Is topi wearing sunnah-e-muakkadah?

Kindly refer below our standard reply to similar queries.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai%0D%0AFATWA DEPT.%0D%0A%0D%0AQ: Is the wearing of a hat (Topi) proven from Hadith? Did Rasulullah%0D%0A(Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) and the Sahaaba wear the Topi?%0D%0AA: Abu Kabsha (Radhiallaahu %C1nhu) narrates that the hats of the companions%0D%0Aof Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) used to be round and spacious.%0D%0A(Mirqaat vol.8 pg.246)%0D%0AIt is narrated by Tabrani on the authority of Ibn Umar (Radhiallaahu %C1nhuma)%0D%0Athat Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) used to wear a white hat.%0D%0A(Ibid)%0D%0AHassan Basri (Rahmatullah Alayhi) states that the people (Sahaaba -%0D%0ARadhiallaahu Anhum) used to make Sajda (prostrate) upon their turbans and%0D%0Ahats. (Bukhari vol.1 pg.56; Rashidiyya)%0D%0AMullah Ali Qari (Rahmatulah Alayhi) states that the wearing of the hat has%0D%0Abecome one of the salient symbols of Islam. (Mirqaat vol.8 pg.246) It is the%0D%0Aonly outward and unique salient feature that distinguishes a Muslim from a%0D%0Anon-Muslim. No other community group or people wear the Muslim type hat.%0D%0A