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Sunan Ibn Majah 3596

Chapter: Wearing silk and gold for women

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3596

Narrator:Ali

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي فَاخِتَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي هُبَيْرَةُ بْنُ يَرِيمَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، أَنَّهُ أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ حُلَّةٌ مَكْفُوفَةٌ بِحَرِيرٍ إِمَّا سَدَاؤُهَا وَإِمَّا لُحْمَتُهَا فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَىَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِهَا أَلْبَسُهَا قَالَ ‏

"‏ لاَ وَلَكِنِ اجْعَلْهَا خُمُرًا بَيْنَ الْفَوَاطِمِ ‏"

It was narrated from ‘Ali that a two-piece suit hemmed with silk, either on the wrap or the weft,* was given to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he sent them to me (‘Ali). I came to him and said:

“O Messenger of Allah, what should I do with these? Shall I wear them?” He said: “No, rather make them into head-cloths and give them to the Fatimahs.”**

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3596).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( اِجْعَلْهَا خُمُرًا ) جَمْع خِمَار الرَّأْس ( بَيْن الْفَوَاطِم ) قَالَ فِي النِّهَايَة أَرَادَ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ أَسَدٍ أُمَّ عَلِيٍّ وَفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ حَمْزَةَ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3596
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 3596
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3596

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