5 – The texts also grant a dispensation to wear it when there is a need for it, such as using it medicinally to treat severe itching or allergic skin conditions.
6 – Shaykh al-Islam said, “Whatever is forbidden because it is intrinsically impure is more emphatically prohibited than that which is forbidden on account of extravagance or the like.”
7 – As for hadith (428), it proves that wearing silk is forbidden for men, for the hullah mentioned in it was pure silk.
8 – It likewise shows the permissibility of silk for women, for ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him) tore it into head-scarves for the ‘Fatimahs’: his wife Fāṭimah, daughter of the Prophet ﷺ; his mother Fāṭimah bint Asad; his cousin Fāṭimah bint Ḥamzah; and Fāṭimah bint Shaybah ibn Rabīʿah, the wife of his brother ʿAqīl ibn Abī Ṭālib.
9 – Hadith (429) indicates that gold and silk are forbidden for men and permitted for women. For men they are prohibited to wear, to spread out, or to use in any manner, whereas for women they are permitted solely to wear because of their need for adornment; every other use remains subject to the original prohibition. Allah knows best.
10 – Concerning the phrase “he granted a concession,” we have noted that linguistically a rukhṣah is a shift from difficulty to ease, while juridically it is a ruling established contrary to an existing legal proof due to a stronger counter-consideration.
If one asks, “The whole of Islamic law is ease and facilitation, so why call this a ‘dispensation’?” the answer is that this rukhṣah arises from a specific cause, moving certain people from an obligation or a prohibition to simple permissibility.
11 – We mentioned that silk and gold are lawful for all females, young and old, and that the effective cause is their need for adornment. An objection might be raised: A small girl has no such need. The response is that when the ʿillah is not explicitly stated by the Lawgiver but only inferred by juristic reasoning, it cannot restrict the general ruling, for there may well be another cause unknown to us.