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ahmad:11694Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Fuḍayl / Ibn Marzūq > ʿAṭiyyah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > a man Saʾalah > Ghasl

[Machine] The Bedouin said, "Three handfuls or three fistfuls are enough for you." Then he raised his hands and said, "O Abu Sa'id, I am a man with abundant hair." Abu Sa'id replied, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had more hair and it was more beautiful than yours."  

أحمد:١١٦٩٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَرْزُوقٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَهُ عَنْ غَسْلِ

الرَّأْسِفَقَالَ يَكْفِيكَ ثَلَاثُ حَفَنَاتٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثُ أَكُفٍّ ثُمَّ جَمَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الشَّعْرِ؟ قَالَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ شَعْرًا مِنْكَ وَأَطْيَبَ  


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suyuti:627-1bAbiá Saʿīd > a man Saʾalah > In Shaʿariá Kthīr
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السيوطي:٦٢٧-١b

" عَنْ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ أَن رَجُلًا سَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ شَعَرِى كثِيرٌ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أَكْثَرَ شَعْرًا مِنْك وَأَطْيَبَ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة