Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him), said: He who drinks in the vessel of silver in
fact drinks down in his belly the fire of Hell.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah
through other chains of transmitters: He who eats or
drinks in the vessel of silver and gold, - but there is no
mention in any one of them of the words pertaining to
eating and gold.
Abd al-Rahman reported on the authority of his mother's
sister Umm Salama who said that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: He who drank in vessels of gold
or silver he in fact drank down in his belly the fire of
Hell.
Mu'awiya b. Suwaid b. Muqarrin reporxed: I visited al-Bara'
b. 'Azib and heard him say: Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) commanded us to do seven things and forbade
us to do seven (things). He commanded us to visit the
sick, to follow the funeral procession, to answer the
sneezer, to fulfil the vow, to help the poor, to accept
the invitation and to greet everybody, and he forbade us
to wear rings or gold rings, to drink in silver (vessels),
and to use the saddle cloth made of red silk, and to wear
garments made of Qassi material, or garments made of silk
or brocade and velvet.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Ash'ath b. Sulaim with the same chain of transmitters but
with a slight change of wording that he made no mention
of:" to fulfil the vows" but substituted these words:"
finding of the lost articles".
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Ash'ath b. Abu ashSha'tha' with the same chain of
transmitters (and with these words): There is no doubt
about the words: To fulfil the vows were mentioned and
this addition had been made in the. hadith: (The Holy
Prophet) forbade drinking in silver vessels, for one who
drinks (in them) in this world would not drink (in them)
in the Hereafter.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Ash'ath b. Sulaim with the same chain of transmitters but
with this difference that instead of the words: Ifsha as-Salam
(spreading the salutations), he substituted the words Radd
as-Saldm (i. e. responding to the words of salutation) and
he said: He forbade (the use of) gold ring.
This hadith has been narrated on the auttiniity of
Ash'ath b. Sulaim with the same chain of transmitters but
the words (pertaining to) Ifsha as-Salam and the (use) of
gold ring have been reported without doubt.
'Abdullah b. Ukaim reported: While we were with
Hudhaifa in Mada'in he asked for water. A villager brought
a drink for him in a silver vessel. He (Hudhaifa) threw it
away saying: I inform you that I have already conveyed to
him that he should not serve me drink in it (silver
vessel) for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
said: Do not drink in gold and silver vessels, and do not
wear brocade or silk, for these are meant for them (the
non-believers) in this world, but they are meant for you
in the Hereafter on the Day, of Resurrection.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of lbn 'Ukaim
through another chain of transmitters, but in this hadith
no mention is made of the words:, On the Day of
Resurrection"
Shu'ba reported from al-Hakam that he heard 'Abd al-Rahmin
(i. e. Ibn Abu Laila) as saying: I personally saw Hudhaifa
asking for water in Mada'in and a man giving it to him in
a silver vessel. The rest of the hadith is the same.
This badith has been narrated on the authority of
Shu'ba through another chain of transmitters. but there is
no mention of the fact: ', I personally saw him" in this
hadith.
'Abd al-Rahmin b. Abu Laili reported that Hudhaifa
asked for water and a Magian gave him water in a silver
vessel, whereupon he said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Do not wear silk or brocade
and do not drink ifi vessels of gold and silver, and do
not eat in the dishes made of them (i. e. gold and
silver), for these are for them (the non-believers) in
this world.
Ibn Umar reported that Umar b. Khattab saw (some one
selling) the garments of silk at the door of the mosque,
whereupon he said: Allah's Messenger, would that you buy
it and wear it for the people on Friday and for
(receiving) the delegations when they come to you? Upon
this. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: go
who wears it has no share (of reward) in the Hereafter.
Then these garments were sent to Allah" s Messenger (may
peace be upon him), and he presented one of these silk
garment to Umar. Thereupon Umar said: You make me wear
(this silk garment) Whereas you said about the silk
garment of Utarid (the person who had been busy selling
this garment at the door of the mosque) what you had to
say, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: I have not presented you this for wearing it (but to
make use of its price) ; so 'Umar presented it to his
polytheist brother in Mecca.
Ibn Umar reported that Umar saw Utarid al-Tamimi
standing in the market (and selling) the silk garments,
and he was the person who went to (courts of) kings and
got (high prices) for these garments from them. Umar said:
Allah's Messenger I saw 'Utarid standing in the market
with a silk garment; would that you buy and wear it for
(receiving) the delegations of Arabs when they visit you?
I (the narrator) said: I think he ('Umar) also said: You
may wear it on Friday (also). Thereupon, Allah's Messenger
(may peace he upon him) said: He who wears silk in this
world has no share in the Hereafter. Later on when these
silk garments were presented to Allah's Massenger (may
peace be upon him) he presented one silk garment to 'Umar
and presented one also to Usama b. Zaid and gave one to
'Ali b. Abu 'Talib. saying: Tear them and make head
coverings for your ladies. 'Umar came carrying his garment
and said: Allah's Messenger, you have sent it to me,
whereas you had said yesterday about the (silk) garment of
Utarid what you had to say. He (the Holy Prophet) said: I
have not sent it to you that you wear it, but I have sent
It to you so that you may derive benefit out of it; and
Usama (donned) the garment (presented to him) and appeared
to be brisk, whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) looked at him with a look by which he perceived that
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) did not
like what he had done. He said: Allah's Messenger. why is
it that you look at me like this. whereas you yourself
presented it to me? He said: I never sent it to you to
wear it, but I sent It to you so that you may tear it and
make out head covering for your ladies.
