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Musnad Ahmad 88

A letter came to us from Umar when we were in Azerbaijan (in which it said): O Utbah ibn Farqad, beware of luxury, the clothing of the mushrikeen and wearing silk, for the Messenger of Allah…

Abu Uthman an-Nahdinarrated it
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حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ

قَالَ جَاءَنَا كِتَابُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَنَحْنُ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ يَا عُتْبَةَ بْنَ فَرْقَدٍ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّنَعُّمَ وَزِيَّ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ وَلَبُوسَ الْحَرِيرِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا عَنْ لَبُوسِ الْحَرِيرِ وَقَالَ إِلَّا هَكَذَا وَرَفَعَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ

A letter came to us from Umar when we were in Azerbaijan (in which it said): O Utbah ibn Farqad, beware of luxury, the clothing of the mushrikeen and wearing silk, for the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade us to wear silk and said, “Except this much,” and the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) held up two fingers to us.

Musnad Ahmad 88, Book 2, Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra), Hadith 11. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
  2. 2Al-Hasan ibn MusaTold us, Third generation, died 208 AH
  3. 3Zuhayr ibn MuawiyahTold us, Third generation, died 172 AH
  4. 4Asim al-AhwalTold us, Successor, died 141 AH
  5. 5Abu Uthman an-NahdiFrom, Successor, died 75 AH

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