And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The chapter on the permissibility of wearing silk for one who has an itch. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation to al-Zubayr and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (may Allah be pleased with them both) to wear silk because of an itch they had. Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. The chapter on the prohibition of spreading out the skins of leopards and riding on them. Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Do not ride on silk stuff and panther skins.

لا تركبوا الخز ولا النمار

Sunan Abi Dawud 4129Sahih (Al-Albani)

This is a good hadith, narrated by Abu Dawud and others with a good chain. And from Abu al-Mulih from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the skins of wild beasts. It was narrated by Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Nasa'i with authentic chains. In a narration by al-Tirmidhi: He prohibited spreading out the skins of wild beasts. The chapter on what to say when wearing a new garment, sandal, or the like. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) acquired a new garment, he would name it, whether it was a turban, a shirt, or a cloak, and say:

Allahumma lakal-hamdu, Anta kasawtanihi, as'aluka khairuhu wa khaira ma suni'a lahu, wa a'udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni'a lahu

اللهم لك الحمد أنت كسوتنيه، أسألك خيره وخير ما صنع له، وأعوذ بك من شره وشر ما صنع له

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1767Hasan (Darussalam)

It was narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, and he said: This is a good hadith."

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These hadiths, or rather these chapters, are the end of the Book of Clothing mentioned by al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Riyad al-Salihin*. So the first chapter in this lesson is the permissibility of wearing silk for one who has an itch. It has been mentioned previously that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) prohibited wearing silk; he prohibited men and said: And he said: But if there is a need for it, there is no harm in it. For example, if a person has an itch, meaning an allergy, and needs to wear silk, he wears it, and it should be what touches the body, because silk is soft, smooth, and cool, which suits the itch and soothes it. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf and al-Zubayr to wear silk because of an itch they had. Likewise, if the silk is four fingers' width or less, meaning its width is four fingers or less, there is no harm in it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) granted a dispensation in that. For example, if a person has a jacket and its opening has threads of silk or embroidery of silk that does not exceed four fingers, then there is no harm in it. And likewise, if the garment is mixed between silk and cotton, or between silk and wool, and the majority is wool and cotton, meaning more than the silk, then there is no harm in it. So these are three matters. The fourth matter: if it is in war, meaning the two lines meet between the Muslims and the disbelievers, then there is no harm in a person wearing silk garments, because that angers the disbelievers, and everything that angers the disbelievers is required. So these are four things that are exceptions. The first: what is it? If it is for a need, like an itch, and it is what touches the body, and the wisdom in that is clear. The second: if it is four fingers or less. The third: if it is mixed and the most prominent is other than silk. The fourth: in war, in order to anger the disbelievers. In these four places, there is no harm regarding silk.