The limit of the permissible width of silk embroidery

The questioner:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to have four fingers' worth of silk, in length or in width?

The Shaykh:
Embroidery. The embroidery is intended not to exceed four fingers in width, and some say even in length. But it is clear, and Allah knows best, that the intention is that its width does not exceed four fingers. Some ask: What is the total? If one gathers from the garment what exceeds four fingers, but it is like these sayings, and Allah knows best, that the embroidery is what exceeds four fingers in width, even if its length increases, because the nature of a garment requires an increase. Is the pocket only four fingers? The pocket is wider than that, and its opening is wider than that.

The questioner:
Peace be upon you. Peace.

The Shaykh:
The embroidery that is done with silk is wider than four fingers in length, wider than four, but in width, yes.