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ahmad:13685Muʾammal b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb And Hishām > Muḥammad / Ibn Sīrīn > Anas

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shaved his head in Mina, he took a portion of his right hair in his hand. When he finished, he gave it to me and said, "O Anas, take this to Umm Sulaim." When the people saw what he had specifically given her, they began to compete over the other portions. This one takes something and that one takes something. Muhammad ﷺ said, "I narrated this to Ubaydah Al-Salmani, and he said, 'I would rather have one strand of his hair with me than all the yellow and white (gold and silver) that have spread over the earth and found within it.'"  

أحمد:١٣٦٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا حَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ بِمِنًى أَخَذَ شِقَّ رَأْسِهِ الْأَيْمَنَ بِيَدِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ نَاوَلَنِي فَقَالَ يَا أَنَسُ انْطَلِقْ بِهَذَا إِلَى أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّاسُ مَا خَصَّهَا بِهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ تَنَافَسُوا فِي الشِّقِّ الْآخَرِ هَذَا يَأْخُذُ الشَّيْءَ وَهَذَا يَأْخُذُ الشَّيْءَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيَّ فَقَالَ لَأَنْ يَكُونَ عِنْدِي مِنْهُ شَعَرَةٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كُلِّ صَفْرَاءَ وَبَيْضَاءَ أَصْبَحَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ وَفِي بَطْنِهَا  


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[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shaved his head on the day of sacrifice, he took his hair in his right hand. When the barber shaved the right side of his head, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Anas, take this [hair] to Abu Talha and Umm Sulaim." When the people saw what he had done with it, they rushed to collect the remaining hair. This person took a lock, that person took strands, and another person took something else. Muhammad said, "I narrated this hadith to 'Ubaidullah al-Salmani, and he said, 'I would rather have a single hair from it than all the yellow and white [hairs] on the face of the earth and in its belly.'"  

البيهقي:٤٢٣٣أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ثنا مُؤَمَّلٌ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

فَلَمَّا حَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ قَبَضَ شَعْرَهُ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَلَمَّا حَلَقَ الْحَلَّاقُ شِقَّ رَأْسِهِ الْأَيْمَنَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَنَسُ انْطَلِقْ بِهَذَا إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّاسُ مَا خَصَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ تَنَافَسُوا فِي بَقِيَّةِ شَعْرِهِ فَهَذَا يَأْخُذُ الْخُصْلَةَ وَهَذَا يَأْخُذُ الشَّعَرَاتِ وَهَذَا يَأْخُذُ الشَّيْءَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَحَدَّثْتُ الْحَدِيثَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ السَّلْمَانِيِّ فَقَالَ لَأَنْ تَكُونَ عِنْدِي مِنْهُ شَعْرَةٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كُلِّ أَصْفَرَ وَأَبْيَضَ أَصْبَحَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ وَفِي بَطْنِهَا