Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever wears silk in this world will never wear it in the Hereafter.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a monk gave the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a fine silk cloak. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore it, then he came home and took it off. Meanwhile, he learned that a delegation had arrived. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) advised the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to wear that same cloak upon the arrival of the delegation, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This garment is not suitable for us in this world; it will be for us in the Hereafter. But O Umar! You take it." He said: "You dislike it, and I should take it—how can that be?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am not giving it to you so that you wear it; I am giving it to you so that you send it to the region of Persia and obtain wealth in exchange for it." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent it to the Negus, because he had treated those Companions well who had migrated to him.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Maghrib prayer, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a silk cloak with slits. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer, he removed it with great severity and said: This is not befitting for the pious.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to prohibit those with jewelry and silk from wearing these things, and used to say: If you desire the jewelry and silk of Paradise, then do not wear them in this world.

Sayyida Juwayriya (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever wears silk, Allah Almighty will clothe him with the fire of Hell on the Day of Resurrection. In another narration it is stated: Allah Almighty will clothe him with a garment of fire or humiliation.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the chief of Duma, Ukaydir, gave the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a fine silk or pure silk cloak. This was at a time when wearing silk had not yet been made unlawful. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore it, and people were greatly astonished upon seeing it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad! The handkerchief of Sa’d bin Mu’adh in Paradise is better than this."

Hisham bin Abu Ruqayyah says: I heard from Muslamah bin Makhlad while he was delivering a sermon to the people from the pulpit. He said: O people! Do you not have Yemeni sheets and linen clothes? Are they not sufficient instead of silk? There is a man among you who will inform you of the command of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding this matter. O Uqbah! Stand up. Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up and said: The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me, let him take his seat in the Hellfire. And I bear witness that I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: Whoever wears silk in this world will be deprived of it in the Hereafter.

Abu Yunus Hatim bin Muslim says: I heard from a man of the Quraysh, he said: I saw a woman, she came to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) at Mina, she was wearing a silk shirt, she said: What do you say about silk? He said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: We were present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a resident of a town came wearing a cloak of Sayjan, whose buttons were of silk, and said: Beware! This companion of yours (Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him) has lowered the status of horsemen and elevated the honor of shepherds. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) grabbed him by the collar of his cloak and said: Do I not see upon you the clothing of those who are foolish? Then he said: When the time of death for Allah’s Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him) approached, he said to his son: I am going to state a will before you; I command you with two things and forbid you from two things. I command you with La ilaha illallah, for if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed on one side of the scale and La ilaha illallah on the other, La ilaha illallah would outweigh them. And if the seven heavens and the seven earths were to become a closed ring, La ilaha illallah would break it. And (the second thing) is Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi; these words are the prayer of everything, and through them the creation is provided sustenance. And I forbid you from shirk (associating partners with Allah) and arrogance. I or someone else said: O Messenger of Allah! We recognize shirk, but what is arrogance? Is arrogance that a man’s shoes and their straps are good? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No. Someone said: Then is arrogance that a man has friends who sit with him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No. Then someone said: O Messenger of Allah! Then what is arrogance? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: To reject the truth and to look down upon people (that is arrogance).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a silk cloak to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) met the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: You have sent a silk cloak to me, even though you had said such and such about it (i.e., you had condemned it)? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I did not send it to you so that you would wear it; I sent it so that you could sell it or derive some other benefit from it.