Abu 'Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah · The Book of Adornment

"I heard Mu'awiyah say, when he was on the Minbar in Al-Madinah, and he brought out a hairpiece from his sleeve: 'O people of Al-Madinah, where are your knowledgeable ones? I heard the Messenger of Allah forbid such things as this, and he said: "The Children of Israel were destroyed when their women started to wear things like this."