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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 13530

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الْيَتِيمُ يُمْسَحُ رَأْسُهُ هَكَذَا " . وَوَصَفَ صَالِحٌ أَنَّهُ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ مِمَّا يَلِي جَبْهَتَهُ ، ثُمَّ أَصْعَدَهَا إِلَى وَسَطِ رَأْسِهِ ، ثُمَّ أَحْدَرَهَا إِلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ أَوْ إِلَى جَبْهَتِهِ . " وَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَبٌ هَكَذَا " . وَوَصَفَ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ بِنَحْوِهِ ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا كَانَ الْغُلَامُ يَتِيمًا فَامْسَحُوا رَأْسَهُ هَكَذَا - إِلَى قُدَّامَ - وَإِذَا كَانَ لَهُ أَبٌ فَامْسَحُوا رَأْسَهُ هَكَذَا - إِلَى خَلْفٍ مِنْ مُقَدَّمِهِ - " . وَفِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرُوا هَذَا مِنْ مَنَاكِيرِ حَدِيثِهِ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The head of an orphan is to be stroked like this." Then a narrator named Salih demonstrated the method: he placed his palm on the front part of the head, near the forehead, then moved it up to the middle of the head, then brought it back down to the front of the head or to the forehead. (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said:) "The one whose father is alive is to be treated like this." He placed his palm on the front part of the head near the forehead and then moved it to the middle of the head.
Imam Bazzar recorded it, and Imam Tabarani recorded something similar in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, but with these words: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a boy is an orphan, stroke his head like this, towards the front; and when his father is alive, stroke his head like this, from the front towards the back." The chain of this report contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Sulayman, and people have mentioned this report among his munkar (denounced) hadiths.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب البر والصلة / 13530
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