I entered upon Bara bin Azib and heard him say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to do seven things and forbade us from seven. He commanded us to visit the sick, to follow funeral processions, to bless the one who sneezes, to fulfill an oath or help the one who swears it, to support the wronged, to accept invitations, and to spread the greeting of peace. He forbade us from wearing gold rings, drinking from silver vessels, using silk saddle cushions, wearing garments made in Qassi, and wearing silk, brocade, and heavy silk."
دخلت على البراء بن عازب، فسمعته يقول: أمرنا رسول الله ﷺ بسبع، ونهانا عن سبع: أمرنا بعيادة المريض، واتباع الجنازة، وتشميت العاطس، وإبرار القسم، أو المقسم، ونصر المظلوم، وإجابة الداعي، وإفشاء السلام، ونهانا عن خواتيم- أو عن تختم- بالذهب، وعن شرب بالفضة، وعن المياثر، وعن القسي، وعن لبس الحرير والإستبرق والديباج.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Funerals (1239), and Muslim in the Book of Clothing (2066:3), both through the route of Ashath bin Abu Shatha, who said, "Muawiya bin Suwayd bin Muqarin narrated to me," and then he mentioned it. The wording given here is Muslim's, and Bukhari's wording is similar. In some narrations there is an addition, "For whoever drinks from it (that is, from silver) in this world will not drink from it in the hereafter." There is likewise an addition, "And silk brocade, and sitting upon it." And in one narration, "And from riding on red saddle-cloths."His saying, "saddle-cloths" refers to a type of mount-covering used by non-Arabs, made from silk or brocade and placed on a horse's saddle or a camel's packsaddle. Women used to make them for their husbands from red crimson cloth or from brocade.His saying, "brocade" is a borrowed word, referring to a type of silk.His saying, "qassi" with a fatha on the qaf and a doubled sin, refers to a type of garment named after a town in Egypt called Qass. Nawawi related from the scholars that it refers to garments mixed with silk.His saying, "istabraq" refers to thick silk and satin. It is a foreign word that has been Arabized, its original form being istabra or istafra.