Muhammad & Gold:-
Sunan of Abu-DawoodHadith 4224 Narrated byAbuHurayrah
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone wants to put a ring of fire on one he loves, let him put a gold ring on him: if anyone wants to put a necklace of fire on one he loves, let him put a gold necklace on him, and if anyone wants to put a bracelet of fire on one he loves let him put a gold bracelet on him. Keep to silver and amuse yourselves with it.
Sunan of Abu-DawoodHadith 4225 Narrated byA sister of Hudhayfah
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: You women folk, have in silver something with which you adorn yourselves. I assure you that any woman of you who adorns herself with gold which she displays will be punished for it.
Sunan of Abu-DawoodHadith 4226 Narrated byAsma' daughter of Yazid
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Any woman who wears a gold necklace will have a similar one of fire put on her neck on the Day of Resurrection, and any woman who puts a gold earring in her ear will have a similar one of fire put in her ear on the Day of Resurrection.
Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2819 Narrated byUbadah ibn as-Samit
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Do not sell gold for gold, or silver for silver, or wheat for wheat, or barley for barley, or dates for dates, or salt for salt except equal for equal, kind for kind, payment being made on the spot; but sell gold for silver, silver for gold, wheat for barley, barley for wheat, dates for salt and salt for dates, payment being made on the spot, as you wish."
Shafi'i transmitted it.
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 3.344 Narrated byAz Zuhri from Malik bin Aus
that the latter said, "Who has change?" Talha said, "I (will have change) when our storekeeper comes from the forest."
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, "The bartering of gold for silver is Riba, (usury), except if it is from hand to hand and equal in amount, and wheat grain for wheat grain is usury except if it is form hand to hand and equal in amount, and dates for dates is usury except if it is from hand to hand and equal in amount, and barley for barley is usury except if it is from hand to hand and equal in amount." (See Riba-Fadl in the glossary).
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.536 Narrated byIbn Abi Laila
While Hudhaita was at Mada'in, he asked for water. The chief of the village brought him a silver vessel. Hudhaifa threw it away and said, "I have thrown it away because I told him not to use it, but he has not stopped using it. The Prophet forbade us to wear clothes of silk or Dibaj, and to drink in gold or silver utensils, and said, 'These things are for them (unbelievers) in this world and for you (Muslims) in the Hereafter.' "
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.539 Narrated byAl Bara bin Azib
Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven things and forbade us from seven. He ordered us to visit the sick, to follow funeral processions, (to say) to a sneezer, (May Allah bestow His Mercy on you, if he says, Praise be to Allah), to accept invitations, to greet (everybody), to help the oppressed and to help others to fulfill their oaths. He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink in silver (utensils), to use Mayathir (silken carpets placed on saddles), to wear Al-Qissi (a kind of silken cloth), to wear silk, Dibaj or Istabraq (two kinds of silk).
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 8.253A Narrated byAl Bara bin Azib
Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven (things): to visit the sick, to follow the funeral processions, to say Tashmit to a sneezer, to help the weak, to help the oppressed ones, to propagate As-Salam (greeting), and to help others to fulfill their oaths (if it is not sinful).
He forbade us to drink from silver utensils, to wear gold rings, to ride on silken saddles, to wear silk clothes, Dibaj (thick silk cloth), Qassiy and Istabraq (two kinds of silk). (See Hadith No. 539, Vol. 7)
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 9.380 Narrated byAbu Wail
I sat with Shaiba in this Mosque (Al-Masjid-Al-Haram), and he said, (Umar once sat beside me here as you are now sitting, and said, 'I feel like distributing all the gold and silver that are in it (i.e., the Ka'ba) among the Muslims'. I said, 'You cannot do that.' 'Umar said, 'Why?' I said, 'Your two (previous) companions (the Prophet and Abu Bakr) did not do it. 'Umar said, 'They are the two persons whom one must follow.( (See Hadith No. 664, Vol. 2)
*** In typical Muhammadan fashion, he FORBADE his followers from ENJOYING life on Earth with promises of better after DEATH ***
