Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī Misc
ahmad:11694 – Yaḥyá 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:١١٦٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

Add your own reflection below:

Sign in with Google to add or reply to reflections.

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Suyūṭī
suyuti:627-1b – Abiá Saʿīd > a man Saʾalah > In Shaʿariá Kthīr
Translation not available.

  

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