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Sahih al-Bukhari 5665

Chapter: To say "I am sick," or "Oh, my head!" or "My ailment has been aggravated"

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5665

Narrator:Ka‘b ibn Ujra

حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، وَأَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه‏.‏ مَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا أُوقِدُ تَحْتَ الْقِدْرِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

أَيُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّ رَأْسِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ فَدَعَا الْحَلاَّقَ فَحَلَقَهُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي بِالْفِدَاءِ‏.‏

Narrated Ka`b bin 'Ujara:

The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me while I was kindling a fire under a (cooking) pot. He said, "Do the lice of your head trouble you?" I said, "Yes." So he called a barber to shave my head and ordered me to make expiation for that."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5665).

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Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث كَعْب بْن عُجْرَة فِي حَلْق الْمُحْرِم رَأْسه إِذَا آذَاهُ الْقَمْل , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ شَرْحه مُسْتَوْفًى فِي كِتَاب الْحَجّ , وَقَوْله : " أَيُؤْذِيك هَوَامّ رَأْسك " هُوَ مَوْضِع التَّرْجَمَة لِنِسْبَةِ الْأَذَى لِلْهَوَامِّ , وَهِيَ بِتَشْدِيدِ الْمِيم اِسْم لِلْحَشَرَاتِ لِأَنَّهَا تَهُمّ أَنْ تَدُبَّ , وَإِذَا أُضِيفَتْ إِلَى الرَّأْس اِخْتَصَّتْ بِالْقَمْلِ.…

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احْلِقْ رَأْسَكَ وَصُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، أَوْ أَطْعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينَ، أَوِ انْسُكْ بِشَاةٍ ‏"

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