirfa military base.

The fighter in the video says his forces are in complete control of the Shirfa military base and the border area surrounding it.

“We are at al-Shirfa Point – it was named al-Shirfa because it overlooks Najran province, which is now in the sights of the Yemeni army and the popular committees,” the presenter, Abdel Basit al-Sharfi, said.

Middle East Eye could not independently confirm the claims made by Al Masirah, although there have been numerous reports of the Houthis shelling Saudi territory in recent months. There is no official death toll but tens of Saudi soldiers have been reportedly killed by Houthi attacks.

Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have been trading fire since Riyadh launched a military campaign in March to push back the Saada-based group. Last year, the Houthis swept down from their mountain stronghold to seize control of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and force President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi into exile.

Clashes between the Houthis and Saudis have focused on Najran, Jizan, and Asir, three border provinces that have long been contested areas. Two years after the establishment of modern Saudi Arabia in 1932, the Saudis and Yemenis fought a war over the three oil-rich provinces.

The Saudis won the war for control of the three provinces, but there are many Yemenis who do not recognise the border that separates these three provinces from Yemen.


The fighters who appeared in Tuesday’s report by Masirah claimed to be undeterred by Riyadh’s devastating bombing campaign in Yemen and pledged to continue their operations inside the kingdom.

Pulling a small copy of the Quran from his pocket, the fighter says: “We are fighting according to this weapon, unlike the enemy, who depend on weapons like rocket launchers, tanks, Apache [helicopters] and F-16 [warplanes]. The enemy is depending on America and Israel. We depend on God.”

“Every time our fighters see a strike or an aeroplane, our courage increases,” he added.


- See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ye....r1XaOSmc.dpuf

[Bengal_Tiger]

Baby Salman's failed policy on Yemen.



An Al-Masirah TV reporter (Houthi media station) shows a Saudi plaque on a Saudi-Yemen post which has fallen to Yemeni tribesmen.



Ibn Salman a.k.a "Baby Salman", the man being groomed to be the future King after the current king and his successor die. He is accused of leading Saudi Arabia to its greatest ever disaster and fiasco, the failed debacle in Yemen.



Yemeni tribesmen hold the Yemeni flag over a captured Saudi border post. Yemen claims three provinces of Saudi Arabia i.e. Jizan, Najran and Asir, which are in territory greater than the UAE.



Yemeni tribesmen with a captured Saudi border post. Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia is the richest. The border post plaque has the two crossed swords with a palm tree in the centre symbol of the Saudi state visible.



The reporter points to Saudi territory ("occupied Yemeni territory" as per Yemeni nationalists) calling it "Muhafadhat an-Najran" (province/district of Najran).





"Baby Salman" i.e. Ibn Salman.


Senior Saudi princes including the late former foreign minister ibn Faisal warned against adventurism in Yemen. However as per certain sources "Baby Salman" and "Papa Salman" (current "King") wanted a war to boost Baby Salman's standing and repute, to give him such prestige that he would be seen as a glorious national hero and he could never have his dream of becoming ruler of Saudi Arabia thwarted.

However this is fast turning in to a crisis.


SAUDI ARABIA NEED TO APPROACH SALEH AND TELL HIM THEY WILL END THE WAR WITH A JOINT SALEH-HADI GOVERNMENT BASED IN SANA'A.



Former Yemeni president Saleh, Yemeni army forces loyal to him and allied with pro-Houthi tribesmen from northern Yemen have captured Saudi territory.


- The Yemen war is fast becoming Saudi Arabia's Waziristan or "Afghanistan".


Senior Saudi princes also need to collectively write a letter( or communicate some other way) about their immense concern over this debacle to the King.

If 100 Saudi princes all privately send a joint letter to the King that this Yemen madness must stop and that a peace-deal with Saleh must be sought then hopefully this crazy war can come to an end.



Yemen's problems are Yemen's problems, they should not become Saudi Arabia's problems.

[Bengal_Tiger]

SECURITY OF SAUDI ARABIA AND BANGLADESH AND THE MUSLIM WORLD.

- Saudi Arabia has the Hejaz which is the birth place of Islam and the two holy mosques.

Thus the security of Saudi Arabia is an issue of concern for the world's 1.5 billion Muslims.


