Etiquette of Dressing & shoe-wear materials Part 3

For sandals and shoes, the best colour is yellow and next comes white. According to Imam Ali (a.s.) fine shoes keep the body free from germs and diseases. They also help in wazoo (ablution) and Namaz (prayers) as the shoes keep the feet free from dirt. According to Sarraf, when he went before Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) while having white shoes on the Imam (a.s.) asked him if it was intentional and before Sarraf could answer, the Imam (a.s.) said that any person who buys a white shoe will get money from unknown sources before the shoe gets worn out. Saraf said, that hardly had he started wearing them, when he got hundred gold coins from a place which he could not even dream of.

Etiquette of Dressing & non-permitted materials Part 2

Materials Which are not Permitted to be Worn:

Allama Majlisi; Book Tehzeeb-ul-Islam, second blessing 

Men are not permitted to use pure silk and brocade and are asked to be
careful that their headgear and all those clothings which do not cover the
private parts should not be made of silk. Even certain accessories of
clothing, like borders, frills etc, should only be made of artificial silk, cotton
or any cloth, where silk is one tenth of the other yarn used in the material.
Cloth made of any yarn except silk is preferable.

Non-essential
parts of clothing like handkerchief, shawl etc. can be made of silk.
It is better for children who have not come of age, to be stopped from
wearing pure silk and gold; as according to the tradition of the Holy
Prophet (s.a.w.a.) as narrated by Imam Ali (a.s.), the Prophet had asked
Ali (a.s.) not to wear a golden ring and silk as he would be dressed in silk
in paradise and decorated with gold. Though Ali (a.s.) never used to
wear these but it was an indirect address to the people. Some persons
had asked Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) whether they could dress their children
in gold. The Imam (a.s.) ordered them to refrain from using gold
themselves and dressing their children (not having come of age) in gold;
only their women and (female) slaves could use it.

Etiquette of Dressing & Wearing Shoes Part 1

Elegant and Proper Clothing:

Allama Majlisi; Book Tehzeeb-ul-Islam, first blessing

A person should clothe himself neatly and decently according to his position
in life; provided, what he wears has been acquired through legitimate
(halal) means; and if he cannot clothe himself properly through legitimate
means, then he should try to be decent within his limits, as recorded
in most of the reliable traditions of Islam. However, acquisition of a
variety of dresses should not be exceeded to an extent as to tempt one
during his prayers. If God has bestowed one with suitable income or increased
it, then one should eat, clothe and spend accordingly, keeping in
view one's fellow brothers; and in case one's income is meagre one
should adjust and keep away from non-legitimate (haram) means of
earning.
It is an acknowledged fact that Imam Ali Al-Reza (a.s.) used to sit on a
mat woven with date-leaves during summer, and on coarse jute cloth in
winter. But when he ventured outside his home he was elegantly dressed
from head to foot to show the world the blessings of Almighty.
It is narrated from Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) that decency and cleanliness
in one's outfit are highly endearing to God and those who practise
otherwise, displease Almighty. He likes His creatures to be properly
dressed and perfumed and to keep their houses spick and span, and
light then before sunset, so that poverty should disappear and their
sources be increased.
A historical incident reflecting the attitude of the chosen one of God,
Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) is thus narrated. One of the leaders of the Ascetic
Sufi school of thought tried to belittle and tease the Imam (a.s.) before
the whole congregation while he was seated in Masjid al-Haram, elegantly
attired. He approached the Imam (a.s.) and questioned him why
he was so decently attired when the Holy Prophet and other ancestors of
the Imam (a.s.) never were. The Imam (a.s.) recited the following verse
from the Holy Book;
Say: (O Our Messenger Mohammed) "Who hath prohibited the adornment
(granted) of Allah, which He hath brought forth for His servants
and the good things of the provisions?"
and elaborated that in the days of Prophet there was poverty while at
present there was economic prosperity and as such pious people had a
better right of spending to display the generosity of God. Further, revealing
the clothes he was wearing underneath, he said that the outward attire
is just for the view of the world but underneath he was coarsely
dressed for the sake of his soul.