\nNarrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib:\n \n\nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered us to do seven things and forbade us to do other seven. He ordered us: \nto follow the funeral procession. to visit the sick, to accept invitations, to help the oppressed, to fulfill \nthe oaths, to return the greeting and to reply to the sneezer: (saying, "May Allah be merciful on you," \nprovided the sneezer says, "All the praises are for Allah,"). He forbade us to use silver utensils and \ndishes and to wear golden rings, silk (clothes), Dibaj (pure silk cloth), Qissi and Istabraq (two kinds of \nsilk cloths).\n

\nNarrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib:\n \n\nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered us to do seven things and forbade us to do other seven. He ordered us: \nto follow the funeral procession. to visit the sick, to accept invitations, to help the oppressed, to fulfill \nthe oaths, to return the greeting and to reply to the sneezer: (saying, "May Allah be merciful on you," \nprovided the sneezer says, "All the praises are for Allah,"). He forbade us to use silver utensils and \ndishes and to wear golden rings, silk (clothes), Dibaj (pure silk cloth), Qissi and Istabraq (two kinds of \nsilk cloths).\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِسَبْعٍ، وَنَهَانَا عَنْ سَبْعٍ أَمَرَنَا بِاتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ، وَعِيَادَةِ الْمَرِيضِ، وَإِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي، وَنَصْرِ الْمَظْلُومِ، وَإِبْرَارِ الْقَسَمِ، وَرَدِّ السَّلاَمِ، وَتَشْمِيتِ الْعَاطِسِ‏.‏ وَنَهَانَا عَنْ آنِيَةِ الْفِضَّةِ، وَخَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَالْحَرِيرِ، وَالدِّيبَاجِ، وَالْقَسِّيِّ، وَالإِسْتَبْرَقِ‏.‏