69/11. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5366 — Silk Suit and Prophetic Disapproval
Providing one's wife with clothes reasonably
Hadith About Silk Clothing and Responding to Prophetic Guidance
Sahih Bukhari : 5366
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5366
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ آتَى إِلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ فَلَبِسْتُهَا، فَرَأَيْتُ الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَشَقَّقْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي.
'Ali Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) gave me a silk suit and I wore it, but when I noticed anger on his face, I cut it and distributed it among my women-folk.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5366In-book reference : Book 69, Hadith 16USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 64, Hadith 279
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5366
This Hadith describes how Ali reacted when he noticed the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم anger after wearing a silk suit that had been given to him. The text says Ali wore it, then saw anger on the Prophet’s face. He then cut it and distributed it among his womenfolk. The Hadith about silk clothing is short, but it shows a strong lesson in quick response to guidance. Ali did not argue in the report. He noticed the Prophet’s disapproval and changed what he did. The focus here is not a long ruling discussion, but the action in the text: seeing disapproval, leaving the act, and putting the cloth to another use.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ali responded when he noticed the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم displeasure.
- A believer should take Prophetic guidance seriously.
- The silk suit was not kept by Ali for his own wearing.
- The cloth was distributed among his womenfolk instead.