Abdullah b. Umar reported: 'Umar b. at-Khattab found a
silk garment being sold in the market; he purchased it and
brought it to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and said: Allah's Messenger, get it and adorn yourself (by
wearing it) on the 'Id (days) and for the delegation.
Thereupon, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
That is the dress of one who has no share (in the
Hereafter). 'Umar stayed there so long as Allah wished.
Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent him a
silk cloak. 'Umar came back with that to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger. you
said that it is the dress of one who has no share in the
Hereafter, but then you sent it to me. Thereupon, Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: You sell it and
meet your need (with its proceeds).
lbn 'Umar reported that 'Umar saw a person of the tribe
of 'Utirid selling a garment made of brocade or silk and
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): Would
that you buy it? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: He
who wears it has no share for him in the Hereafter. Then
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was presented
with a striped silk garment and he sent it to him ('Umar).
He (, Umar) said: You sent it to me whereas I heard from
you about it what you had to say, whereupon he (Allah's
Messenger) said: I sent it to you so that you may benefit
by it.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn
Umar through another chain of transmitters but with a
slight variation of wording (and the words are that the
Holy Prophet) said: I sent it to you so that you might
derive benefit from it. but I did not send it to you to
wear it.
Ibn 'Umar reported that 'Umar saw a person with a
garment of brocade and he brought it to Allah's Apostle
(may peace he upon him) -the rest of the hadith is the
same, except for the words that he (the Holy Prophet)
said: I sent it to you that you might get money thereby.
Abdullah. the freed slave of Asma' (the daughter of Abu
Bakr). the maternal uncle of the son of 'Ata, reported:
Asma' sent me to 'Abdullah b. 'Umar saying: The news has
reached me that you prohibit the use of three things: the
striped robe. saddle cloth made of red silk. and the
fasting in the holy month of Rajab. 'Abdullah said to me:
So far as what you say about fasting in the month of
Rajab, how about one who observes continuous fasting? -and
so far as what you say about the striped garment, I heard
Umar b. Khatab say that he had heard from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): He who wears silk
garment has no share for him (in the Hereafter), and I am
afraid it may not be that striped garment; and so far as
the red saddle clotb is concerned that is the saddle cloth
of Abdullah and it is red. I went back to Asma' and
informed her. whereupon she said: Here is the cloak of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). and she brought
out to me that cloak made of Persian cloth with a hem of
brocade, and its sleeves bordered with brocade and said:
This wall Allah's Messenger's cloak with 'A'isha until she
died, and when she died. I got possession of it. The
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) used to wear
that, and we waslied it for the sick and sought cure
thereby.
Khalifa b. Ka'b AbCi Dhubyan reported: I heard
'Abdullah b. Zubair addressing the people and saying:
Behold! do not dress yuor women with silk clothes for I
heard 'Umar b. Khattab as sayinp that he had heard Allah's
messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not wear
silk, for one who wear it in this world will not wear it
in the Hereafter.
'Asim al-Abwal reported on the authority Abu Uthman
saying: 'Umar wrote to us when we were in Adharba'ijan
saying: 'Utba b. Farqad, this wealth is neither the result
of your own labour nor the result of the labour of your
father, nor the result of the labour of your mother, so
feed Muslims at their own places as you feed (members of
your family and yourselves at your own residence), and
beware of the life of pleasure, and the dress of the
polytheists and wearing of silk garments, for Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade the wearing of
silk garments, but only this much, and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) raised his. forefinger and middle
finger and he joined. them (to indicate that only this
much silk can be allowed in the dress of a man). 'Asim
said also: This is what is recorded in the lette., (sent
to us), and Zuhair raised his two fingers (to give an idea
of the extent to which silk may be used).
Abu 'Uthman reported: While we were with 'Utba b.
Farqad there came a letter of 'Umar (containing the
instructions) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had said: None should wear silk (with the exception
of so much) but he will have nothing of it in the
Hereafter. Abu 'Uthman said: To the extent of two fingers
which are close to the thumb, and I was shown the (silk)
borders of the Tayalisa mantle (which were about two
fingers in breadth and I saw them.
Qatada reported: I heard Abe 'Uthman al-Nahdi as
saying: There came to us a letter of 'Umar as we were in
Adharba'ijan or in Syria in the company of 'Utba b. Farqad
(and the letter ran thus): After (usual praise and
glorification of Allah) it is stated that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) has forbidden the use of
silk btit to the extent of these two fingers, and Abu
Uthman said: We at once understood by these words that he
meant (silk) patterns on (the cloth).
Suwaid b. Ghafala said: 'Umar addressed us at a place
known as Jabiya (Syria) and he said: Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) forbade us the wearing of silk but to
the extent of two or three fingers or four fingers.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that one day Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) put on a cloak made of brocade,
which had been presented to him. He then quickly put it
off and sent it to 'Umar b. Khattab, and it was said to
him: Messenger of Allah. why is it that you put it of
immediately. whereupon he said: Gabriel forbade me from it
(i. e. wearing of Ods garment), and 'Umar came to him
weeping and said: Messenger of Allah you disapproved a
thing but you gave it to me. What about me, then?
