Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَبِسَ خَمِيصَةً شَامِيَّةً لَهَا عَلَمٌ ثُمَّ أَعْطَاهَا أَبَا جَهْمٍ وَأَخَذَ مِنْ أَبِي جَهْمٍ أَنْبِجَانِيَّةً لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِمَ فَقَالَ " إِنِّي نَظَرْتُ إِلَى عَلَمِهَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ " .
Translation
Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wore afine striped garment f rom Syria, and then gave it to Abu Jahm andtook a plain, rough, garment in return. Abu Jahm asked, "Messenger ofAllah! Why?" He said, "I looked at its stripes in the prayer."