- There are possibly as much as 2 million Bangladeshis in Saudi and 4 million in Saudi-allied states in the GCC. The biggest number of Bangladeshis outside of Bangladesh.

These 4 million Bangladeshis in turn probably sustain on average at least 5 others (parents, spouse, 2 children), which means 24 million Bangladeshis are dependent on peace and stability in the Arabian gulf.


- The Bangladeshi military need to have a private security meeting about this situation and reassure the Saudis of total and unconditional support for the Saudi government.

We should consider sending 5,000 troops to Saudi Arabia and working with the Saudi government for the organization of a volunteer force (commanded by a Saudi general) which Bangladeshi volunteers and others can join to defend the holy land. 8,000 Bangladeshi volunteers fought with Palestinians in the 1980s.



Bangladeshi soldiers.












[MENTION=3580]asad71[/MENTION]

[Khostai]

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[Bengal_Tiger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvy7VcN3tkI

Yemeni tribesmen kill Saudi-GCC soldiers and destroy American-made weaponry.

This was allegedly *INSIDE* Saudi Arabia, Jizan province.





An American-made military vehicle destroyed by Yemeni tribesmen.





"Baby Salman" is leading Saudi Arabia to disaster.





American-made junk destroyed at the hands of Yemeni tribesmen.

[Bengal_Tiger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEwrXyqiJXE

Yemeni tribesmen knock out another American-made Apache attack helicopter bought by the Saudis.

American-made junk is being exposed in this conflict.



- Saudis need to contact Saleh and hand over the troublesome burden of ruling Yemen to him and clean their hands off this mess.



Ex-president Saleh who is humiliating Saudi Arabia, which spent $80 billion (primarily) on American-made "defence" junk, in front of the world.

[randolph85]

Calling Houthi's Pro Iranian is a misnomer.

I find it strange that the Houthi's are called this but their Yemeni rivals are not referred to as pro Saudi.

[Bengal_Tiger]

American-made Abrams tank used by Saudis destroyed by Yemeni tribesmen inside Saudi Arabia, Jizan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2GR-g9777k

American made junk is being destroyed left, right and centre in Yemen.

The American made Abrams costs roughly $4.3 million per tank.

An Apache attack helicopter can cost up to as much as $41 million.

So far it's claimed at least 4 American-made Saudi Apaches have been destroyed so that is over $160 million worth of damage.



These Yemeni tribesmen are destroying American-made garbage left, right and centre and humiliating the Americans in front of the world.

[Bengal_Tiger]

$0.2 billion of American junk destroyed?


Yemeni tribesmen have destroyed a lot of American made junk:

- Apache attack helicopters
- Abrams tanks
- M-ATVs

In total it would not be implausible to say they may have destroyed under $0.2 billion worth of American "defence" weaponry (junk).

Also they have made the Saudis spend billions on the war and no doubt caused deep internal discontent and divisions amongst the senior Saudi princes as well as probably anger at Papa Salman and Baby Salman i.e. "King" and "2nd crown prince".

The Iranians and Russians are probably laughing at all this.





Saudi soldiers are deserting the army too not happy with having to fight this stupid war.



Saudi army letter warning soldiers who escape from the army and refuse to fight.

[Bengal_Tiger]

Photo of two Yemeni Jews who allegedly fought with pro-Saleh forces against the Saudis:



- The Houthis have captured Saudi territory before. In 2009 in the last major Saudi-Houthi war, the Houthis captured Saudi territory and eventually there was some sort of peace agreement between the two.

- Yemenis regard the three southern provinces of "Saudi Arabia" as rightfully belonging to them and occupied Yemeni land. These three provinces are Asir, Najran and Jizan.



Jizan in green.



Najran.



Asir.



It's said these three provinces are naturally more similar to neighbouring Yemen than they are to the Najd, which is the nucleus and core of the Saudi state.

There are Shias (Ismailis) in these areas too.



Two men from the province of Asir, which Yemenis claim is part of historical Yemen. Note the Izhar (garment at the bottom) which is what Yemenis wear as well, and similar clothes are worn by east Indians/Bengalis, Malays, Somalis and others. It is also said the holy prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم wore an izhar, of what type I am not sure.