Thereupon be (the Holy Prophet) Wd: I did not give it to
you to wear it, but I gave you that you might sell it; and
so he (Hadrat Umar) sold it for two thousand dirhams.
'Ali reported: A silk cloak was presented to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). and he sent it to me
and I wore it. but then found some sign of disapproval
upon his face, whereupon he said: I did not send it to you
that you wear it, but I sent it to you so that you might
tear it and make out head dream for your women.
'Ali reported that Ukaidir of Duma presented to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) a silk garment, and he
presented it to 'Ali. and said: Tear it to make head
covering for Fitimas out of it. This tradition is
transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr, and Abu Kuraib
said: Among the women.
'Ali b. Abu Talib reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) gave me to wear a garment in the form
of silk cloak. I went out wearing it, but saw signs of
anger on his face, so I tore it and distributed it amongst
my women.
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may
Peace be upon him) sent a silk gown to 'Umar, whereupon 'Umar
said: You sent it to me whereas you said what you had to,
say (i. e. it is forbidden for men). Thereupon he (the
Holy Prophet) said: I did not send it to you so that you
might wear it, but I sent it to you so that you might
derive benefit from its price.
Uqba b. 'Amir said: A silk go vn was presented to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he wore it
and observed prayer in it and then returned and put it off
so violently as if he despised it. He then said: It does
not befit the Godfearing persons.
Anas b. Malik reported to them (his companions) that
Allah's Messnger (may peace be upon him) had granted
concession to Abd al-Rahman b. *Anf and Zubair b. 'Awwam
for the wearing of a silk shirt during the journey and
because of itch which they both had or any other disease
from which both of them had been suffering.
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) granted concession, or Zubair b. Awwam and 'Abd
Al-Rahman b. Auf were granted concession, for the wearing
of silk because of the itch that they both had.
Anas b. Malik reported that 'Abd al-Rahman b. Auf and
Zu'bair. b. 'Awwam complained to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) about lice; he granted them concession
to wear shirts of silk.
Chapter 3: IT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE FOR A MAN TO
WEAR CLOTHES OF YELLOW COLOUR
'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. al-As reported: Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) saw me wearing two clothes dyed in
saffron. whereupon he said: These are the clothes (usually
worn by) the non-believers, so do not wear them.
'Abdullah b. 'Amr reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) saw me in two clothes dyed in saffron,
whereupon he said: Has your mother ordered you to do so?
And I said: I will wash them. He said: But burn them.
'Ali b. Abu Talib reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) forbade wearing of silk and yellow
clothes, and the gold ring, and the reciting of the Qur'an
in the ruku' (state of kneeling in prayer).
Ali b. Abu Talib reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) forbade me to recite the Qur'an while I am in
ruku; and the wearing of gold and clothes dyed in saffron.
'Ali b. Abu Talib reported: Allah's Meisenger (may
peace be upon him) forbade me to use gold rings. to wear
silk clothes and to recite the Qur'an in ruku' and sajda
(prostration), and to wear yellow garments.
Chapter 4: EXCELLENCE OF WEARING THE MANTLES OF
YEMEN
Abu Burda reported: I visited A'isha and she brought
out for us the coarse lower garfnent (of Allah's
Messenger) made in Yemen and clothes made out of Mulabbada
cloth, and she swore in the name of Allah that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) died in these two
clothes.
Abu Burda reported that A'isha brought out for us the
lower garment and the upper garment made of the Mulabbada
cloth and said: It was in these (clothes) that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) died. Ibn Hatim (one of
the narrators) in his narration Wd: The lower garment of
coarse cloth.
A'isha reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) went out one morning wearing a blanket made of
(camel's or sheep's) black hair with patterns of camel
saddles upon it.
Jabir reported: When I was married, Allah's Messenger
(may peace he upon him) asked me if I had got the carpet.
I said: How can we have carpets? (i. e. I am so poor that
I cannot even think of carpets). whereupon he said: You
shall soon possess them.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported: When I was married. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) asked me if I had got
carpets. I said: How can we have carpets? Thereupon he Wd:
You will soon have. Jabir said: My wife had possessed a
carpet. and I said to her to remove that away from me, but
she would say! Allah's Messenger (may peace be npon him)
had said: Yon will soon have. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Sufyin with the saule chain
of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 7: DISAPPROVAL OF KEEPING MORE BEDDINGS
AND CLOTHES THAN ARE GENUINELY NEEDED
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messengor (may
peace be upon him) said: There should be a bedding for a
man. a bedding for his wife and the third one for the
guest, and the fourth one is for the Satan.
Chapter 8: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO TRAIL ONE'S GARMENT
OUT OF CONCEIT OR PRIDE
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn
'Umar through other chains of transmitters also with the
addition of these words:" On the Day of Resurrection."
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: He who trails his (lower) garment out of
pride, Allah will not look toward him on the Day of
Resurrection.
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: He who trailed his garment out of pride,
Allah would not look toward him on the Day of
Resurrection.
Salim reported: I heard Ibn Umar as saying that he had
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying
like this (as mentioned above) but with a slight variation
of wording [that instead of the word thaub (cloth) there
is the word thiyab (the clothes) ].
