حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کَانَ لَنَا سِتْرٌ فِيهِ تِمْثَالُ طَائِرٍ وَکَانَ الدَّاخِلُ إِذَا دَخَلَ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَوِّلِي هَذَا فَإِنِّي کُلَّمَا دَخَلْتُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ ذَکَرْتُ الدُّنْيَا قَالَتْ وَکَانَتْ لَنَا قَطِيفَةٌ کُنَّا نَقُولُ عَلَمُهَا حَرِيرٌ فَکُنَّا نَلْبَسُهَا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5521
A'isha reported: We had a curtain with us which had portraits of birds upon it. Whenever a visitor came, he found them in front of him. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to me: Change them, for whenever I enter the room) I see them and it brings to my mind (the pleasures) of worldly life. She said: We had with us a sheet which had silk badges upon it and we used to wear it. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanna but with this addition: 'Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) did not command us to tear that.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020