The multi-coloured clothing and swords are more akin to Yemen than to the all-white of the Najd or Arabian gulf (Khaleej al-Arabee) on the east coast i.e. UAE, Kuwait, Qatar etc.





Yemeni mud house in Jizan, southern Saudi Arabia (a region claimed as part of Yemen by Yemenis).



Traditional clothes of Jizan (southern Saudi province claimed by Yemen).

Notice the bright multi-coloured clothing, the lower body garment (izhar, similar to the Bangladeshi lungi, the Malaysian Sarong) and the bright coloured loose female clothing which contrasts to modern Wahabi/Najdi clothing of a white thawb for a man and black abaya for a woman.



The sort of image more commonly associated with Saudi Arabia which is basically a greater Najd Wahabi state with the Najd being the core ruling region and other regions being appendages.

Many people do not understand that even before Islam, Arabia was very rich in culture and was heavily influenced by Indic civilization and had trade connections with India.

Even after Islam, the Arabian peninsula has never been like what many modern day "Islamists" and others imagine it to be like.



Men of Asir (southern Saudi, claimed by Yemenis as their occupied province). Notice how the torso of the man on the right is uncovered. This photo may have been taken in either the 20th or at the earliest 19th century, so 1200 to 1300 years after the holy prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.

Arabs have never been fully Islamized or the embodiment of Islam that some Arabophile "Islamists" like to portray them to be.

[Bengal_Tiger]

Yemeni troops inside Saudi Arabia after having captured a Saudi military base in Al-Khubah, in the contested Jizan province, claimed by Yemen but currently controlled by Saudi Arabia.

The Yemeni troops are on top of captured American junk, namely the M1-Abrams tank.






Yemeni troops capture a Saudi base in what they regard as stolen/occupied Yemeni territory, in the Jizan province which is largely under the control of Saudi forces.


After nearly 5 months of bombing the poorest country in the Arab world, the Saudi regime's so-called "Decisive storm", doesn't seem so decisive.

If "decisive" means something which takes 5 months without a solution or even a semi-solution then perhaps this ridiculous operation can be called "decisive".

However other than that, to normal people, the Saud tribe have messed up again and shown themselves to be clowns and goons who can't even defeat the poorest country in the Arab world despite spending $80 billion on mainly American "defence" junk.



Clown, "Baby Salman", allegedly the key advocate of operation "Decisive (sic) Storm".



A far smaller clown, as opposed to far bigger clown "Baby Salman", Krusty the clown.

Differences between Krusty and Baby Salman.

1. Krusty is fictitious, Salman is very real and so are his monumental mistakes.

2. Krusty's foolishness just results in laughs, Baby Salman's foolishness results in death, destruction and misery.

[Bengal_Tiger]

Saudi troops enter northern Yemen, reports

#YemenCrisis

The ground incursion comes after the Houthis stepped up shelling on northern border and seized a military checkpoint


Thursday 27 August 2015 13:36 UTC
Last update:
Thursday 27 August 2015 13:45 UTC


Saudi Arabian troops have reportedly crossed the border and entered northern Yemen for the first time since the Saudi-led coalition began its campaign against the Houthis and their allies in Yemen.

According to footage released on Wednesday, soldiers can be see moving into position in the southern Saudi province of Jizan. In the reports, the Saudi commanders insist that the ground troop cross-border operations will be limited and temporary.

The incursion comes after weeks of setbacks for the Houthis who have been pushed out of south Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition and its allies on the ground.

It also come less than two week after pro-Houthi media released footage of Houthi militias allegedly stationed mere kilometres from the Saudi city of Najran, which is located some 200 kilometres to the east of Jizan and is home to some 1.6 million inhabitants.

The footage could not be independently verified, but the Houthis have long been shelling southern Saudi Arabia, so far killing dozens of Saudi soldiers, including a Saudi general, who was killed over the weekend.


More than 4,300 people have been killed in the conflict in Yemen since March, according to the UN. Almost half of those have been civilians.

- See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sa....FMg1N7Bu.dpuf



Hotel in Najran.


It seems like pro-Saleh Yemeni fighters (a combination of Yemeni army troops and Houthis) are close to the 1.6 million "Saudi" city of Najran.

The Saudi regime have decided to send in their "army" inside northern Yemen itself.

