Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 71
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، رَأَى عُمَرُ حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ هَذِهِ، فَلَبِسْتَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَلِلْوُفُودِ إِذَا أَتَوْكَ، فَقَالَ: يَا عُمَرُ، إِنَّمَا يَلْبَسُ هَذِهِ مَنْ لاَ خَلاَقَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ أُهْدِيَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهَا حُلَلٌ، فَأَهْدَى إِلَى عُمَرَ مِنْهَا حُلَّةً، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، بَعَثْتَ إِلَيَّ هَذِهِ، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ قُلْتَ فِيهَا مَا قُلْتَ، قَالَ: إِنِّي لَمْ أُهْدِهَا لَكَ لِتَلْبَسَهَا، إِنَّمَا أَهْدَيْتُهَا إِلَيْكَ لِتَبِيعَهَا أَوْ لِتَكْسُوَهَا، فَأَهْدَاهَا عُمَرُ لأَخٍ لَهُ مِنْ أُمِّهِ مُشْرِكٍ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Salam related to us: ‘Abdah informed us, from ‘Ubayd Allah, from Nafi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar: ‘Umar saw a striped silk robe and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, if only you would buy this and wear it on Friday and when delegations come to you.’ He said, ‘‘Umar, only one who has no share in the Hereafter wears this.’ Then some robes of the same kind were presented to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he sent one to ‘Umar. ‘Umar came to the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you sent me this, though I heard you say about it what you said.’ He replied, ‘I did not give it to you to wear. I gave it to you so that you could sell it or clothe someone with it.’ So ‘Umar gave it to a maternal half-brother of his who was an idolater.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ
The witness renders the garment as silk; the precise textile description associated with سيراء may merit specialist review.
Is ‘striped silk robe’ the preferred rendering of حلة سيراء in this context?