Toggle above to switch between keyword search and direct hadith lookup
سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
أبواب التيممChapters: Dry Ablution
. بَابُ : تَحْتَ كُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ جَنَابَةٌChapter: Under every hair there is a state of sexual impurity
Hadith 599
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " مَنْ تَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ شَعَرَةٍ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ لَمْ يَغْسِلْهَا فُعِلَ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ النَّارِ " ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ : فَمِنْ ثَمَّ عَادَيْتُ شَعَرِي وَكَانَ يَجُزُّهُ .
´It was narrated from 'Ali bin Abu Talib that:` The Prophet said: "Whoever leaves an area the size of a hair on his body and does not cleanse it from sexual impurity, such and such will be done to him in the Fire." 'Ali said: "Because of that I am hostile towards my hair," and he used to shave his head.
Related hadith on this topic
Brief Explanation
1؎: Because when the hair is long, there often remains the possibility that perhaps the entire head has not been wetted, and some spot may have remained dry. Ali (radi Allahu anhu) used to trim the hair. Cutting the hair is superior to shaving the entire head, but during Hajj, shaving the whole head is superior.
Explanation & Benefits
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
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
