428 – ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Prophet ﷺ clothed me in a striped silk ḥullah. I went out wearing it and saw anger on his face, so I tore it into pieces and shared it among the women of my household.” Agreed upon, and this is Muslim’s wording. (1)

Lexical notes
• kasānī: he dressed me in it and gave it to me.
• ḥullah – a matched pair of garments: a lower wrap (izār) and an upper cloak (ridāʾ).
• sirāʾ – a type of woven mantle patterned with yellow stripes. The word can be read in the accusative as an adjective of ḥullah, or in the genitive when taken in annexation to it.
• fa shaqaqtuhā: I cut it up, distributing the pieces.
• nisāʾī: the women residing in his household—his wife, his mother, his cousin (Hamzah’s daughter), and his brother ʿAqīl’s wife—each of whom was named Fāṭimah. Another report has: “I tore it into head-scarves for the Fāṭimahs.”