Tadbib (binding a vessel or tool with metal, esp. gold or silver)

Tadbib is repairing a vessel or the like with a clamp of iron, silver or gold that holds it together. ¹

In the lexicon it means covering a thing and joining parts, and one speaks of binding wood with iron. Inlay (tat'im) is cutting a vessel to set pieces of gold or silver for ornament, and gilding (tamwih) is a coat of gold or silver water. ²

The Hanafis allow tadbib and the use of a bound vessel, which they dislike; the blade, the grip and the bridle are to be kept free of the hand, and the clamp kept from the mouth when drinking. ² The Malikis, in the preferred view, forbid all of it, gold or silver, small or large, for need or not. ²

Binding a vessel with gold is forbidden absolutely, and binding it with a silver clamp that is large by custom, for ornament and not need, is forbidden. A small silver clamp for mending is not disliked, on the hadith of the Prophet's cup which broke and was mended with a silver chain in place of the crack. If the clamp exceeds the need it is disliked in the sounder view. ^{2 3}

Fuller detail on gold, silver and vessels is in their own entries. ³