وَقَالَ عَاصِمٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ : مَا الْقَسِّيَّةُ ؟ قَالَ : " ثِيَابٌ أَتَتْنَا مِنَ الشَّأْمِ أَوْ مِنْ مِصْرَ مُضَلَّعَةٌ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ ، وَفِيهَا أَمْثَالُ الْأُتْرُنْجِ وَالْمِيثَرَةُ ، كَانَتِ النِّسَاءُ تَصْنَعُهُ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ مِثْلَ الْقَطَائِفِ يُصَفِّرْنَهَا " وَقَالَ جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ ، فِي حَدِيثِهِ الْقَسِّيَّةُ " ثِيَابٌ مُضَلَّعَةٌ يُجَاءُ بِهَا مِنْ مِصْرَ فِيهَا الْحَرِيرُ وَالْمِيثَرَةُ جُلُودُ السِّبَاعِ " قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ : عَاصِمٌ أَكْثَرُ وَأَصَحُّ فِي الْمِيثَرَةِ .
‘Asim ibn Kulayb narrated that Abu Burdah narrated from him that he asked ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) «قسي» What is it? He replied that it was a cloth which used to come to us (in Hijaz) from Syria or Egypt, and it had broad silk stripes on it and designs like citron were made on it, and «ميثرة» “Zeen posh” was the cloth which women used to make of silk for their husbands. It was like a fringed sheet, and they used to dye it with yellow color, like the scarves used for covering. And Jarir narrated that Zayd narrated from him that «قسية» they were checkered clothes which were imported from Egypt and contained silk mixed in them, and «ميثرة» saddlecloths made from the skins of wild animals. Abu ‘Abdullah Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said that «ميثرة» in the explanation of it, the narration of ‘Asim is superior in terms of the number of chains and authenticity.
Narrated Ibn Azib: The Prophet forbade us to use the red Mayathir and to use Al-Qassiy.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Qastallani said that according to most scholars, the covering (zeen posh) that is prohibited is that which is made of pure silk or in which silk is predominant and cotton is less.
If both are half and half, then the use of such fabrics has been considered permissible, because it cannot be called "harir" (pure silk). Nowadays, the same ruling applies to tasar (tussar) and similar fabrics.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 5838
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
By "red cushion" is meant the brocade or silk padding that non-Arabs used to spread on their mounts. If it is made of pure silk, then there is no difference of opinion regarding its impermissibility. If it is mixed, then it should be examined: if the fabric is predominantly silk, then it is also prohibited, because the ruling depends on what is predominant. However, if the silk is less and the cotton or other material is more, then the majority of scholars consider it permissible. (Fath al-Bari: 10/363) (2)
Here, clothes are also made from tussar (raw silk). According to our inclination, these contain very little silk; therefore, their use is also permissible. And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5838