Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَحْمُوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةِ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ ثنا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيَّ يَقُولُ أَتَانَا كِتَابُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَنَحْنُ مَعَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْحَرِيرِ إِلَّا هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَلِيَانِ الْإِبْهَامَ قَالَ فَمَا عَتَّمْنَا أَنَّهُ يَعْنِي الْإِعْلَامَ
English Translation
Abu Ali al-Rudhbari informed us... from Qatadah who said: I heard Abu Uthman al-Nahdi say: A letter from Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us while we were with Utbah ibn Farqad in Azerbaijan, that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade silk except this much - and he pointed with his two fingers that are next to the thumb. He said: We understood that he meant decorative borders.