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معجم صغير للطبراني
Mu'jam al-Saghir
كتاب الطهارةBook of Purification
Warning about even a single hair remaining dry in the ritual bath of major impurity
Hadith 141
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الأَعْجَمِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ، بِصَنْعَاءَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَجِيدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "مَنْ تَرَكَ شَعْرَةً مِنْ جَسَدِهِ لَمْ يَغْسِلْهَا فِي غُسْلِ الْجَنَابَةِ فُعِلَ بِهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا فِي النَّارِ " ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ : فَمِنْ ثَمَّ عَادَيْتُ شَعْرِي ، وَكَانَ يَجُزُّ شَعْرَهُ "، لَمْ يَرْوِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، إِلا ابْنُهُ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ جَرِيرُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، وَالْمَشْهُورُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever, during the ritual bath of major impurity, leaves even a single hair on his body unwashed, such and such will be done to him in Hell." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: That is why I became an enemy of the hair of the head. And he used to cut his hair.
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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
