Prelude
Muslim narrated in his “Sah?h” through a series of narrators traced back to Ab? ‘Uw?nah An-Nahd?. who said: “‘Umar ( - رضي الله عنه -) sent for us when we were in Athrab?j?n: ‘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)
‘Al? Ibn Al-Ja‘d narrated in his “Musnad” that: ‘Umar ( - رضي الله عنه -) said: ‘Wear the Rida’, the Iz?r and the slippers but keep away from the boots [disbelievers wear] and [tight] Sar?w?l, ... wear the costumes your father Ism?’?l used to wear and be ware of extravagance in clothes and the costumes of the disbelievers ... ’. (3)
(1) Ab? ‘Uwanah clarified in his “Sah?h” 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 Khab?s coated with Labb?d to ‘Umar ( - رضي الله عنه -). Upon seeing them ‘Umar ( - رضي الله عنه -) addressed the slave saying ; ‘Do all muslims enjoy the like of this in their own dwellings (in Athrab?j?n) ? The slave answered in the negative. ‘U mar ( - رضي الله عنه -) then said: ‘I’ll never eat from it’. Then he ( - رضي الله عنه -) sent the letter to Ibn Farqad ... etc.
(2) Narrated by: Al-Buk?r?: 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-Nas?’?: The Book of adornments, chapter: ‘The allowance to wear silk clothes’. (vol 8 / p. 178),
Abu D?w?d: The Book of clothes, chapter: “Wearing silk clothes” (vol. 4 / p. 47) (no.4042),
Ibn M?jah: The Book of clothes, chapter: “The allowance to wear clothes with little silk in them” (vol. 2 / p. 1188),
Ahmad: In his “Musnad” (vol. 1 / p. 91) (no. 92), and Abu ‘Uw?nah in his “Musnad” (vol. 5, pp. 456 - 60)
(3) Narrated by: ‘Ali Ibn Al-Ja‘d in his “Musnad” (no. 1030, 1031) and Abu ‘Uw?nah in his “Musnad” (vol. 5, no.456,459,460) through an authentic chain of narrators.