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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
أول مسند ابن عباس
Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas
أَوَّلُ مُسْنَدِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas
Musnad Abi Ya'la 2377 — The People of the Book used to let their hair
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : كَانَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ يَسْدِلُونَ أَشْعَارَهُمْ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَفْرُقُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُعْجِبُهُ مُوَافَقَةُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فِي بَعْضِ مَا لَمْ يُؤْمَرْ فِيهِ ، فَسَدَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - نَاصِيَتَهُ ، ثُمَّ فَرَقَ بَعْدُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The People of the Book used to let their hair hang down (over the forehead), while the polytheists used to part the hair of their heads. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) liked to agree with the People of the Book in matters about which he had not been given any specific command from Allah Almighty; therefore the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (initially) kept the hair of his forehead hanging down, then after that he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to part it regularly."
