Continuation of the explanation of the hadith of Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with both of them), who said: (… and whoever adorns himself with what he has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood).

The Shaykh : Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned in this hadith another etiquette, which is something we need to know and also stay away from, because it is not among the morals of Muslims. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , Each case has its place. For example, a woman is being proposed to, and the suitor claims he has such and such. Why? To display that he is rich. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) describes him as being like one wearing two garments of falsehood. Of course, he says, "Did you give it to the one who gave it to him?" The Lord of the worlds, Allah, has blessed him. But in another form, he claims that so-and-so gave it to him. For example, a married woman, especially if she is a co-wife or has a neighbor, she says to her neighbor or her co-wife: "My husband gave me such and such," and she is lying. She does this only to be superior to her co-wife or her neighbor. Whether the example is of the first type or the second type, and the examples vary and multiply greatly, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) attributes to him being like one wearing two garments of falsehood. Not like one wearing a single garment of falsehood, meaning lying, but like one wearing two garments of falsehood. This is an allusion to the fact that he is covered in falsehood and lying from his head to the soles of his feet. This is because the custom of the Arabs is that the wealthy among them, or those who are well-off in wealth and provision, usually wear two garments: the izar and the rida'. The izar is the wrap, meaning what a man uses to cover the lower part of his body, and this is the minimum he must wear. The rida' is the other garment that covers the upper part of the body, exactly as the pilgrims do when they perform Hajj. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says: And in another hadith in "Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim": , so the one who boasts of what he has not been given means the one who adorns himself with what he has not been given. For example, a man claims that he is always, day and night, in his home eating the best of foods, meat, rice, fruit, and so on, while in reality he has absolutely nothing of that. So he claims and adorns himself with what he has not been given. This is not permissible; it is a lie in itself, but it is a lie intended to be superior to others, whether this boaster or this one who adorns himself is a man or a woman. This is not permissible because it is lying, and it is among the most serious lies, due to his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: or .

The questioner : The word "tahalla" (adorned himself), ... "tajammala" (embellished himself).

The Shaykh : He.

The questioner : And whoever embellished himself with what he has not been given ... .

The Shaykh : No, the intention here is deliberately displaying what one does not have. If he adorns himself with borrowed clothes and claims they are his, or she claims they are hers, then that is what is intended here. As for merely wearing the clothes of another, which is known among women, especially at weddings, even in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), that the bride borrows from her neighbor's adornment, there is no harm in that. But the harm lies in the one who claims that what she is wearing is hers, saying, "My husband bought it for me" or "My brother gave it to me," when the truth is a lie. As for merely this wearing without this claim, it does not fall under this hadith. That is, the adorning (tahalli) and the boasting (tashabbu')—the adorning in this hadith and the boasting mentioned in the other hadith: —is not limited to the action alone, but it is an action accompanied by speech that leads others to believe that what he wore and displayed is his property, that it was given to him or gifted to him. This is what this warning applies to. As for merely borrowing a garment or borrowing a car, for example, and going on a trip with it, while I do not display it to people and do not claim that this car was gifted to me by such and such a prince, or such and such a friend, or such and such a rich person, if I just ride it without this false claim, there is absolutely no harm in that. What is reprehensible in adorning oneself and boasting is adorning oneself accompanied by attributing to oneself what one adorned with, as if it was gifted to him by another. This is what is intended by this hadith in the authentic collections.