Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib: The Prophet forbade us to use seven things: He forbade using gold rings, silk, Istabraq, Dibaj, red Mayathir, Al-Qassiy, and silver utensils. He ordered us to do seven other things. To pay a visit to the sick; to follow funeral processions; to say, May Allah be merciful to you to a sneezer if he says Praise be to Allah ; to return greetings, to accept invitations; to help others to fulfil their oaths and to help the oppressed ones.