Muslim b. Yannaq reported that Ibn Umar saw a person
trailing his lower garment, whereupon he said: From whom
do you come? He described his relationship (with the tribe
he belonged) and it was found that he belonged to the
tribe of Laith. Ibn. Umar recognised him and said: I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) with these two
ears of mine saying: He who trailed his lower garment with
no other intention but pride, Allah would not look toward
him on the Day of Resurrection.
Mubammad b. 'Abbad b. ja'far reported: I ordered Muslim
b. Yasar, the freed slave of Nafi' b. 'Abd al-Harith,
while I was sitting between them, that he should ask Ibn
'Umar if he had heard anything from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) pertaining to one who trails his lower
garment out of pride. He said: I heard him (the Holy
Prophet) as saying: Allah will not look toward him on the
Day of Resurrection.
Ibn 'Umar reported: I happened to pass before Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon bin) with my lower garment
trailing (upon the ground). He said: 'Abdullah, tug up
your lower garment,, I tugged it up, and he again said:
Tug it still further, and I tugged it still further and I
went on tugging it afterward, whereupon some of the people
said: To what extent? Thereupon he said: To the middle of
the shanks.
Abu Huraire reported that he saw a person whose lower
garment bad been trailin. and he was striking the ground
with his foot (conceitedly). He was the Amir of Bahrain
and it was being said: Here comes the Amir, here comes the
Amir. He (Abu Huraira) reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Allah will not look toward
him who trails his lower garment out of pride.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters and in the
hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn ja'far (the
words are): Marwan had made Abu Huraira as his deputy. and
in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanna
(the words are). Abu Huraira was the Governor of Medina.
Chapter 9: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO WALK WITH PRIDE,
OVER PLEASED WITH FINE CLOTHES
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said that there was a person who used to walk
with pride because of his thick hair and fine mantles. He
was made to sink in the earth and he would go on sinking
in the earth until the Last Hour would come.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There was a person who walked with
pride because of his (fine) mantles and well pleased with
his personality. Allah made him sink in the earth and he
would go on sinking in that until the Day of Resurrection.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Huraira but with a slight variation of wording: While
there was a man who strutted in his two mantles.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There was a person (living before
you) who took pride in his cloak. the rest of the hadith
is the same.
Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) saw a person wearing a gold signet ring
in his hand. He (the Holy Prophet) pulled it off and threw
it away, saying: One of you is wishing live coal from
Hell. and putting it on his hand. It was said to the
person after Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
left: Take your signet ring (of gold) and derive benefit
out of it. whereupon he said: No, by Allah, I would never
take it when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) has
thrown it away.
'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upol him) got fashioned a signet ring of gold but he kept
its stone on the inner side of his palm as he wore it, so
the people (following his example) got fashioned (such
rings). Then one day as he sat on the pulpit he pulled it
away saying: I wore this ring and kept its stone towards
the inner side. He then threw it away, and said: By Allah,
I will never wear it; so the people threw their rings
away.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn
'Umar through other chains of transmitters but with a
slight variation of wording.
Chapter 11: WEARING OF SILVER RING BY ALLAH'S
APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) IN WHICH WERE ENGRAVED THE
WORDS (MUHAMMAD THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH) AND AFTER HIM HIS
SUCCESSORS WORE IT
Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had made for himself a ring of silver, and he
(wore it in his finger). then it was in Abu Bakr's finger.
then it was in'Umar's finger. then it was in 'Uthman's
finger. until it fell into the well of Aris and it had
these words engraved upon it (Muhammad, Messenger of
Allah). Ibn Numair narrated it with a slight variation of
words.
Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon hirn) had made for himself a gold ring; then lie
discarded it. and then made for himself a silver ring. and
had these words engraved upon it (Mubamrnad, Messenger of
Allah), and said: No one should engrave anything like the
engraving of this signet ring of mine. and when he Wore
it. he kept its stone towards the inside of his palm, and
it was this which fell down (from the hands) of Mu'ayqib
into the well of Aris.
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) had made for him a silver ring. and got
engraved on it (Mubamrnad, Messenger of Allah) and said to
the people I have got made a ring of silver and engraved
in it (these words) (Mubamrnad, Messenger of Allah). So
none should engrave these (words) like this engravement.
This hadith nas been reported on the authority of Anas
through another chain of transmitters but there is no
mention of the words (Mubamrnad, Messenger of Allah) in
it.
Chapter 12: ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON
HIM) GOT MADE FOR HIMSELF A SIGNET RING WHEN HE DECIDITD TO
WRITE LETTERS TO THE NON-ARABS
Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) decided to write letters to the
Byzantine (Emperor) they (his Companions) told him that
they would not read a letter unless it is sealed. (Then)
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had a silver
ring made (for himealf), (its shape is to vivid in my
mind) as if I see its brightness in the band of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and its engravement was
(Mubamrnad, Messenger of Allah).
Anas reported that when Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) decided to write (letters) to non-Arabs (i. e.
Persian and Byzantine Emperors) it was said to him that
the non-Arabs would not accept a letter but that having a
seal over it; so he (the Holy Prophet) got a silver ring
made. He (Anas) said: I perceive as if I am looking at its
brightness in his hand.
