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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الطهارةPurification (Kitab Al-Taharah)
باب الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِChapter: Regarding The Ghusl For Janabah.
Hadith 249
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " مَنْ تَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ شَعْرَةٍ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ لَمْ يَغْسِلْهَا ، فُعِلَ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ النَّارِ " ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ : فَمِنْ ، ثَمَّ عَادَيْتُ رَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا ، وَكَانَ يَجُزُّ شَعْرَهُ .
Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone who is sexual defiled leaves a spot equal to the breadth of a hair without washing, such and such an amount of Hell-fire will have to be suffered for it. Ali said: On that account I treated my head (hair) as an enemy, meaning I cut my hair. He used to cut the hair (of his head). May Allah be pleased with him.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ From the collection of the aforementioned narrations, it is clear that in the ritual bath (ghusl) of major impurity (janabah), a person should carefully and diligently ensure that water reaches every part of the entire body; even a hair’s breadth left dry is a cause of punishment. However, women are given a legal concession in Shari‘ah that they do not have to undo their braids, as will be mentioned ahead.
➊ From the collection of the aforementioned narrations, it is clear that in the ritual bath (ghusl) of major impurity (janabah), a person should carefully and diligently ensure that water reaches every part of the entire body; even a hair’s breadth left dry is a cause of punishment. However, women are given a legal concession in Shari‘ah that they do not have to undo their braids, as will be mentioned ahead.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 249
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
Keeping the hair of the head is indeed preferable, provided that it is not in the English (Western) style, but rather parted hair. However, shaving the hair off is also permissible.
Keeping the hair of the head is indeed preferable, provided that it is not in the English (Western) style, but rather parted hair. However, shaving the hair off is also permissible.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 599
