White Garments

Wearing white garments is indicative of soundness in one's religiousand worldly affairs, except for people with do (dirty) jobs such asslaughtermen, cooks, those who press olive oil and so on; if they wearwhite garments it is indicative of loss of livelihood, because they onlywear them when t hey are not working. If it is worn by the Khateebs at the time of delivering the Khutbah,that is a bad sign, because it is indicative of losing their positions. Bythe same token, if they wear black at the time of delivering the Khutbah,that is a good sign. But wearing black for people who are not used to itis a sign of worry or grief. To sum up: if a person wears garments that are befitting for him, thatis good for him; if he wears garments that are not befitting for him, thatis indicative of a bad reputati on and loss of his position.