Anas reported that when Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) decided to write to the Kisri (the King of
Persia), Caesar (Emperor of Rome), and the Negus (the
Emperor of Abyssinia), it was said to him that they would
not accept the letter without the seal over it; so Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) got a seal made, the
ring of which was made of silver and there was engraved on
it. (Mubammad. the Messenger of Allab).
Anas b. Malik reported: I saw one day on the finger of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be Upon him) a silver ring;
so the people also got silver rings made and wore them
Then Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) discarded his
ring, and the people also discarded their rings.
Anas b. Malik reported that one day he saw on the
finger of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a
silver ring, and the people also made silver rings and put
them on. Then Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
threw his ring away, and so the people also threw away
their rings.
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) wore a silver ring on his right hand
which had an Abyssinian stone in it, and he kept its stone
towards the palm.
Ali reported: He the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon
him), forbade me that I should wear my ring in this
(forefinger) or in that near it. 'Asim (one of the
narrators in the chain of transmitters) said: He did not
remember which of the two (fingers) he pointed out; and he
forbade to wear Qassi material (silk garments), and to sit
on the silk saddle cloth, and he said: As regards Qassi,
it is a variegated garment which was brought from Egypt
and Syria which had figures upon it, and as regards
Mayathir, it is something which women prepared for their
husbands as red cloths for their saddles.
'Ali reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade me that I should wear a ring in this and that
finger of mine, and he pointed to the middle finger and
the next one.
Chapter 14: PERTAINING TO THE WEARING OF SANDALS
(OR SHOES)
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) saying during an expedition in which we also
participated: Make a general practice of wearing sandals,
for a man is riding as it were when he wears sandals.
Abu Huraire reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When one of you puts on sandals, he
should first put in the right foot, and when he takes off
he should take off the left one first, or he should put
them on together or take them off together.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: None of you should walk in one
sandal; either he should wear the two or should take off
the two.
Abu Razin reported: Abu Huraira came to us and he
struck his forehead with his hand and said: Behold I you
talk amongst yourself that I attribute wrongly to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) (certain things) in
order to guide you to the right path. In such a case, I
would myself go astray. Listen. I bear testimony to the
fact that I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) saying: When the thong of any one of you is broken,
he should not walk in the second one until he has got it
repaired. This hadith has been reported on the authority
of Abu Huraira with a different chain of transmitters.
Chapter 15: COMMAND CONCERNING THE WRAPPING UP OF
GARMENT COMPLETELY LEAVING NO OPENING FOR THE ARMS AND
SITTING WITH SINGLE GARMENT WRAPPED AROUND ONES KNEES
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade that a man should eat with the left hand
or walk with one sandal or wrap himself completely leaving
no opening for the arms (to draw out) or support himself
when sitting with a single garment wrapped round his knees
which may expose his private parts.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: When the thong of the shoe of any one of
you is cut off. he should not walk with one sandal until
he has got the thong repaired, and he should not walk with
one shoe and he should not eat with his left hand and
should not wrap his cloth round his knees or wrap himself
completely leaving no room for the arins.
Chapter 16: IT IS PROHIBITED TO LIE DOWN ON ONE'S
BACK AND PLACING OF ONE'S FOOT UPON THE OTHER
Jabir reported that Allab's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade the wrapping of oneself completely
leaving no room for the arm and supporting oneself when
sitting with a single garment wrapped round one's knees
and a person raising one of his feet and placing it on the
other while lying on his back. 2512
Jabir. b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Do not walk in one sandal
and do not wrap the lower garment round your knees and do
not eat with your left hand and do not wrap yourself
completely leaving no room for the arms (to draw out) and
do not place one of your feet upon the other while lying
on your back.
Jalbir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: None of you should lie on
his back and place one of his feet upon the other.
Chapter 17: PERMISSIBILITY OF PLACING ONE'S FOOT
UPON THE OTHER WHILE LYING
'Abbad b. Tamim reported from his uncle that he saw
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) lying in the
mosque and placing his one foot upon the other.
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
he upon him) forbade dyeing (one's cloth or hair) in
saffron. Hammad said that it pertains to men only.
Jabir reported that when Abu Qubafa (father of Abu
Bakr) came in the yeu of Victory or on the Day of Victory
(to the Holy Prophet to pledge his allegiance to him) his
head and his beard were white like hyssop. He (the Holy
Prophet) commaded or the women were commanded by him that
they should change this with something (that the colour of
his hair should be changed).
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Abu Qubafa was led (to
the andience of the Holy Prophet) on the day of the
Conquest of Mecca and his head and beard were white like
hyssop, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Change it with something but avoid black.
A'isha reported that Gabriel (peace be upon him) made a
promise with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) to
come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not
visit him. And there was in his hand (in the hand of
Allah's Apostle) a staff. He threw it from his hand and
said: Never has Allah or His messengers (angels) ever
broken their promise. Then he cast a glance (and by
chance) found a puppy under his cot and said: 'A'isha,
when did this dog enter here? She said: BY Allah, I don't
know He then commanded and it was turned out. Then Gabriel
came and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
him: You promised me and I waited for you. but you did not
come, whereupon he said: It was the dog in your house
which prevented me (to come), for we (angels) do not enter
a house in which there is a dog or a picture.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Hazim with the same chain of transmitters that Gabriel had
promised Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he
would come; the rest of the hadith is the same, but it is
not so lengthy as the other one.
