LessonsThe Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: Missed Goodness, Competing Priorities, and Contradictory ConductQuiz

وَتُغَلِّبُ حُبَّ ثَوْبٍ تَشْتَهِيهِ عَلَى ثَوَابٍ تَشْتَرِيهِ
You allow love for a desired garment to outweigh a reward you could earn.

Thawb is clothing; thawāb is reward. Tashtahīhi signals desire, while tashtarīhi pictures acquiring something through effort or a price.

The rebuke concerns the dominance of desire, not a blanket prohibition on clothing.

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A Garment and a Reward

The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: Missed Goodness, Competing Priorities, and Contradictory Conduct

وَتُغَلِّبُ حُبَّ ثَوْبٍ تَشْتَهِيهِ عَلَى ثَوَابٍ تَشْتَرِيهِ
You allow love for a desired garment to outweigh a reward you could earn.

Thawb is clothing; thawāb is reward. Tashtahīhi signals desire, while tashtarīhi pictures acquiring something through effort or a price.

The rebuke concerns the dominance of desire, not a blanket prohibition on clothing.