Prophet’s Permission for Silk Clothing to Patients with Scabies

Riyazus Salihin Cilt – 4 – Mehmet Yasar Kandemir · UYUZ HASTALIĞI OLANIN İPEK ELBİSE GİYEBİLECEĞİ Hadith Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave …

Riyazus Salihin Cilt – 4 – Mehmet Yasar Kandemir · UYUZ HASTALIĞI OLANIN İPEK ELBİSE GİYEBİLECEĞİ

Hadith

Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave Zubeir and Abdurrahman Ibn Avf (may Allah be pleased with them both) permission to wear silk clothing due to the scabies disease they had contracted.

Bukhari, Libas 29; Muslim, Libas 24-25. Also see Bukhari, Jihad

Narrator

91; Abu Dawud, Libas 10; Nasa’i, Zinet 92

What We Learn

1. 1Ease is the essence of religion, not difficulty.
2. 2Even if there is definitive evidence for the prohibition of something, there are also situations where dispensation exists, and the path of dispensation is always open in religion.
3. 3Illness is a necessity that is beyond a person’s control and necessitates dispensation. ⟫SECTION⟫LEOPARD SKIN USAGE PROHIBITION OF MAKING A BED FROM LEOPARD SKIN AND PLACING IT ON BLANKETS