Maimuna reported that one morning Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) was silent with grief. Maimuna
said: Allah's Messenger, I find a change in your mood
today. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Gabriel had promised me that he would meet me tonight, but
he did not meet me. By Allah, he never broke his promises,
and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) spent the
day in this sad (mood). Then it occurred to him that there
had been a puppy under their cot. He commanded and it was
turned out. He then took some water in his hand and
sprinkled it at that place. When it was evening Gabriel
met him and he said to him: you promised me that you would
meet me the previous night. He said: Yes, but we do not
enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. Then
on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs
until he announced that the dog kept for the orchards
should also be killed, but he spared the dog meant for the
protection of extensive fields (or big gardens).
Abu Tilha, the Companion of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) having said: Verily, angels do not enter the
house in which there is a picture. Busr reported: Zaid
fell ill and we went to inquire after his health and
(found) that there was hanging at his door a curtain with
a picture on it. I said to 'Ubaidullah Khaulani who had
been under the patronage of Maimuna, the wife of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him): Did not Zaid himself
inform us before about (the Holy Prophet's command
pertaining to the pictures), whereupon 'Ubaidullah said:
Did you not hear when he said:" Except the prints on the
cloth"?
Abu Talha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Angels do not enter a house in which there
is a picture. Busr said: Zaid b. Khalid fell sick and we
visited him to inquire after his health. As we were in his
house (we saw) a curtain having pictures on it. I said to
'Ubaidullah Khaulani: Did he not narrate to us (the Holy
Prophet's command pertaining to pictures)? Thereupon he
said: He in fact did that (but he also said): Except the
prints upon the cloth. Did you not hear this? I said: No,
whereupon He said: He had in fact made a mention of this.
Abu Talha Ansari reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: Angels do not enter the house in
which there is a picture or portraits. I came to 'A'isha
and said to her: This is a news that I have received that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) had said: Angels
do not enter the house in which there is a picture or a
dog, (and further added) whether she had heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) making a mention of it.
She said: No (I did not hear this myself), but I narrate
to you what I saw him doing. I bear testimony to the fact
that he (the Holy Prophet) set out for an expedition. I
took a carpet and screened the door with it. When he (the
Holy Prophet) came back he saw that carpet and I perceived
signs of disapproval on his face. He pulled it until it
was torn or it was cut (into pieces) and he said: God has
not commanded us to clothe stones and clay. We cut it (the
curtain) and prepared two pillowa out of it by stuffing
them with the fibre of date-palms and he (the Holy
Prophet) did not find fault with it.
A'isha reported: We had a curtain with us which had
portraits of birds upon it. Whenever a visitor came, he
found them in front of him. Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upop him) said to me: Change them, for
whenever I enter the room) I see them and it brings to my
mind (the pleasures) of worldly life. She said: We had
with us a sheet which had silk badges upon it and we used
to wear it. This hadith has been transmitted on the
authority of Ibn Muthanna but with this addition: 'Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not command us to
tear that."
A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) came back from the journey and I had screened my door
with a curtain having portraits of winged horses upon it.
He commanded me and I pulled it away.
A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) entered (my apartment) and I had hung (on the
door of my apartment) a thin curtain having pictures on
it. The colour of his face underwent a change. He then
took hold of that curtain and tore it and then said: The
most grievous torfnent for the people on the Day of
Resurrection would be for those who try to imitate Allah
in the act of creation.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
A'isha through another chain of transmitters but with a
slight variation of wording (and the variation is that the
narrator is reported to have said): He (the Holy Prophet)
inclined towards that curtain and tore it with his hand.
A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) visited me. and I had a shelf with a thin cloth
curtain hangin. over it and on which there were portraits.
No sooner did he see it than he tore it and the colour of
his face underwent a change and he said: A'isha, the most
grievous torment from the Hand of Allah on the Day of
Resurrection would be for those who imitate (Allah) in the
act of His creation. A'isha said: We tore it into pieces
and made a cushion or two cushions out of that.
A'isha reported she had a cloth havinc, pictures upon
it and it was hanging upon the shelf and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Take it (away) from me (from
my sight), so I removed it and made cushions from that.
A'isha reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) visited me when I had screened (my door) with a
carpet having pictures on it. He removed it and we made
cushions out of that.
A'isha, the wife of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), reported that she had hung a curtain which had
pictures upon it. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) entered (the room) and he pulled it. A'isha said: I
then tore it and prepared two cushions out of that. A
person who was then in that company and whose name was
Rabi'a b. 'Ata, the freed slave of Banu Zuhra, asked: Did
you hear Abu Mabammad making a mention of A'isha having
stated that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) used
to recline upon them? lbn al-Qasim said: No, but I heard
Qasim b. Muhammad saying so.
A'isha reported that she bought a carpet which had
pictures on it. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) saw that, he stayed at the door and did not get in. I
perceived or I was made to perceive upon his face signs of
disgust. She said: Allah's Messenger, I offer repentance
to Allah and His Messenger. (but tell me) what is the sin
that I have committed. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: What is this carpet? She said: I
bought it for you so that you might sit on it and take
rest. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: The owners of these pictures would be tormented and
they would be asked to bring to life what they tried to
create. He then said: Angels do not enter the house in
which there is a picture.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
A'isha through another chain of transmitters also. Some of
the other ahadith narrated through other chains of
transmitters are more complete and there is an addition in
them (transmitted through other chains of transmitters).
