2– Women are allowed to wear it, for they need adornment for their husbands. Its permissibility for women and its prohibition for men is affirmed by the unanimous agreement of the scholars.
3– Eating and drinking from plates and vessels made of gold or silver is forbidden for both men and women, because they are reserved for the unbelievers in this world and for the Muslims in the Hereafter, in addition to the other reasons mentioned in the commentary.
4– The scholars have extended this ruling to every other use of such utensils, viewing the reference to eating and drinking as merely citing what is most common, just as in Allah’s saying: “Indeed, those who consume the property of orphans wrongfully are only consuming fire into their bellies” (Qur’an 4:10)—a verse that applies to every form of use and appropriation.
5– The threat mentioned here follows the principle set out by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: a ruling is not fully realized unless its conditions are met and its impediments are removed. Otherwise, the outward sense of the hadith would imply eternal punishment in Hell for the man who wears silk.
Hadith Three (1)
ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing silk “except like this,” and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his index and middle fingers.
Muslim’s wording is: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing silk except in an area the width of two, three, or four fingers.”
Lessons derived from the hadith
1– It establishes the prohibition of silk for men, not for women.
2– It allows a stripe the width of two, three, or four fingers when it is merely an accessory to another fabric. When worn by itself, however, no amount—large or small—is permissible, whether it is a prayer-bead string, a watch strap, or the like.
Hadith Four
Al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib (Allah be pleased with him) said: “I have never seen anyone with shoulder-length hair, clad in a red mantle, more handsome than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. His hair touched his shoulders, the space between his shoulders was broad, and he was neither short nor tall.”