48/90. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5305 — Warning About Wearing Silk
Stern Warning Against Wearing Silk, and That Whoever Wears it in This World Will Not Wear it in the Hereafter
Hadith About Silk Clothing and the Warning of the Hereafter
Sunan an-Nasai : 5305
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5305
أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلِيفَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ لاَ تُلْبِسُوا نِسَاءَكُمُ الْحَرِيرَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ لَبِسَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَلْبَسْهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ " .
Khalifah Narrated from:
I heard 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair say: 'Do not let your womenfolk wear silk, for I heard 'Umar bin Al-Khattab say: The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: Whoever wears it in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter.'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5305In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 266English translation : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5307
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5305
This hadith records Abdullah bin Az-Zubair telling people not to let their womenfolk wear silk. He then quotes Umar bin Al-Khattab, who said that the Messenger of Allah said whoever wears it in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter. The text is centered on silk and the Hereafter. It does not give a long legal discussion in this wording, so the safest way to read it is to stay with what it says: there is a warning connected to wearing silk. For searches such as hadith about silk, women wearing silk hadith, or silk in this world and Hereafter, this narration is direct and easy to remember.
What we learn from this hadith
- Abdullah bin Az-Zubair warned against wearing silk based on a hadith he heard through Umar.
- The hadith links wearing silk in this world with not wearing it in the Hereafter.
- The narration shows that the Companions passed on warnings they heard.
- The wording should be read carefully without adding details not found in the text.