In the hadith transmitted on the authority of the nephew
of Majishun she (A'isha) is reported to have said: I took
it and prepared two cushions out of that and he (the Holy
Prophet) used to recline against them in the house.
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: Those who paint pictures would be
punished on the Day of Resurrection and it would be said
to them: Breathe soul into what you. have created.
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Verity the most grievously tormented
people on the Day of Resurrection would be the painters of
pictures. Ashajj (one of the narrators) in the hadith
narrated by him did not make mention of the word" verity".
This haditli has been reported on the authority of Abu
Mu'awiya through another chain of tranmitters (and the
words are):" Verity, the most grievously tormented people
amongest the denizens of Hall on the Day of Resurrection
would be the painters of pictures. The rest of the hadith
is the same.
Muslim b. Subaih reported: I was with Masriuq in the
house which had the portrayals of Mary (hadrat Maryan).
Thereupon Masriuq said: These are portraits of Kisra. I
said: No, these are of Mary. Masruq said: I heard Abdullah
b, Mas'ud as saying Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had said: The most grievously tormented people on the
Day of Resurrection would be the painters of pictures.
(Muslim said): I read this before Nasr b. 'Ali at-Jahdami
and he read it before other narrators, the last one being
Ibn Sa'id b Abl at Hasan that a person came to Ibn 'Abbas
and said: I am the person who paints pictures; give me a
religious verdict about them. He (Ibn 'Abbas) said to him:
Come near me (still further). He came near him so much so
that he placed his hand upon his head and said: I am going
to narrate to yor what I heard from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). I heard him say: All the painters who
make pictures would be in the fire of Hell. The soul will
be breathed in every picture prepared by him and it shall
punish him in the Hell, and he (Ibn 'Abbas) said: If you
have to do it at all, then paint the pictures of trees and
lifeless things; and Nasr b. 'Ali confirmed it.
Anas b. Malik said: I was sitting with Ibn Ahbas when
he gave religious verdicts but he did not say that it was
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) who had said
that. However when a man said to him (Ibn 'Abbas): I am
the painter of these pictures. Ibn 'Abbas said: I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He
who painted pictures in the world would be compelled to
breathe soal in them on the Day of Resurrection, but he
would not be able to breathe soul (in them).
Abu Zur'a reported: I visited the house of Marwan in
the company of Abu Huraira and he found pictures there.
whereupon he said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Allah, the Glorious and Exalted,
said: Who is a more wrongdoer than one who tries to create
creation like Mine creation. Let him create an atom or a
grain of wheat or that of barley. This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Zur'a and he said: Abu
Huraira went to the house of Sa'ld or Marwan which they
had built in Medina and he (Abu Huraira) saw a painter who
had been painting pictures in his house, whereupon he told
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had said
like this, but he made no mention of the words:" Let him
create the grain of barley."
Abu Bashir Ansari reported that he had had (the
opportunity of accompanying Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) in some of his journeys. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) sent one of his messengers
'Abdullah b Abi Bakr said: I think he said (these words)
when the people were at the places of rest: No necklace of
strings be left on the necks of the camels or the necklace
kept unbroken. Imam Malik said: To my mind (this practice)
of wearing necklace round the necks of camels or animals
was because of the fact that they (wanted to save them)
from the influence of the evil eye.
Chapter 22: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO BEAT THE ANIMAL ON
THE FACE OR CAUTERISE AT THE FACE
Jabir reported that there happened to pass before
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) an ass the face of
which had been cauterised, whereupon he said: Allah has
cursed one who has cauterised it (on the face).
Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) saw an ass which had been cauterised on the
face. He disapproved of it saying: By Allah, I do not
cauterise (the animal) but on a part at a distance from
the face, and commanded (for the cauterisation) of his ass
and it was cauterised on the buttocks and he was the first
to cauterise on the buttocks.
Anas reported that Umm Sulaim gave birth to a child.
She said to him: Anas, see that nothing is given to this
child until he is brought to Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) in the morning, so that he should chew some
dates and touch his palate with it. I went to him in the
morning and he was in the garden at that time having the
mantle of Jauniyya over him and he was bus in cauterising
(the camels) which had been brought to him (as spoils of
war) in victory (over the enemy).
Anas reported that when his mother gave birth to a
child they brought that child to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) so that he might chew some dates and
touch his palate with them. and Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) was at that time in the fold busy in
cauterising the animals Shu'ba said: So far as I know (he
was cauterising) their ears.
Anas reported: We went to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as he was in the fold and he was cauterising
the animals of the flock and I think (he was cauterising
them) on their ears. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Shu'ba through another chain of transmitters.
Anas b. Malik reported: I saw in the hand of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) an instrument for
cauterisation and he was cauterising the caracia collected
as Zakat.
