Keeping long locks and hair

It is narrated from al-Suddi; he said: I saw Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and his locks of hair were coming out of his turban.

It is narrated from Mujahid; he said: Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah in such a state that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had four braids.

It is narrated from Hisham; he said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), and each of them had locks of hair.

It is narrated from Hubayrah; he said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) had hair, and he would place it over his ears.

Aflah relates; he said: I saw locks of hair on al-Qasim.

It is narrated from Ata; he said: Ubayd bin Umayr had two braids.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Abdullah; he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) joked with Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: "I will certainly cut off your locks of hair." Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In their place you shall have a captive. After that, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Take care of them." So after that, Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to prepare a special perfume for his locks.

Al-Hasan bin Zayd reports from his father that Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had a lock of hair on his head, and Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) pulled him by that lock until he drew blood, or he wounded him.

It is narrated from Ubaydullah bin al-Mughirah, who was a man of understanding, that he said: A man from my family, whom I do not suspect, told me that he saw Sayyiduna Mu'ayqib (may Allah be pleased with him) with his forelock let down in front of his eyes, and that he saw Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) likewise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The People of the Book used to let their hair hang down (sadl), and the polytheists used to part the hair on their heads. In matters about which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had been given no command, he (peace and blessings be upon him) liked to conform to the People of the Book. The narrator said: So he (peace and blessings be upon him) let the hair at the front of his head hang down, that is, left it loose, and afterwards he (peace and blessings be upon him) parted it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I used to make the parting from behind the crown of the head of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then I would let the hair at the front of his (peace and blessings be upon him) head hang down.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The blessed hair of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was moderately wavy, between his (peace and blessings be upon him) ears and shoulders.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I have not seen anyone more handsome than the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with his hair combed, in a red suit of clothes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rimthah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came and saw a man sitting in the shade of the Ka'bah. My father said: Do you know who this is? This is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When we reached him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) was a person with abundant hair, with a trace of saffron yellow on him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing two green garments.

It is narrated from Abd al-Wahid bin Ayman that he said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) when his locks reached his neck, and he had parted them.

It is narrated from Abd al-Wahid bin Ayman that he said: I saw Ubayd bin Umayr and Ibn al-Hanafiyyah. Each of them had locks of hair.

It is narrated from Habib that he said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he had locks of hair.

It is narrated from Rashid bin Sa'd that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered parting the hair and forbade leaving it without a parting.

It is narrated from Hubayrah that he said: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called a son of his who was named Uthman. A youth then came who had long hair.

Rida bin Abi Aqil narrates from his father that he said: We were standing at the door of Ibn al-Hanafiyyah when a son of his with locks of hair came out.

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin al-Qasim that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, beautiful or handsome hair is part of the clothing of Allah Almighty, so honor it."

He said: And he used to dislike treating it with neglect.

Zuhayr claimed that this means neglecting it.

It is narrated from Hisham that he said: I saw on Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) parted locks of hair reaching his shoulders.

It is narrated from Habib that he said: It is as if I am looking at Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). He had thick locks of hair.