Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ نَهَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْقَسِّيَّةِ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ قُلْنَا لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ مَا الْقَسِّيَّةُ؟ قَالَ ثِيَابٌ أَتَيْنَا مِنَ الشَّامِ أَوْ مِصْرَ مُضَلَّعَةٌ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ فِيهَا أَمْثَالُ الْأُتْرُجِّ وَالْمِيثَرَةُ شَيْءٌ كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُهُ النِّسَاءُ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَمْثَالُ الْقَطَائِفِ يَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى الرِّحَالِ قَدْ أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي التَّرْجَمَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ الْمَيَاثِرُ كَانَتْ مِنْ مَرَاكِبِ الْأَعَاجِمِ مِنْ دِيبَاجٍ أَوْ حَرِيرٍ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ الْمِيثَرَةُ جُلُودُ السِّبَاعِ
English Translation
Ali ibn Muhammad al-Muqri informed us... from Abu Burdah, from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade me from al-Qassiyyah and the saddle-cloth. Abu Burdah said: We said to Ali: What is al-Qassiyyah? He said: Garments brought from Syria or Egypt, striped with silk, having patterns like citrons. The saddle-cloth is something women used to make for their husbands, like cushions they would place on the riding saddles. Al-Bukhari indicated it in the chapter heading. Abu Ubayd said: The saddle-cloths were from the riding gear of the non-Arabs, made of brocade or silk. Others said the saddle-cloth was made of predatory animal skins.