Examples of use of outer garment
1. Two reports by Anas mention that once «the Prophet came out in his illness, leaning on Usamah and wearing an outer garment made in Qatar.
2. The 53–year–old officer has been nicknamed the Caped Crusader for going out on the beat in his home town in a traditional policeman‘s outer garment.
3. Even a woman who does not have an outer garment to wear can borrow one, or even share one with a friend.
4. Perhaps he felt this was preferable to having the two pieces that were the normal Arab dress at the time, because such an outer garment covers the whole body.
5. Umm Atiyyah mentions that she asked the Prophet when he ordered women to attend the Eid prayer: "Is a woman excused from attending if she has no outer garment to wear?