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Sahih al-Bukhari 5830

Chapter: The wearing of silk clothes by men

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5830

Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ عُتْبَةَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

لاَ يُلْبَسُ الْحَرِيرُ فِي الدُّنْيَا، إِلاَّ لَمْ يُلْبَسْ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated Abu `Uthman:

While we were with `Utba. `Umar wrote to us: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is none who wears silk in this world except that he will wear nothing of it in the Hereafter." ' Abu `Uthman pointed out with his middle and index fingers.

This hadith has also been narrated by Abu `Uthman.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5830).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( يَحْيَى ) هُوَ اِبْن سَعِيد الْقَطَّان. قَوْله : ( عَنْ التَّيْمِيِّ ) هُوَ سُلَيْمَان بْن طَرْخَان. قَوْله : ( عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَان قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ عُتْبَةَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَر ) فِي رِوَايَة مُسْلِم مِنْ طَرِيق جَرِير عَنْ سُلَيْمَان التَّيْمِيِّ " فَجَاءَنَا كِتَاب عُمَر " وَكَذَا عِنْد الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ مِنْ طَرِيق مُعْتَمِر بْن سُلَيْمَان. قَوْله : ( لَا يَلْبَس الْحَرِير فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَمْ يَلْبَس مِنْهُ شَيْء فِي الْآخِرَة ) كَذَا لِلْمُسْتَمْلِي وَالسَّرَخْسِيّ " يُلْبَس " بِضَمِّ أَوَّله فِي الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ , وَكَذَا لِلنَّسَفِيّ وَقَالَ : " فِي الْآخِرَة مِنْهُ " ولِلكُشْمِيهَنِيِّ " لَا يَلْبَس الْحَرِير فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَمْ يَلْبَس مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ف…

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