Chapters on Dress
كتاب اللباس
Chapter 44: Images in the house
الصُّوَرِ فِي الْبَيْتِ
“Theangelsdo not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”
“Theangels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”
“Jibril (as) promised theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) that he would come to him at a certain hour,but hewas late. The Prophet (ﷺ) went out and there was Jibrilstanding atthe door. He said: ‘What kept you from entering?’ He said:‘Thereis a dog in the house, and we do not enter a house in whichthere isa dog or an image.’”
It wasnarrated from Abu Umamah that a woman came to the Prophet(ﷺ) andtold him that her husband was away on some militarycampaign. Sheasked him for permission to make an image of a palm treein herhouse, and he did not let her, or he forbade her.
Chapter 45: Images on items that are stepped on
الصُّوَرِ فِيمَا يُوطَأُ
“I covered a small room closet ofmine, meaning, from the inside, with a curtain on which there wereimages. When the Prophet (ﷺ) came, he tore it down, so I made twopillows from it, and I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) reclining on one ofthem.”
Chapter 46: The saddle cushions that are red
الْمَيَاثِرِ الْحُمْرِ
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbaderings of gold and Al-Mitharah,”* meaning the red ones.
Chapter 47: Riding on leopard skins
رُكُوبِ النُّمُورِ
“I heard Abu Raihanah, theCompanion of the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) used toforbidriding on leopard skins.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto forbid riding on leopard skins.”