This is among the evidence used to establish that dressing well on Fridays and Eid festivals is recommended. As reported in the two Sahīh collections:

‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb saw a suit of clothes being sold in the market and said, “O Messenger of Allah, why not buy this to wear?” He replied, “Only someone who has no share in the Hereafter wears this.”

Supporting this concerning fine clothing is the report in the Sunan collections from Abū al-Ahwas al-Jushamī, who said:

“The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw me wearing tattered clothes and asked, ‘Do you have any wealth?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ He asked, ‘What kind of wealth?’ I replied, ‘All that Allah has given me, including camels and sheep.’ He said, ‘Then let Allah’s blessings and His generosity toward you be evident upon you.’”

These collections also report from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Allah loves to see the effects of His blessings upon His servant.”

This, however, concerns displaying Allah’s blessings and the gratitude to Him that this entails, for He loves to be thanked; the earlier statement concerns love of beauty.

Some people have gone astray through their interpretation of this hadith, regarding it as contradictory. They reason that everything made by the Lord is beautiful, citing Allah’s words, Exalted is He:

“Who perfected everything He created,”

and therefore that He loves everything. They may also cite the saying of one of the shaykhs: “Love is a fire that burns away from the heart everything except what the beloved wills.”