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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Pilgrimage

Sahih Muslim 1302a

Chapter: Shaving the head is preferrable to cutting the hair, although cutting the hair is permissible

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1302a

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ فُضَيْلٍ، - قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي، هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"

‏ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ‏"

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as having said:

O Allah, grant pardon to those who got their heads shaved. They (Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who get their hair cut? He said: O Allah, grant pardon to those who get their heads shaved. They said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who got their hair clipped? He said: O Allah, grant pardon to those who get their heads shaved. They said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who get their hair clipped? He said: (O Allah, grant pardon to) those who get their hair clipped.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1302a).

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  • المعرفة والتاريخ ليعقوب بن سفيان (1139)اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ، قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ، قَالَ : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ، فِي الثَّالِثَةِ
  • معجم الصحابة لابن قانع (349)اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ : وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ ؟ قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ، قِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ ؟ قَالَ : وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 2649

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وَعَن يحيى بن الْحصين عَن جدته أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ دَعَا لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ثَلَاثًا وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ مرّة وَاحِدَة. رَوَاهُ مُسلم

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