Chapter 23: DISAPPROVAL OF HAVING A PART OF THE
HEAD SHAVEN AND LEAVING A PART UNSHAVED
Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade Qaza. I said to Nafi: What is Qaza'? He
said: This means having a part of a boy's head shaved and
leaving a part unshaven.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters. and the
exposition of Qaza' is the same as that of Abu Usama.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Umar
b. Nafi' with the same chain of transmitters and Muhammad
b. Muthanna as well as 'Umar b. Nafi have given the same
exposition (of the word Qaza') in their narration.
Abu Sa'id Kbudri reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Avoid sitting on the paths. They (his
Companions) said: Allah's Messenger. there is no other
help to it (but to sit here as we) hold our meetings and
discuss matters there. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: If you have to sit at all, theg
fulfil the rights, of the path. They said: What are their
rights? Thereupon he said: Keeping the eye downward (so
that you may not stare at the women), refraining from
doing some harm to the other and exchanging mutual
greetings (saying as-Salamu 'Alaikum to one another) and
commanding the good and forbidding the evil.
Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr, reported that a woman came
to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: I
have a daughter who has been newly wedded. She had an
attack of smallpox and thus her hair had fallen; should I
add false hair to her head? Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Allah has cursed the woman
who adds some false hair and the woman who asks for it.
Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr, reported that a woman came
to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: I
have married my daughter (whose) hair of head have fallen.
Her spouse likes them (the long hair). Allah's Messenger
(may add false hair to her head? He forbade her to do
this.
A'isha reported that a girl of the Ansar who had fallen
ill and had lost the hair was married. They (her
relatives) thought of adding false hair (to her head). so
they asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about
it, whereupon he cursed the woman who adds false hair and
the woman who asks for it.
A'isha reported that a woman from the Ansar married her
daughter who had lost her hair because of illness. She
came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said:
Her husband wants that false hair should be aaded to her
head. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: The woman who adds false hair has been cursed. This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Nafi' with
the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation
of wording.
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) cursing the woman who added false hair and the woman
who asked for tattoos. This hadith has been reported on
the authority of Abdullah through another chain of
transmitters.
'Abdullah reported that Allah had cursed those women
who tattooed and who have themselves tattooed, those who
pluck hair from their faces and those who make spaces
between their teeth for beautification changing what God
has created. This news reached a woman of the tribe of
Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub and she used to recite the
Holy Qur'an. She came to him and said: What is this news
that has reached me from you that you curse those women
who tattooed and those women who have themselves tattooed,
the women who pluck hair from their faces and who make
spaces between their teeth for beautification changing
what God has created? Thereupon 'Abdullah said: Should I
not curse one upon whom Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) has invoked curse and that is in the Book also.
Thereupon that woman said: I read the Qur'an from cover to
cover, but I did not find that in it. whereupon he said:
If you had read (thoroughly) you would have definitely
found this in that (as) Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
has said:" What Allah's Messenger brings for you accept
that. and what he has forbidden you. refrain from that."
That woman said: I find this thing in your wife even now.
Thereupon he said: Go and see her. She reported: I went to
the wife of 'Abdullah but found nothing of this sort in
her. She came back to him and said: I have not seen
anything. whereupon he said: Had there been anything like
it in her, I would have never slept with her in the bed.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) reprimanded that a woman should add
anything to her head (in the form of artificial hair).
Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf said that he heard Mu'awiya b
Sufyin during the season of Hajj. (saying) as he sat upon
the pulpit holding a bunch of hair in his hand which was
(previously) in the hand of his sentinel: O people of
Medina, where are your scholars? I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) forbidding this and saying: That
the people of Bani Isra'il were ruined at the time when
their women wore shuch hair.
Sa'id b. Musayyib reported: Mu'awiya came to Medina and
he addressed us and he took out a bunch of hair and said:
What do I see that one of you does but that what the Jews
did? (I can well recall) that when this act (adding of
artificial hair) reached Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), he named it as cheating.
Sa, id b. Musayyib reported that Mu'awiya said one day:
Should I narrate to you the evil make-up. Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) forbade cheating. It was during
that time that a person came with a staff and there was a
cloth on its head, whereupon Mu, awiya said: Behold, that
is cheating. Qatada said: This implies how women
artificially increase their hair with the help of rags.
Chapter 26: THE WOMEN WHO ARE NAKED EVEN IN THEIR
DRESSES, WHO DEVIATE FROM THE RIGHT PATH AND LEAD THEIR
HUSBANDS ASTRAY
AbU Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) having said this: Two are the types of the
denizens of Hell whom I did not see: people having flogs
like the tails of the ox with them and they would be
beating people, and the women who would be dressed but
appear to be naked, who would be inclined (to evil) and
make their husbands incline towards it. Their heads would
be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side.
They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its
odour whereas its odour would be smelt from such and such
distance.
Chapter 27: PROHIBITION OF WEARING THE GARMENT OF
FALSEHOOD
A'isha reported that a woman said: Allah's Messenger,
may I say to my (co-wife) that my husband has given me
(such and such) a thing but which he has not in fact gives
me? 'Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: The one who makes a false statement of that which
one has not been given is like one who wears a garment of
falsehood.
Asma' reported that a woman came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) and said: I have a co-wife. Is
there any harm for me if I give her the false impression
(of getting something from my husband which he has not in
fact given me)? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: The one who creates such a (false
impression) of receiving what one has not been given is
like one who wears the garment of falsehood.