What is the ruling on sitting on silk carpets?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on sitting on silk carpets?

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for men or women to use silk as a carpet. This is not permissible. It was only permitted for women for the sake of adornment, and there is no adornment in a carpet, so the cause for which it was permitted for women is not present in carpets.

The questioner:
He says, may Allah reward you, in the continuation of his question: Is it permissible to use silk carpets for purposes other than sitting?

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible, it is absolutely not permissible to use silk. It is not permissible for sitting, nor for hanging on walls, nor for clothing. It is not permissible to use it because of the pride, arrogance, and extravagance involved. Yes. But now there are things called silk that are not silk; they call it artificial silk. This does not take the ruling of silk regarding prohibition because it is not silk, but rather artificial silk. They call it silk, but it is not silk. It may resemble silk in softness and color, but it is not silk. Yes.