صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الجنائزThe Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)
بَابُ مَا يُنْهَى مِنَ الْحَلْقِ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ:Chapter. Shaving the head on the falling of a calamity is forbidden.
Hadith 1296
اُردوEn
وَقَالَ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُخَيْمِرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , قَالَ : وَجِعَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَجَعًا شَدِيدًا فَغُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَرَأْسُهُ فِي حَجْرِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهَا شَيْئًا , فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ : أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِمَّنْ بَرِئَ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَرِئَ مِنْ : الصَّالِقَةِ , وَالْحَالِقَةِ , وَالشَّاقَّةِ
Narrated Abu Burda bin Abi Musa: Abu Musa got seriously ill, fainted and could not reply to his wife while he was lying with his head in her lap. When he came to his senses, he said, "I am innocent of those, of whom Allah's Messenger (saws) was innocent. Allah's Messenger (saws) is innocent of a woman who cries aloud (or slaps her face) who shaves her head and who tear off her clothes (on the falling of a calamity)
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Imran Ayyub Lahori
Lexical Explanation:
«الصَّالِقَةِ»: The one who wails loudly at the time of calamity.
«الْحَالِقَةِ»: The one who shaves her head at the time of calamity.
«الشَّاقَّةِ»: The one who tears her clothes at the time of calamity.
Understanding of the Hadith:
It is understood that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has no connection with women who wail and lament at the time of calamity. In one narration, it is stated that wailing is an act of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah), and if a woman who wails dies without repenting, she will be made to wear trousers of molten sulfur and a shirt of scabs on the Day of Resurrection. [مسلم: كتاب الجنائز: 934]
«الصَّالِقَةِ»: The one who wails loudly at the time of calamity.
«الْحَالِقَةِ»: The one who shaves her head at the time of calamity.
«الشَّاقَّةِ»: The one who tears her clothes at the time of calamity.
Understanding of the Hadith:
It is understood that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has no connection with women who wail and lament at the time of calamity. In one narration, it is stated that wailing is an act of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah), and if a woman who wails dies without repenting, she will be made to wear trousers of molten sulfur and a shirt of scabs on the Day of Resurrection. [مسلم: كتاب الجنائز: 934]
Source: Jawahir al-Iman: Commentary on al-Lu'lu wal-Marjan, Page: 66
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
It is understood that in grief, shaving the head, tearing the collar, and wailing loudly—all these actions are prohibited (haram).
It is understood that in grief, shaving the head, tearing the collar, and wailing loudly—all these actions are prohibited (haram).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 1296
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Shaving the head is permissible in cases of compulsion or necessity, but shaving the head as an act of mourning or lamentation during times of calamity, although it does not expel a person from the fold of Islam, is certainly an act worthy of disavowal and deserving of abhorrence, and this is what is intended here. Even today, among some of our tribes—especially among the non-Muslims of India—this practice is prevalent.
(2)
It should be noted that when Abu Musa al-Ash‘ari (radi Allahu anhu) fell unconscious, he was the governor of Basrah appointed by ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu). In this narration, the address is directed towards women. In Sahih Muslim, this hadith is narrated in the masculine form: “I disavow every person who shaves his head, wails loudly, and tears his collar at the time of calamity.”
(Sahih Muslim, al-Iman, Hadith: 288 (104), and Fath al-Bari: 3/212)
(1)
Shaving the head is permissible in cases of compulsion or necessity, but shaving the head as an act of mourning or lamentation during times of calamity, although it does not expel a person from the fold of Islam, is certainly an act worthy of disavowal and deserving of abhorrence, and this is what is intended here. Even today, among some of our tribes—especially among the non-Muslims of India—this practice is prevalent.
(2)
It should be noted that when Abu Musa al-Ash‘ari (radi Allahu anhu) fell unconscious, he was the governor of Basrah appointed by ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu). In this narration, the address is directed towards women. In Sahih Muslim, this hadith is narrated in the masculine form: “I disavow every person who shaves his head, wails loudly, and tears his collar at the time of calamity.”
(Sahih Muslim, al-Iman, Hadith: 288 (104), and Fath al-Bari: 3/212)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 1296