This is music to the ears of the Iranians and Russians who will be all too happy to help the Yemenis cause more problems for the Saudi regime.

The question now is will the Yemenis take Najran?

If they do take Najran, the Saudis cannot bomb their own people in a city with 1.6 million Saudis.

How will the Saudis recapture Najran if it falls to the Yemenis?

Will the Yemenis allow, nay even encourage, Saudis in Jizan to flee as refugees thus causing even more strain on Saudi facilities.

What impact will the signs of relative weakness of the Saudi state have on the "kaba'il" (tribes) and confederacies of south-western Saudi Arabia?

What impact will the signs of relative weakness of the Saudi state have on the other powerful tribes in the Najd and beyond, the Qahtanis, the Shammar etc?

Najran may not fall at all to the Yemenis.

If it does, then "Baby Salman" and his father "Papa Salman", have led Saudi Arabia to its greatest ever disaster and humiliation.

There may even be calls from some of the other senior Saudi princes for the "Papa Salman" (not to be confused with Papa Smurf) to be effectively removed from power by the generally far more-in-tune-with-reality ibn Nayef.



The controversial and evil ibn Nayef, the heir to the thrown and notorious interior minister and Saud tribe strong man. Will he carry out a palace coup?

If there is a palace coup what would happen is this:

a: Salman would be declared "severely sick" and unable to be functioning king.

b: Ibn Nayef would be declared as regent or king either way as actual ruler.

c: Baby Salman would no longer enjoy the huge influence he has in Saudi Arabia and to continue the Yemen adventure as his own personal project to build up an unquestionable reputation as a Saudi hero.

The clown would be sidelined as another clown Bandar before him was. The older and more experienced Ibn Nayef to protect the image of the Saudi regime would make peace with Abdullah Saleh and agree to a joint Saleh-Hadi government in Sana'a and an end to the war in Yemen.

Eventually Baby Salman would be booted out of the circles of power amongst the Saud tribe for ever and be disgraced permanently.

The situation is becoming critical and grave for the Saud tribe.

If Najran falls to the Yemenis then the entire world will laugh at the pathetic Saudis who spend $80 billion on defence but can't defend themselves from Yemeni tribesmen.



Iranians will laugh at Saudis.





Russians will laugh at Saudis.



Chinese will laugh at Saudis.



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Saudi cowardice and weakness against brave Yemenis.

The Saudi thugs who can beat unarmed powerless African immigrants, cannot beat armed Yemeni fighters.





An African immigrant beaten by Saudis. Saudis regularly beat, torture, rape, sometimes even murder foreign workers. Now however they are unable to fight armed Yemeni soldiers.

[Kushan Prince]

I don't like where this is going and how many pissed of liberals are going to lash at the Saudis but if they had Pakis settled there than it was about time to go in there themselves as well.

Also to correct [MENTION=1058]Bengal_Tiger[/MENTION] brother, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had an Izhar but never wore one according to a hadith i had read a while back. Yemen is the most outside influenced Arab country, epsicially by India.

[Bengal_Tiger]

I don't like where this is going and how many pissed of liberals are going to lash at the Saudis but if they had Pakis settled there than it was about time to go in there themselves as well.

Also to correct [MENTION=1058]Bengal_Tiger[/MENTION] brother, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had an Izhar but never wore one according to a hadith i had read a while back. Yemen is the most outside influenced Arab country, epsicially by India.

Salam Kushan,

I don't fully trust the hadith traditions, but they can be useful in matters where they do not contradict the Quran (which is more than most people think) but here are some reports from hadith books:


1:

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلالٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، قَالَ: أَخْرَجَتْ إِلَيْنَا عَائِشَةُ، كِسَاءً مُلَبَّدًا، وَإِزَارًا غَلِيظًا، فَقَالَتْ: قُبِضَ رُوحُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فِي هَذَيْنِ.

Hazrat Abu Burdah bin Musa Al-Ash'ari radiyallahu anhu reports, "Aishah radyiallahu anha showed us a patched sheet, and the thick coarse lungi, then said, "When Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam passed away, he was wearing these clothes.


حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمَّتِي، تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهَا، قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمشِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ، إِذَا إِنْسَانٌ خَلْفِي يَقُولُ: ارْفَعْ إِزَارَكَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَتْقَى وَأَبْقَى فَإِذَا هُوَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ بُرْدَةٌ مَلْحَاءُ، قَالَ: أَمَا لَكَ فِيَّ أُسْوَةٌ؟ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا إِزَارُهُ إِلَى نِصْفِ سَاقَيْهِ.

Hazrat Ubaid bin Khalid radiyallahu anhu says, "I was once going to Madinah Munawwarah. I heard a person from behind me say, "Wear the lungi higher because it avoids physical and spiratual najaasah (impurities)." (The lungi will remain cleaner and will not become dirty by being dragged on the ground.)

When I turned to see who was talking, I saw that it was Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. I said, "O' Rasoolullah, this is a simple lungi, how can one become proud, and it is necessary to look after it (keep it clean)?"

Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam replied, "If you see no benefit in it, your following me has not ceased."

While Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam was telling me this, I saw that his lungi reached till half his him."



حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ، يَأْتَزِرُ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا كَانَتْ إِزْرَةُ صَاحِبِي، يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Hazrat Salamah bin Akwa radiyallahu anhu says, "Uthman radiyallahu anhu wore his lungi till the middle of his shin and said, "This is how my master Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam wore his lungi."



Source: Sunnah.com



2.

The Prophet , did wear an Izaar but as far as we know, he did not wear it on specific occasions. In fact, scholars mentioned that the Izaar was his most common clothing, as stated by The Haafith Ibn Hajar may Allaah have mercy upon him in his Fat-h Al-Baari.

The Prophet , wore anything that was available without troubling himself. The Haafith Al-‘Iraaqi may Allaah have mercy upon him said in his Alfiyyah (what means): "The Prophet , used to wear whatever clothes were available: an Izaar (lower garment), a Qamees (long loose shirt), a Ridaa’ (upper garment), a Burdah (striped cloak), a Shamlah (wrapper made of wool or goat-hair), a Hibrah (striped cotton garment from Yemen), a Jubbah (cloak or mantle), or a Qabaa’ (a garment with close-fitting sleeves).

Source: Islamweb.net



A lot of "Islam" or what we have been taught as "Islam" or what society or many perceive as Islam is not actually Islam, even if we go by the dubious and problematic Hadith books.

Though I'm not sure and don't really care, most Arabs consider Yemen as being the motherland of Arabs (though as we saw on another thread some western scholars dispute that, but I don't know their evidence. Arabic is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family and Yemen is closer to Africa than Iraq or the Fertile crescent is).

The wearing of the lungi by the prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم is written in the books of hadeeth.

So ironically the Yemenis common clothing is more akin to that of the prophet than the supposedly more "Islamic" Saudis.

Also if we go by traditional "Islamic" sources, hadeeths then Yemen is actually more blessed then the Najd, which is the nucleus and core of the Saudi state.

[Kushan Prince]

Salam Kushan,

I don't fully trust the hadith traditions, but they can be useful in matters where they do not contradict the Quran (which is more than most people think) but here are some reports from hadith books:


1:

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلالٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، قَالَ: أَخْرَجَتْ إِلَيْنَا عَائِشَةُ، كِسَاءً مُلَبَّدًا، وَإِزَارًا غَلِيظًا، فَقَالَتْ: قُبِضَ رُوحُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فِي هَذَيْنِ.

Hazrat Abu Burdah bin Musa Al-Ash'ari radiyallahu anhu reports, "Aishah radyiallahu anha showed us a patched sheet, and the thick coarse lungi, then said, "When Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam passed away, he was wearing these clothes.


حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمَّتِي، تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهَا، قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمشِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ، إِذَا إِنْسَانٌ خَلْفِي يَقُولُ: ارْفَعْ إِزَارَكَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَتْقَى وَأَبْقَى فَإِذَا هُوَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ بُرْدَةٌ مَلْحَاءُ، قَالَ: أَمَا لَكَ فِيَّ أُسْوَةٌ؟ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا إِزَارُهُ إِلَى نِصْفِ سَاقَيْهِ.

Hazrat Ubaid bin Khalid radiyallahu anhu says, "I was once going to Madinah Munawwarah. I heard a person from behind me say, "Wear the lungi higher because it avoids physical and spiratual najaasah (impurities)." (The lungi will remain cleaner and will not become dirty by being dragged on the ground.)

