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Sunan Abu DawudCombing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4197

Chapter: What Has Been Reported About A Concession For That

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4197

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَحَدَّثَتْنِي أُخْتِي الْمُغِيرَةُ، قَالَتْ وَأَنْتَ يَوْمَئِذٍ غُلاَمٌ وَلَكَ قَرْنَانِ أَوْ قُصَّتَانِ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَكَ وَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْكَ وَقَالَ ‏"‏

احْلِقُوا هَذَيْنِ أَوْ قُصُّوهُمَا فَإِنَّ هَذَا زِيُّ الْيَهُودِ ‏"

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

Al-Hajjaj ibn Hassan said: We entered upon Anas ibn Malik. My sister al-Mughirah said: You were a boy in those days and you had two locks of hair. He (Anas) rubbed your head and invoked blessing on you. He said: Shave them (i.e. the locks) or clip them, for this is the fashion of the Jews.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4197).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( دَخَلْنَا ) : أَيْ أَنَا وَأَهْلِي ( فَحَدَّثَتْنِي أُخْتِي الْمُغِيرَة ) : بَدَل أَوْ عَطْف بَيَان فَهُوَ اِسْم مُشْتَرَك بَيْن الرَّجُل وَالْمَرْأَة ( قَالَتْ ) : بَدَل مِنْ حَدَّثَتْ أَوْ اِسْتِئْنَاف بَيَان ( وَأَنْتَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ) : أَيْ حِين دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَس ( غُلَام ) : أَيْ وَلَد صَغِير. قَالَ الطِّيبِيُّ : الْجُمْلَة حَال عَنْ مُقَدَّر يَعْنِي أَنَا أَذْكُر أَنَّا دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَس مَعَ جَمَاعَة وَلَكِنْ أُنْسِيت كَيْفِيَّة الدُّخُول فَحَدَّثَتْنِي أُخْتِي وَقَالَتْ أَنْتَ يَوْم دُخُولك عَلَى أَنَس غُلَام إِلَخْ كَذَا فِي الْمِرْقَاة ( وَلَك قَرْنَانِ ) : أَيْ ضَفِيرَتَانِ مِنْ شَعْر الرَّأْس ( أَوْ قُصَّتَانِ ) : بِضَمِّ الْقَاف وَتَشْدِيد الصَّاد شَعْر النَّاصِيَة , وَأَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Weak chainDaif Isnaad The chain only No. 4197
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4197
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH Weak chainDaif Isnaad The chain only No. 4197

Other versions

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 4484

We went in to visit Anas b. Malik, and my sister al-Mughira told me that at that time I was a youth with two plaits of hair (The text mentions qarnan or qussatan. The former would mean two side plaits and the latter two plaits over the forehead. The alternative is given evidently because the…

وَعَن الحجاح بْنِ حَسَّانَ قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالك فَحَدَّثَتْنِي أُخْتِي الْمُغِيرَةُ قَالَتْ: وَأَنْتَ يَوْمَئِذٍ غُلَامٌ وَلَكَ قَرْنَانِ أَوْ قُصَّتَانِ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَكَ وَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْكَ وَقَالَ…

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