Displaying Allah's blessings and wearing fine clothes

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever Allah Almighty grants a servant a blessing, He loves that the trace of that blessing be seen upon that servant."
Imam Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Ubaydullah bin Mawhab, and he is da'if (weak).

Abu Raja' al-Utaridi says: Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) came out to us wearing a cloak of "khazz" (silk, or a cloth woven of silk and wool), a garment we had never seen on him before. He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever Allah Almighty grants a blessing, then Allah Almighty loves that the trace of His blessing be seen upon the servant."
Imam Ahmad recorded it, and Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrators of Imam Ahmad are thiqat (trustworthy).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty is Beautiful; He loves beauty, and He loves that the trace of His blessing be seen upon His servant."
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Atiyyah al-Awfi, and he is da'if (weak), although he has been declared trustworthy.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Zuhayr bin Abi Alqamah al-Dab'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A man in a shabby state came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you have wealth?" He said: "Yes, of every kind." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then it should be seen upon you, for Allah Almighty loves to see its trace upon His servant in a good state; He does not love misery, nor affecting a miserable state."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. He gave Sayyiduna Zuhayr (an entry under his name), and the narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).

Muhammad bin al-Ash'ath narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Oil removes squalor (or dryness), clothing shows prosperity, and treating a servant well weakens the enemy."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Sulayman bin Ubaydullah Abu Ayyub al-Raqqi, and he is da'if (weak).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Clothing shows prosperity, oil removes a wretched state (or dryness), and treating a slave well, by it Allah Almighty weakens the enemy."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Salam bin Abd al-Quddus al-Kala'i, and he is extremely da'if (weak).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hazim (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while his outward appearance was shabby. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you have wealth?" He replied: "I have every kind of wealth; Allah Almighty has given me camels, cattle and goats." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has wealth, the trace of it (that wealth) should be seen upon him."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Yazid bin Abi Burdah, and he is da'if (weak).

Abu al-Ahwas reports about his father that he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the appearance of a Bedouin, with dishevelled, dust-covered hair. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you have wealth?" He said: "Allah Almighty has given me every kind of wealth." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty grants a servant a blessing, He loves that the blessing also be seen upon him."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Kurayb bin Abrahah says: I heard Sayyiduna Abu Rayhanah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Nothing of arrogance will enter Paradise (that is, an arrogant person will not enter Paradise)." The narrator says: A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, I like my whip to be fine and the strap of my sandal to be fine." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is not arrogance. Indeed, Allah Almighty is Beautiful and loves beauty. Arrogance belongs to the one who rejects the truth and looks down on people."
Imam Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever drags his garment on the ground (letting it hang down out of arrogance), Allah Almighty will not look at him with mercy." Sayyiduna Abu Rayhanah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What you have told us, by Allah, has made us ill! By Allah, I love beauty, so much so that I want fineness even in the strap of my sandal and the hanger of my stick. Is that part of arrogance?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty is Beautiful and loves beauty, and He loves to see the trace of His blessing upon His servant. But arrogance is that a person turns away from the truth and looks down on people."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Musa bin Isa al-Dimashqi; Imam al-Dhahabi says: he is majhul (unknown). The remaining narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, is it part of arrogance that I have a hullah (suit of garments) which I wear?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I said: "Is it part of arrogance that I have a mount which I ride?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I said: "Is it part of arrogance that I prepare food and invite my friends?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! Arrogance is that you reject the truth and look down on people."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Imam Ahmad recorded it within a long hadith that has already passed in the chapter on the counsel of Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) in Kitab al-Wasaya (the Book of Bequests). The narrators of Imam Ahmad are thiqat (trustworthy).

A narrator named Husayn reports: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, is it part of arrogance that one of us has a fine she-camel of noble breed?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." He said: "Is it part of arrogance that one of us has two fine hullahs (suits of garments)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." He said: "Is it part of arrogance that I prepare food and invite my people, and they walk behind me and eat at my house?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, then what is arrogance?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you turn away from the truth and look down on people."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Hamid bin Sulayman, and he is da'if (weak).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a military expedition. Once, when I had stopped with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) under a tree, I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, come into the shade." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dismounted. I found a small cucumber in the food bag. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where did you get this from?" Then the narrator mentioned a word. Then a man turned and walked away, wearing two garments that had become worn out. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at him and said: "Does he not have other clothes besides these?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, he has two garments in the bag, which you gave him to wear." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call him and tell him to wear them." I called the man; he put both of them on and then turned and went away. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is the matter with him? May Allah strike his neck! Is this not better?" The man heard this, so he came back and said: "In the path of Allah (will my neck be struck)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the path of Allah." (The narrator says:) And that man was martyred in the path of Allah.
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it with several chains, one of which has narrators who are the narrators of the Sahih.
Imam Malik recorded it in the "Muwatta", and in it he transmitted these words: "Where did you people get this from?" I said: "From Madinah."

Uthman bin Muhammad bin Qays says: My father saw in my hand a whip that had no hanger ('alaqah, the part by which it is hung). He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a man: "Keep the hanger of your whip fine, for Allah Almighty is Beautiful and loves beauty."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sawad bin Amr al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am a man to whom beauty has been made beloved, and you can see what I have been given of it, so much so that I do not even like anyone's sandal strap to be finer than my sandal strap (here the narrator is unsure about one word). Is that part of arrogance?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, then what is arrogance?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who turns away from the truth and looks down on people."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, Allah Almighty is Beautiful, and He loves beauty."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Ja'far bin al-Zubayr, and he is matruk (abandoned).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Arrogance was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he spoke severely about it and said: Indeed, Allah Almighty does not love any arrogant, boastful person. A man among those present said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I wash my clothes and their whiteness pleases me; the strap of my sandal pleases me; and the hanger ('alaqah, the part by which it is hung) of my stick pleases me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is not arrogance. Arrogance is that you turn away from the truth and look down on people."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and Imam al-Bazzar recorded a report like it. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Abi Layla, who had a poor memory; his hadith is hasan (good) on the basis of the supporting reports that have already passed in this chapter. However, the narrator named Abd al-Rahman did not hear from Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him). (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: this report also has a chain in the chapter on Surah al-Nisa'. This report has various chains that have already passed in Kitab al-Iman (the Book of Faith), and some of its chains are in Kitab al-Zuhd (the Book of Asceticism).

Nufay', the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) wore the finest white clothes of all people and used the most pleasant fragrance of all people.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. This narrator named Nufay' was mentioned by Ibn Abi Hatim, who did not criticise him; likewise Sulayman bin Mina is a narrator (of it). The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy). However, Ibn Abi Hatim said that al-Mas'udi did not hear from Sulayman, so
this report is mursal (with a broken chain). Abu Nu'aym heard from al-Mas'udi before he suffered from confusion (ikhtilat).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) bought a cloak for a thousand, and he used to pray in it.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.