Sunnah Attire

 The Jilbab

“O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful”. [Surat Al-Ahzab, Ayat 59]

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin: “May Allah have mercy on the early immigrant women. When the verse “That they should draw their veils over their bosoms (Juyubihinna)” was revealed, they tore their thick outer garments and made veils from them”.
Sunan Abi Dawud 4102 In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 83

‘Urwah reported: Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said, “May Allah have mercy on the foremost women of the Muhajirun. When Allah revealed the verse, ‘Let them draw their cloaks over their bodies,’ (24:31) they cut their sheets and veiled themselves with them.” Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 4481

Women should be dressed in such a way that they do not attract unwanted attention from the opposite gender which then may lead to desire and in turn, sin etc.

Imam Ath-Thahabi (May Allah have mercy upon him) says in his book Kitab Al-Kaba’ir (The Book of Major Sins): “Amongst the deeds which a woman is cursed for are; displaying the adornments she wears, wearing perfume when she goes out, and wearing colourful clothes…”

The jilbab or dress that the woman wears must not be that of adornment as in it must not have any jewels or sparkly eye-catching gems attached to it, should not be of a glossy or shiny fabric, in fact it was likened to that of a crow:

The following report from Abu Dawud indicates that the women of the Sahabah used to wear black in which Aisha RA (May Allah be pleased with her) said: “After this Ayah (Al- Ahzab, 33:33) was revealed the women of the Ansar appeared like crows.”

The scholars have interpreted part of the meaning of “appeared like crows” as meaning that their Jilbabs were plain and black