When I turned to see who was talking, I saw that it was Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. I said, "O' Rasoolullah, this is a simple lungi, how can one become proud, and it is necessary to look after it (keep it clean)?"

Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam replied, "If you see no benefit in it, your following me has not ceased."

While Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam was telling me this, I saw that his lungi reached till half his him."



حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ، يَأْتَزِرُ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا كَانَتْ إِزْرَةُ صَاحِبِي، يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Hazrat Salamah bin Akwa radiyallahu anhu says, "Uthman radiyallahu anhu wore his lungi till the middle of his shin and said, "This is how my master Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam wore his lungi."



Source: Sunnah.com



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Source: Islamweb.net



A lot of "Islam" or what we have been taught as "Islam" or what society or many perceive as Islam is not actually Islam, even if we go by the dubious and problematic Hadith books.

Though I'm not sure and don't really care, most Arabs consider Yemen as being the motherland of Arabs (though as we saw on another thread some western scholars dispute that, but I don't know their evidence. Arabic is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family and Yemen is closer to Africa than Iraq or the Fertile crescent is).

The wearing of the lungi by the prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم is written in the books of hadeeth.

So ironically the Yemenis common clothing is more akin to that of the prophet than the supposedly more "Islamic" Saudis.

Also if we go by traditional "Islamic" sources, hadeeths then Yemen is actually more blessed then the Najd, which is the nucleus and core of the Saudi state.

Salaamuna Bengal_Tiger

I agree with you that hadiths are problematic and a lot of them contradict each other. That's why i have trouble believing them myself. Thank you for posting your sources, so some hadiths do agree that he wore something similar to Lung while i was told that he never wore one. While doing my research online i found something else on regards of the Prophet's clothing;

In the Sunnah there are reports which describe several types of clothing that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to wear. To sum up: the reports say that he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to wear whatever garments were readily available and were customary among his people. So he did not reject that which was available, he did not go to great lengths to obtain that which was not available, he did not wear anything that made him stand out from other people, and he did not restrict himself to wearing only one type of clothing. Rather he wore all kinds of fabric except silk, and all kinds of garments that were covering and beautiful. Al-‘Allaamah Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) compiled a summary of the hadiths which describe the clothing of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), which we will quote here in brief. We will not burden the reader by quoting all the hadiths which speak of this topic, as they may be found in the books of the Sunnah, and one may refer to them in the sections on clothing and adornment.

Another intresting view by a scholar;

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

He had a turban [i.e., that which is wrapped around the head, as is the dress of ordinary people in some countries nowadays, such as Yemen and Sudan] that was called as-sahaab (“the cloud”), which he gave to ‘Ali. Under it he wore a cap (qalansuwah). Sometimes he wore the cap without the turban, and sometimes he wore the turban without the cap. When he put on the turban, he let the ends hang down between his shoulder blades, as Muslim narrated in his Saheeh from ‘Amr ibn Hurayth who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) on the minbar wearing a black turban, with its two ends hanging down between his shoulder blades. In Muslim it is also narrated from Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) entered Makkah wearing a black turban. The hadith of Jaabir does not mention the end of the turban, which indicates that he did not always let the end hang down between his shoulder blades. It may be said that he entered Makkah wearing battle dress and a cap of chain mail on his head, because in every situation he wore what was appropriate.

He (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) also wore a qamees or chemise [which is like the thobes that are known nowadays and in some countries they are called galabiyah]. This was the most beloved of garments to him. The sleeves came down to the wrists.

He also wore the jubbah [which is an overgarment with wide sleeves that is open at the front and is worn over the thobe. It is similar to the jubbah worn nowadays by the faculty of al-Azhar. See: al-Mu‘jam al-Waseet (1/104)].

http://islamqa.info/en/126692

So he probably did wear a Saudi thobe along with an Izzhar on different occasions. Me personally, i think he wore a thobe since it was more suitable for the climate and was the national dress back than as it is today. Most Saudis, like Pashtuns see their clothing as something cultural, not exactly Sunnah which is why many Pashtuns wear their trousers below their ankles. Honestly, it doesn't matter, what matters the most was his influence and teachings.