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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
بَابُ : كَفِّ الشَّعْرِ وَالثَّوْبِ فِي الصَّلاَةِChapter: Tucking up the hair and garments during Prayer
Hadith 1042
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مُخَوَّلُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعْدٍ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَقُولُ : رَأَيْتُ أَبَا رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي وَقَدْ عَقَصَ شَعْرَهُ ، فَأَطْلَقَهُ ، أَوْ نَهَى عَنْهُ ، وَقَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ عَاقِصٌ شَعَرَهُ " .
´Mukhawwal said:` “I heard Abu Sa’d, a man from the people of Madinah, say: ‘I saw Abu Rafi’, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when he saw Hasan bin ‘Ali performing prayer, with his hair braided. He undid it, or told him not to do that, and said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade a man from performing prayer with his hair braided.”
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Brief Explanation
1؎: Because if the hair is loose during prostration (sajdah), then it too will prostrate, and when it is tied up, the hair will not touch the ground. From this it is understood that if a man has long hair, he may tie it up, but at the time of prayer (salah) he should let it loose.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1:
But this is for men;
there is no harm for women in performing prayer with their hair tied in a braid.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam even exempted women from undoing their braids during the ritual bath (ghusl) for major impurity.
If a woman were to untie her braid during prayer, her hair might come out from under her head covering, and if a woman's hair comes out from under her head covering during prayer, the prayer becomes invalid.
Moreover, untying the braid at every prayer time and tying it again after prayer would also be troublesome.
But this is for men;
there is no harm for women in performing prayer with their hair tied in a braid.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam even exempted women from undoing their braids during the ritual bath (ghusl) for major impurity.
If a woman were to untie her braid during prayer, her hair might come out from under her head covering, and if a woman's hair comes out from under her head covering during prayer, the prayer becomes invalid.
Moreover, untying the braid at every prayer time and tying it again after prayer would also be troublesome.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 384
