Muslim narrated in his "Sahih" through a series of narrators
traced back to Abi 'Uwanah An-Nahdi. who said: "'Umar (j&>) sent
for us when we were in Athrabijdn: 'O 'Utbah Ibn Farqad! [The
pleasures you enjoy] are not the fruit of your hard work or
your father's or mother's; [they reached you through other
muslims' exhertion in winning them], so satisfy the needs of
muslims in their own dwellings with that you satisfy your self in
your own dwelling/ 1 ' And be ware of extravagance in enjoying
these pleasures, beware of the costumes of the disbelievers and
be ware of wearing silk'. (2)
'All Ibn Al-Ja'd narrated in his "Musnad" that: 'Umar (May Allah bless them all) said:
'Wear the Rida', the Izar and the slippers but keep away from
the boots [disbelievers wear] and [tight] SardwTl, ... wear the
costumes your father Ismail used to wear and be ware of
extravagance in clothes and the costumes of the
disbelievers... '. (3)
(1) Abu 'Uwanah clarified in his "SahTh" the reason behind 'U mar's letter sent to Ibn
Fargad, he narrated: '"Utbah Ibn Farqad sent with a slave of his baskets full of
KhabTs coated with Labbud to 'Umar (4fe). Upon seeing them 'Umar (4«) addressed
the slave saying ; 'Do all muslims enjoy the like of this in their own dwellings (in
Athrabljan) ? The slave answered in the negative. 'U mar (4b) then said: 'I'll never
eat from it'. Then he (4") sent the letter to Ibn Farqad ...etc.
(2) Narrated by: Al-Bukari: in "The Book of clothes", chapter: "Men wearing silk and
the portion that is permissible", (vol. 10 / p. 284) (no. 5828, 5829, 5830, 5834 and
5835) summarized,
Muslim: The Book of clothes and Adornments, chapter: "The prohibition of using
gold utensils or silver utensils and the prohibition to wear silk clothes and gold for
males" (vol. 3 / no. 462),
An-Nasa'T: The Book of adornments, chapter: 'The allowance to wear silk
clothes', (vol 8 /p. 178),
Abu Dawud: The Book of clothes, chapter: "Wearing silk clothes" (vol. 4 / p. 47)
(no.4042),
Ibn Majah: The Book of clothes, chapter: "The allowance to wear clothes with
little silk in them" (vol. 2 / p. 1 1 88),
Ahmad: In his "Musnad" (vol. 1 /p. 91) (no. 92), and Abu 'Uwanah in his
"Musnad" (vol. 5, pp. 456- 60)
(3) Narrated by: 'Ali Ibn Al-Ja'd in his "Musnad" (no. 1030, 1031) and Abu 'Uwanah
in his "Musnad" (vol. 5, no. 456,459, 460) through an authentic chain of narrators.
