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5308. ‘Imrân bin Hittân narrated that he asked ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Abbâs about wearing silk. He said: “Ask ‘Aîshah.” “So I asked ‘Aîshah and she said: ‘Ask ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Umar.’ So I asked Ibn ‘Umar and he said:
'Abû Ḥafṣ[1] told me, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever wears silk in this world will have no share in the Hereafter." (Saḥīḥ)
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Commentary
The Companions' sending forth questioners or inquirers to each other was due to their having a good opinion of others in that the other Companion possesses better knowledge than him or her and this good opinion is the evidence of erudition or knowledge. Otherwise, the awareness of one's having been learned often becomes the cause of an erudite person's downfall.