Habib bin Ubaid al-Habi says: Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Khalid bin Yazid. He placed a cushion for him. Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) thought that it was made of silk, so he withdrew his feet and separated himself from it, until he reached the end of the gathering, while Khalid was talking to another man. Then, when Khalid turned towards Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said to him: O my brother! What did you think? Do you think this is made of silk? So Khalid removed the doubt. Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever hopes for the blessings of Allah, let him not benefit from silk. Khalid said to Abu Umamah: Did you hear this hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: O Allah! Forgive me, Khalid is asking me whether I heard this hadith from the Messenger of Allah. We were among such people that whatever they narrated to us, they did not lie in it, nor were we ever denied.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took silk and held it in his right hand, and took gold and held it in his left hand, and said: Both of these are forbidden for the men of my Ummah.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Silk and gold are forbidden for the men of my Ummah and permissible for the women.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was given a robe with silk stripes as a gift. He (peace and blessings be upon him) sent it to me. When I wore it and went (to him), I noticed anger on the face of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So I distributed it among my women.

(Second chain) Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: A silk garment was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he sent it to me. I wore it, but I saw displeasure on the face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he ordered me, so I made head coverings from it and distributed them among the women.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a silk garment was presented as a gift to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave it to me, but when I went out wearing it, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That which I dislike for myself, I will not like for you either." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me, so I made scarves from it and distributed them between my womenfolk, Sayyida Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and my paternal aunt.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) brought a silk garment to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! If you buy this garment and wear it when delegations of people come to you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Only he can wear this who has no share in the Hereafter. Then three silk garments were brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent one garment to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), one garment to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and one garment to Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) brought that garment to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! You have sent this garment to me, while previously you had expressed dislike for it? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I sent this silk garment to you so that you may sell it or make headscarves from it and distribute them among your women. But Sayyiduna Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) came wearing that garment, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: I did not send it to you so that you would wear it; I sent it so that you would sell it. The narrator says: I do not know whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) or not, to make headscarves from it.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a garment with silk stripes being sold near the door of the mosque, so he said: O Messenger of Allah! If you would buy it and wear it on Fridays and at the time of meeting various delegations. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Only he can wear this who has no share in the Hereafter. Then some silk garments were brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave one of those garments to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), but Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! You are giving this to me, while you have expressed dislike for it? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have not given it to you so that you may wear it; I have given it so that you may sell it or give it to someone (for whom it is not prohibited). So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave it to his polytheist brother by fosterage who lived in Makkah. Sayyiduna Salim says: Because of this hadith, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) considered it disliked to wear garments made of striped silk.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that jewelry was sent as a gift to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the Negus, among which was a gold ring with an Abyssinian stone. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) picked it up with a stick, turning away from it with some of his fingers, and then called his granddaughter, Lady Umamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and said: Dear daughter! Wear this as an ornament.

Abdur Rahman bin Tarafah’s grandfather, Sayyiduna ‘Arfajah (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates that in the battle of Kilab during the Age of Ignorance, his nose was cut off. He had a nose made of silver fitted, but it began to emit a bad odor. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to have a nose made of gold.