I say: He made no comment on it, as though thereby indicating that it is strengthened by the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, in its two routes, which he had cited before it. And Allah knows best. *

3140—“What have I to do with worldly life? And what have I to do with decorated cloth?!”

Abu Dawud (4149), Ahmad (2/21), Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (13/239/16221), and Ibn Hibban (8/91/6319) narrated it through Ibn Numayr, who said: Fudayl ibn Ghazwan narrated to us, from Nafi', from Abdullah ibn Umar:

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came to Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, and found a curtain at her door, so he did not enter. He would hardly ever enter without first going to her. Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, then came and found her distressed, so he asked, “What is the matter with you?” She replied, “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, came to me but did not enter.” Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, went to him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, Fatimah was deeply troubled that you came to her but did not enter.” He said: … and he mentioned the hadith. Ali then went to Fatimah and informed her of what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had said. She said, “Tell the Messenger of Allah, 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.”

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission, meeting the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim. Ibn Numayr was Abdullah Abu Hisham al-Kufi. Al-Hafiz said: “Trustworthy; a hadith scholar and a follower of the Sunnah.”

Muhammad ibn Fudayl also narrated it from his father in similar terms, adding: “It was an ornamented curtain”—that is, decorated and patterned.