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Dibaj (brocade woven of silk)

الديباج

Dibaj is a kind of cloth whose warp and weft are of silk, that is natural silk. 1 Its general rules are those of silk, and the jurists give no separate rules for it except in some particular cases; the Hanafis disliked wiping oneself with a piece of dibaj as wasting property without need, while the Shafi'is allowed it even for men because such use is not treated as ordinary use of it. 1 1

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Dibaj is a kind of cloth whose warp and weft are of silk, that is natural silk. 1 Its general rules are those of silk, and the jurists give no separate rules for it except in some particular cases. 1

Wiping with dibaj

The Hanafis dislike wiping oneself with a piece of dibaj, since it wastes property without need. 1 The Shafi'is allow it even for men, because such use is not treated as ordinary use of it. 1 Details are under the entry on silk. 1

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8309
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