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Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 24:
The Book Pertaining to Clothes and
Decoration (Kitab Al-Libas wa'l-Zinah)
Chapter 1: THE USE OF GOLD AND SILVER VESSELS IS
FORBIDDEN TO MEN AND WOMEN AND IT IS ALSO PROHIBITED TO DRINK IN THEM
Book 024, Number 5126:
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.
Book 024, Number 5127:
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.
Book 024, Number 5128:
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.
Book 024, Number 5129:
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.
Book 024, Number 5130:
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".
Book 024, Number 5131:
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.
Book 024, Number 5132:
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.
Book 024, Number 5133:
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.
Book 024, Number 5134:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5135:
This badith has been reported on the authority of 'Abdullah
b. Ukaim with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5136:
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"
Book 024, Number 5137:
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.
Book 024, Number 5138:
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.
Book 024, Number 5139:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Hudhaila
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5140:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5141:
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.
Book 024, Number 5142:
This hadith has been narrated by Ibn Umar through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5143:
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.
Book 024, Number 5144:
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).
Book 024, Number 5145:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn
Shihab with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5146:
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.
Book 024, Number 5147:
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.
Book 024, Number 5148:
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.
Book 024, Number 5149:
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.
Book 024, Number 5150:
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.
Book 024, Number 5151:
'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).
Book 024, Number 5152:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Asim.
Book 024, Number 5153:
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.
Book 024, Number 5154:
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).
Book 024, Number 5155:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Qatada
but there is no mention of the words of Abd Uthman.
Book 024, Number 5156:
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.
Book 024, Number 5157:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5158:
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.
Book 024, Number 5159:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5160:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mubammad
b. Ja'far but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5161:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5162:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5163:
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.
Book 024, Number 5164:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: He who wore silk in this world would not wear it in the Hereafter.
Book 024, Number 5165:
Abu Umama reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: He who wore silk in this world would not wear it in the Hereafter.
Book 024, Number 5166:
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.
Book 024, Number 5167:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of azid b.
Abu Habib with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 2: IT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR A MAN TO WEAR SILK
BECAUSP OF ITCH OR SOME OTHER REASON
Book 024, Number 5168:
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.
Book 024, Number 5169:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'd with
the same chain of transmitters but there is no mention of the word" journey".
Book 024, Number 5170:
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.
Book 024, Number 5171:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5172:
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
Book 024, Number 5173:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5174:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Yahya b.
Abu Kathir with the same chain of trarnmitteis.
Book 024, Number 5175:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5176:
'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).
Book 024, Number 5177:
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.
Book 024, Number 5178:
'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
Book 024, Number 5179:
Qatada said: We asked Anas b. Malik which garment did
Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him) love or like (to wear). He said: The mantle of
Yemen.
Book 024, Number 5180:
Anas reported that the garment most liked by Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the mantle of Yemen.
Chapter 5: MODESTY IN CASE OF GARMENTS AND
PREFERENCE FOR TYIE COARSE CLOTH FOR WEARING AND THE PERMISSIBILITY OF WEARING CLOTH MADE
OF (CAMEL'S) HAIR
Book 024, Number 5181:
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.
Book 024, Number 5182:
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.
Book 024, Number 5183:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ayyub
with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5184:
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.
Book 024, Number 5185:
A'isha reported that the pillow on which Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) reclined was of leather stuffed with palm fibre.
Book 024, Number 5186:
A'isha reported that the bedding on which. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) slept was made of leather stuffed with palm fibre.
Book 024, Number 5187:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Hisham b.
'Urwa with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 6: IT IS PERIIISSIBLE TO USE CARPETS
Book 024, Number 5188:
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.
Book 024, Number 5189:
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
Book 024, Number 5190:
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
Book 024, Number 5191:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: Allah will not look upon him who trails his garment out of pride.
Book 024, Number 5192:
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."
Book 024, Number 5193:
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.
Book 024, Number 5194:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5195:
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.
Book 024, Number 5196:
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) ].
Book 024, Number 5197:
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.
Book 024, Number 5198:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Muslim b.
Yannaq through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5199:
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.
Book 024, Number 5200:
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.
Book 024, Number 5201:
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.
Book 024, Number 5202:
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
Book 024, Number 5203:
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.
Book 024, Number 5204:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira but with a different chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5205:
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.
Book 024, Number 5206:
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.
Book 024, Number 5207:
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.
Chapter 10: ABOUT THE SIGNET RING MADE OF GOLD
Book 024, Number 5208:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) forbade the wearing of gold signet ring.
Book 024, Number 5209:
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.
Book 024, Number 5210:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5211:
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
Book 024, Number 5212:
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.
Book 024, Number 5213:
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.
Book 024, Number 5214:
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.
Book 024, Number 5215:
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
Book 024, Number 5216:
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).
Book 024, Number 5217:
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.
Book 024, Number 5218:
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).
Chapter 13: PERTAINING TO THE DISCARDING OF RINGS
Book 024, Number 5219:
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.
Book 024, Number 5220:
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.
