Those Who Permit Marking Clothes with Silk

It is narrated from Hazrat Umar that he said: Only this much (of silk) is permissible: one finger, two fingers, three fingers, or four fingers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Zar that he says Hazrat Umar said: You people may wear only one or two fingers' width of silk.

Hazrat Ikrimah narrates regarding Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that he did not see any harm in signs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Asma’s freed slave, Hazrat Abu Umar, that he says: I saw Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) buy a turban which had a (silk) mark on it. So he called for scissors and cut off that (mark). I mentioned this to Hazrat Asma, so she said: Abdullah is astonishing. O slave girl! Bring the cloak of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So the slave girl brought a cloak whose sleeves, collar, and slit had a mark of silk on them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ata. He says that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had a cloak made of a shawl, which had a strip of Kisrawani silk on it. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to wear it.

It is narrated from Ibrahim that he said: The earlier people used to dislike wearing such cloth whose warp or weft was of silk, but they saw no harm in mere traces of silk on the cloth.

Hazrat Mughira narrates about Ibrahim, he says that he used to wear a shawl with marks of silk on it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hisham bin Urwah that he says: My father had a black cloak in which there was a mark of silk measuring four fingers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Sakhrah that he said: I saw a shawl with silk attached lengthwise on Hazrat Aswad bin Hilal.

It is narrated from Hazrat Thabit bin Ubaid that he said: I saw Hazrat Abdullah bin Yazid wearing a shawl on which there was silk attached in a circular manner.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ismail bin Imran Abdi that he says: I saw Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib wearing a shawl adorned with brocade.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Aun that he said: I saw on the head of Hazrat Qasim a turban which had a mark of white silk on it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ismail bin Abdul Malik that he says: I saw Hazrat Abu Ja'far wearing a Sabari cloak with a mark of silk on it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Saeed, the freed slave of Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: I saw a shawl on Hazrat Abdullah bin Ma’qil which had marks of silk on it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Wabra that he says: I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) saying, "Avoid those clothes which contain silk."

It is narrated from Hazrat Umar that he said: Nothing of silk is permissible except the amount that is used for the edge or for the place of buttons.