Hadith 16996

حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَشْيَبُ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنْ شِيَيْمِ بْنِ بَيْتَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا رُوَيْفِعُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ أَحَدُنَا فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْخُذُ جَمَلَ أَخِيهِ عَلَى أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ النِّصْفَ مِمَّا يَغْنَمُ وَلَهُ النِّصْفُ ، حَتَّى أَنَّ أَحَدَنَا لَيَطِيرُ لَهُ النَّصْلُ وَالرِّيشُ ، وَالْآخَرَ الْقِدْحُ " . ثُمَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا رُوَيْفِعُ ، لَعَلَّ الْحَيَاةَ سَتَطُولُ بِكَ فَأَخْبِرْ النَّاسَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ عَقَدَ لِحْيَتَهُ ، أَوْ تَقَلَّدَ وَتَرًا ، أَوْ اسْتَنْجَى بِرَجِيعِ دَابَّةٍ أَوْ عَظْمٍ ، فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Ruwaifi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace be upon him), we used to participate in jihad. Among us, a person would take a camel from another on the condition that he would give half of his share from the spoils of war to the owner of the she-camel. Sometimes, one of us would only have a strap, and another would have fruits and feathers. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me, “O Ruwaifi’! It may be that you live a long life, so inform people that whoever ties a knot in his beard, or hangs a string around his neck, or uses the dung or bone of an animal for istinja (purification), then Muhammad (peace be upon him) is free from such a person.”
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الشاميين / 16996
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