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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the report of Abu Khaladah: "Abd al-Karim Abu Umayyah came to Abu al-Aliyyah wearing woolen clothes, and Abu al-Aliyyah said..."

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The Shaykh : After that, he cited a report (athar), not a hadith.
From Abu Khaladah, he said: "Abd al-Karim Abu Umayyah came to Abu al-Aliyyah, and he was wearing woolen clothes, so Abu al-Aliyyah said: These are the clothes of the monks. If the Muslims, when they visit one another, adorn themselves".
Here are two pious men who differ in their appearance during a visit. The first is Abd al-Karim Abu Umayyah. This Abd al-Karim is named Abd al-Karim ibn Abi al-Mukharriq, and his kunyah is Abu Umayyah. If he narrated a hadith, his narration was rejected because he had a poor memory, but he was righteous in himself. As for the second man in this story, he is Abu al-Aliyyah, who is among the great scholars of the Tabi'un, and among their trustworthy and memorizing ones. That righteous man, Abd al-Karim Abu Umayyah, visited Abu al-Aliyyah, the noble man, and Abd al-Karim was wearing woolen clothes. This is an indication that the man was also careless about himself, not adorning himself with beautiful clothing when he came as a visitor to this noble man, Abu al-Aliyyah. So Abu al-Aliyyah hinted to him with disapproval, saying: These are the clothes of the monks. And the monks, we all know, are the worshippers of the Christians who left the world and its adornment and beauty, and withdrew to monasteries, corners, and hermitages. But this is not permissible for the Muslim, because Islam came with the middle path that combines the right of the body and the right of the soul. Our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, says in the Noble Qur'an:
Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" قل من حرم زينة الله التي أخرج لعباده والطيبات من الرزق
[Al-A'raf 7:32]
And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) says in the authentic hadith:
Verily, Allah is Graceful and He loves Grace إن الله جميل يحب الجمال
Sahih Muslim 91a
And he said this in the context of physical beauty, not in the context of adopting good morals, as contemporary books do, citing this hadith for adopting good and beautiful morals. They say: The Messenger (peace be upon him) says:
Indeed, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty إن الله جميل يجب الجمال
And this hadith came on the occasion of physical beauty, where the questioner asked him:The questioner : One of us likes to be seen wearing good clothes. It is a long hadith that I have mentioned more than once, so the answer was:
Indeed, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty إن الله جميل يجب الجمال
But with the condition of avoiding arrogance, because the Messenger (peace be upon him) said in the same hadith, a part of which I mentioned just now:
He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise. لا يدخل الجنة من كان في قلبه مثقال ذرة من كبر
Sahih Muslim 91c
The Companions were afraid and said: O Messenger of Allah, one of us likes to be seen wearing good clothes, is this from arrogance? He said:
No. لا
Another said: A garment... is this from arrogance? He said: No. A third said: He has two good sandals, is that from arrogance? He said: No, for Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. This is not from arrogance. They said: What is arrogance? He said:
Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people. الكبر بطر الحق وغمط الناس
Sahih Muslim 91a
So, adorning oneself with good clothing in a Muslim's visit to his Muslim brother is Islamic etiquette. And the Messenger confirmed that in a hadith in *Musnad al-Imam Ahmad* and others, that a man, who seemed like a Bedouin, came to the Messenger (peace be upon him) in a shabby state. He said: O so-and-so, do you not have wealth? He said: From all wealth, Allah has given us camels, cows, and sheep; I have of everything. He said:
If God shows favour to anyone, He likes the mark of His favour to be seen on His servant. فإذا آعطاك الله مالا فليرى عليك فإن الله يحب أن يرى أثر نعمته على عبده
Mishkat al-Masabih 4379
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