176. Condition to be fully attired during worship.
There are certain religious sects that demand people dispense their dress, especially their upper garments during worship. This is imposed on people irrespective of their position they hold even in the political hierarchy of the country. They are required to remove their upper garments before entering the place of worship.
The person who performs the rituals to the deity does it without wearing an upper garment, in some cases carrying the work without any dress.
The Holy Quran does not allow this kind of a belief by its followers, as can be seen in verse (7:31) asking people to be clad in good clean clothes when they come to masjids to worship.
People who go dressed very nicely in good clothes to important functions, do not pay much attention when they go to masjids, this is wrong.
The person who goes to masjid to worship all the five times in good dress sets a good precedent to others is the message conveyed here.
There are certain masjids where sitting on the prayer mats would make clothes dirty.
Masjids are to be maintained without odor, neat and clean, not necessarily splendid is the responsibility of the people who manage the masjids is the message conveyed here.
