his left hand, then said, “These two are forbidden for the males of my community.” Reported by Abu Dawud with a ḥasan chain of transmission.

808 – Abu Musa al-Ashʿari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Wearing silk and gold has been forbidden for the men of my ummah and permitted for their women.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.

809 – Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us to drink from vessels of gold and silver, to eat from them, to wear silk and brocade, and to sit upon them.” Narrated by al-Bukhari.

[Commentary]

(Chapter: The prohibition of silk for men, laying it out, and reclining upon it)
This chapter deals with three matters: wearing silk, spreading it out as bedding or upholstery, and reclining against it. The author has decisively ruled that all three are unlawful for men, based on the hadiths he cited from ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab, ʿAli ibn Abi Talib, Anas ibn Malik, Abu Musa al-Ashʿari, and Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with them). All of these narrations affirm the prohibition of wearing gold as well as the prohibition of wearing silk for men.