Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 11 – Volume 8, Book 73

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Volume 8, Book 73, Number 11:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
My father, seeing a silken cloak being sold, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Buy this and wear it on Fridays
and when the foreign delegates pay a visit to you." He said, "This is worn only by that person who
will have no share in the Hereafter." Later a few silken cloaks were given to the Prophet as a gift, and
he sent one of those cloaks to 'Umar. 'Umar said (to the Prophet), "How can I wear it while you have
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said about it what you said?" The Prophet said, "I did not give it to you to wear but to sell or to give to
someone else to wear." So 'Umar sent it to his (pagan) brother who was from the inhabitants of
Mecca before he ('Umar's brother) embraced Islam.