Silken garments

If they are coloured or have gold embroidery, for one for whom thatis befitting, it is indicati ve of glory and riches, because no one wearsthat except those who are rich. For one for whom it is not befitting it isindicative of a bad reputation, transgression or extreme strictness that iscontrary to Sharee ' ah. A worshipper said: I dreamt that I was w earing a garment of silk. Shaykh Shihaab - ud - Deen said to him: You will give up worship and goback to worldly pursuits. And that is what happened. A chaste woman said: I dreamt that I was wearing a garmentembroidered with gold. He said to her: Do you have t he habit of wearingsuch clothes? She said: I used to wear it at the time of misguidance. He said to her: You will go back to the way you were. She wentaway, then she came back and said: I dreamt that I was wearing a finewoollen garment. He said to her: You will be guided to repent. And sherepented. A woman dreamt that her skin was made of gold. He said to her: Your husband will die and money will be stolen from you and you willget itching on your skin. And that is what happened.