They likewise said: If someone fasts on the Day of Doubt intending it to be a day of Ramadan, the act is disliked, for it resembles the practice of the People of the Book, who extended the length of their fast.

They said: Once the sun sets, the imam and the people with him should depart in the same state until they reach Muzdalifah, for this openly manifests opposition to the idolaters.

They also said: It is forbidden for both men and women to eat, drink, apply oil, or perfume themselves using utensils made of gold or silver, on account of the explicit texts and because it imitates the style of the idolaters and the indulgence of the affluent and wasteful.

They added, in explaining the prohibition of wearing silk—as argued by Abū Yūsuf and Muḥammad against Abū Ḥanīfah—including using it as bedding, hanging it, or covering with it: such attire was that of the Persian emperors and tyrants, and imitating them is unlawful.

ʿUmar said, “Beware of adopting the dress of the non-Arabs,” and Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan stated in al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr: