Gardens of the Righteous — Page 155
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 155 was asked: How many of you were there? He said: Eighty or more (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: The Holy Prophet called for a vessel containing water. He was brought a wide shallow vessel with a little water in it. . He put his fingers in it. Anas says: I kept looking at the water pouring from between his fingers. I estimated the number of those who performed their ablutions with it as being between seventy and eighty. 778. Abdullah ibn Zaid relates: The Holy Prophet came to us and we put out water for him in a brass vessel for his ablutions (Bokhari). 779. Jabir relates: The Holy Prophet came to the house of a man of the. Ansar with a companion and said to him: If you have some water in the water-skin left over from last night give it to us for drink, else we shall drink from some stream (Bokhari). 780. Huzaifah relates: The Holy Prophet forbade us wearing silk or brocade and drinking out of gold or silver vessels, and said: These are for them (non-Muslims) in this world and for you in the hereafter (Bokhari and. Muslim). 781. Umm Salamah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who drinks from a silver vessel kindles the fire of hell in his belly (Bokhari and Muslim). . Muslim's versions are: He who eats or drinks out of a gold or silver vessel; and: He who drinks out of a gold or silver vessel kindles the fire of hell in his belly. 117. . On Clothes, their Material and Colours. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 268. Children of Adam, We have created for you raiment which covers your nakedness and is a source of adornment; but the raiment of righteousness is best (7. 27). 269. He has made for you garments that protect you in heat and cold and coats of mail that protect you in battle (16. 82). 782. Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Wear white clothes for they are best and use them as shrouds for your dead (Tirmidhi). 783. Samurah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Wear white for that is purest and most elegant and shroud your dead in it (Nisai and Hakim). 784. Bra'a relates: The Holy Prophet was of middle height. I saw him wearing a red mantle than which I have never seen anything more elegant (Bokhari and Muslim). 785. Wahb ibn Abdullah relates: I saw the Holy Prophet in Mecca at. Batha. He was in a tent made of red leather. Bilal came out with water with