Book 024, Number 5221:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of
Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5222:
Anas b. Malik reported that the ring of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) was made of silver and it had an Abyssinian stone in it.
Book 024, Number 5223:
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.
Book 024, Number 5224:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yunus b.
Yazid with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5225:
Anas reported that the ring of Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) was on this, and he pointed toward the little finger of his left hand.
Book 024, Number 5226:
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.
Book 024, Number 5227:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of
'Ali through a different chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5228:
'Ali b. Abu Talib reported that he (Allah'. s Apostle)
forbade or forbade me. the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 024, Number 5229:
'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)
Book 024, Number 5230:
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.
Book 024, Number 5231:
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.
Book 024, Number 5232:
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.
Book 024, Number 5233:
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
Book 024, Number 5234:
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.
Book 024, Number 5235:
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
Book 024, Number 5236:
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
Book 024, Number 5237:
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.
Book 024, Number 5238:
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
Book 024, Number 5239:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5240:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri
with the same chain of transmitter.
Chapter 18: PROHIBITION OF USING CLOTHES DYED IN
SAFERON FOR MEN
Book 024, Number 5241:
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.
Book 024, Number 5242:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade that a person should (wear) clothes dyed in saffron.
Book 024, Number 5243:
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).
Book 024, Number 5244:
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.
Book 024, Number 5245:
Abu Horaira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their hair), so oppose them.
Chapter 19: ANGELS DO NOT ENTER A HOUSE IN WHICH
THERE IS A DOG OR A PICTURE
Book 024, Number 5246:
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.
Book 024, Number 5247:
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.
Book 024, Number 5248:
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).
Book 024, Number 5249:
Abu Talha reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
having said: Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.
Book 024, Number 5250:
Abu Talha reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Angels do not enter the house in which there is a dog or a statue.
Book 024, Number 5251:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5252:
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"?
Book 024, Number 5253:
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.
Book 024, Number 5254:
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.
Book 024, Number 5255:
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."
Book 024, Number 5256:
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.
Book 024, Number 5257:
This hadith has been narrpted on the authority of Waki'
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5258:
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.
Book 024, Number 5259:
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.
Book 024, Number 5260:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5261:
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.
Book 024, Number 5262:
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.
Book 024, Number 5263:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5264:
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.
Book 024, Number 5265:
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.
Book 024, Number 5266:
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.
Book 024, Number 5267:
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.
Book 024, Number 5268:
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.
Book 024, Number 5269:
Ibn 'Umar reported a hadith like this through another chain
of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5270:
'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".
Book 024, Number 5271:
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.
Book 024, Number 5272:
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.
Book 024, Number 5273:
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).
Book 024, Number 5274:
Nadr b. Anas reported that a person came to Ibn 'Abbas and
he narrated (the above menlioned hadith) from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Book 024, Number 5275:
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."
Book 024, Number 5276:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Angels do not enter the house in which there are portrayals or pictures.
Chapter 20: DISAPPROVAL OF SETTING OUT ON A JOURNEY
ALONG WITH A DOG AND BELLS
Book 024, Number 5277:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Angels do not accompany the travellers who have with them a dog and a
bell.
Book 024, Number 5278:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Suhail
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5279:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The bell is the musical instrument of the Satan.
Chapter 21: DISAPPROVAL OF HANGING THE NECKLACE
ROUND THE CAMELS' NECKS
Book 024, Number 5280:
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
Book 024, Number 5281:
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade (the animals to be beaten) on the face or cauterisation on the face.
Book 024, Number 5282:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Jabir b.
'Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.
Book 024, Number 5283:
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).
Book 024, Number 5284:
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.
Book 024, Number 5285:
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).
Book 024, Number 5286:
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.
Book 024, Number 5287:
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.
Book 024, Number 5288:
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
Book 024, Number 5289:
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.
Book 024, Number 5290:
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.
Book 024, Number 5291:
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.
Book 024, Number 5292:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar
through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 24: PROHIBITION OF SITTING ON THE ROADSIDES
AND TO HONOUR THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE ROADSIDE
Book 024, Number 5293:
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.
Book 024, Number 5294:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zaid b.
Aslam with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 25: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ADD FALSE HAIR TO
ONE'S HEAD, OR TO PLUCK THE EYEBROW OR TO SEPARATE THE TEETH
Book 024, Number 5295:
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.
Book 024, Number 5296:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba
with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5297:
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.
Book 024, Number 5298:
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.
Book 024, Number 5299:
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.
Book 024, Number 5300:
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.
Book 024, Number 5301:
'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.
Book 024, Number 5302:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Mansur
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5303:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mansur
without the story pertaining to Umm Ya'qub.
Book 024, Number 5304:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abdullah.
Book 024, Number 5305:
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).
Book 024, Number 5306:
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.
Book 024, Number 5307:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri
but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 024, Number 5308:
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.
Book 024, Number 5309:
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
Book 024, Number 5310:
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
Book 024, Number 5311:
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.
Book 024, Number 5312:
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.
Book 024, Number 5313:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Hisham
with the same chain of transmitters.
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