(It is not permissible for me to enter a decorated house) What does the decoration consist of?
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The questioner: Sunan Ibn Majah 3360Hasan (Darussalam), meaning, what does the decoration consist of?
The Shaykh: The decoration is like these ornaments that we have been afflicted with.
The questioner: Do you mean colors?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Do you mean, for example, the variety of colors in ...?
The Shaykh: No, that does not mean it is forbidden. The text, once we know that it is not decorated; that is, adorned with these ornaments that are known among people, but the text does not mean prohibition, rather it means the purity befitting the status of prophethood and messengership. And without a doubt, the closer a Muslim is to perfection, the closer he is to following the footsteps of the Messenger - (peace and blessings be upon him) - and walking in his Sunnah, and in what he loved, and distancing himself from what he disliked. Of this nature, it is better for the Muslim that his house not be decorated, but rather be plain like this. The text does not mean prohibition, and this is entirely because it does not indicate prohibition, but rather it indicates dislike, like the other hadith in which the Prophet - (peace and blessings be upon him) - said to A'ishah:Sahih Muslim 2106f, 2107a, so his saying: Sahih Muslim 2106f, 2107a does not mean prohibition, but rather it means excellence, recommendation, and perfection.
Yes.
Safinah, Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman, narrated that a man visited ‘Ali bin Abu Talib and he made some food for him.* Fatimah said: “Why don’t we invite the Prophet (ﷺ) to eat with us?” So they invited him and he came. He put his hand on the doorpost of the house and saw a thin curtain in the corner of the house, so he went back. Fatimah said to ‘Ali: “Go and catch up with him, and ask him: ‘What made you go back, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “I do not enter a well-decorated house.”
ليس لي أن أدخل بيتًا مزوَّقًاThe Shaykh: The decoration is like these ornaments that we have been afflicted with.
The questioner: Do you mean colors?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Do you mean, for example, the variety of colors in ...?
The Shaykh: No, that does not mean it is forbidden. The text, once we know that it is not decorated; that is, adorned with these ornaments that are known among people, but the text does not mean prohibition, rather it means the purity befitting the status of prophethood and messengership. And without a doubt, the closer a Muslim is to perfection, the closer he is to following the footsteps of the Messenger - (peace and blessings be upon him) - and walking in his Sunnah, and in what he loved, and distancing himself from what he disliked. Of this nature, it is better for the Muslim that his house not be decorated, but rather be plain like this. The text does not mean prohibition, and this is entirely because it does not indicate prohibition, but rather it indicates dislike, like the other hadith in which the Prophet - (peace and blessings be upon him) - said to A'ishah:
God has not commanded us to clothe stones and clay
إن الله لم يأمرنا أن نكسوَ الجدرانGod has not commanded us
إن الله لم يأمرناYes.
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