2421 — “What have I to do with this world? And what have I to do with ornamentation?”

Abu Dawud (4149) and Ahmad (2/21) narrated it from Ibn Numayr, who said: Fudayl ibn Ghazwan narrated to us from Nafi‘, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, came to Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, and found a curtain hanging at her door, so he did not enter. He would rarely arrive without first visiting her. Then ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, came and saw that she was distressed, so he asked, ‘What is wrong with you?’ She replied, ‘The Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, came to me but did not enter.’

“‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, then went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, Fatimah was greatly upset that you came to her but did not enter.’ He said”—and then mentioned the above—“So he went to Fatimah and informed her of what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, had said. She said, ‘Tell the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him: What does he command me to do with it?’ He said, ‘Tell her to send it to the family of so-and-so.’”

Then Abu Dawud (4050) said: Wasil ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la al-Asadi narrated to us: Ibn Fudayl narrated to us from his father, with this hadith, and said: “It was a patterned curtain.”

I say: Its first chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and the additional wording meets Muslim’s criteria. Regarding the phrase “ornamentation,” Ibn al-Athir said: It refers to decoration and embroidered patterning.

2422 — “Do not revile Satan; rather, seek refuge in Allah from his evil.”

It was narrated by Abu Tahir al-Mukhlis (9/196/2), from whom al-Daylami narrated it (4/148); by Tamam in his Fawa’id (122/1); and by Abu ‘Abdullah al-Ghada’iri in his Hadiths (204/2), from ‘Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Dawud Abu Salih al-Harrani, who said: ‘Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, attributing it to the Prophet.