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ahmad:14430 – Yaḥyá > Jaʿfar from my father > Lī Jābir > Saʾalanī Ibn ʿAmmik al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad

[Machine] Regarding the ritual purification of major impurity, I said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pour water with his hands onto his head three times, then he would say: "I have a lot of hair." So I said, "My son of my brother, the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more abundant and nicer than your hair."  

أحمد:١٤٤٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَالَ لِي جَابِرٌ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي ابْنُ عَمِّكَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَنْ غُسْلِ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقُلْتُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُبُّ بِيَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ إِنِّي كَثِيرُ الشَّعْرِ فَقُلْتُ مَهْ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي كَانَ شَعْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَعْرِكَ وَأَطْيَبَ  

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muslim:329 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a bath because of sexual intercourse, he poured three handfuls of water upon his head. Hasan b. Muhammad said to him (the narrator): My hair is thick. Upon this Jabir observed. I said to him: O son of my brother, the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was thicker than your hair and these were more fine (than yours).  

مسلم:٣٢٩ – وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ يَعْنِي الثَّقَفِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ صَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثَ حَفَنَاتٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ شَعْرِي كَثِيرٌ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي كَانَ شَعْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَعْرِكَ وَأَطْيَبَ  

ahmad:14188 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Mikhwal > Muḥammad b. ʿAliyyʿan Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to pour water three times on his head. Shu'bah said, I think it was during the ritual purification after sexual defilement. A man from the Bani Hashim said, "My hair is abundant." Jabir replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had more hair than you and it was more beautiful."  

أحمد:١٤١٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مِخْوَلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُفْرِغُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَظُنُّهُ فِي الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ إِنَّ شَعْرِي كَثِيرٌ فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ شَعْرًا مِنْكَ وَأَطْيَبَ  

ahmad:14975 – Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > Mukhawwal > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to pour water on his head three times when performing ablution. A man from the Banu Hashim tribe said, "My hair is a lot." Jabir replied, "The hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more abundant and nicer than yours."  

أحمد:١٤٩٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا عَنْ مُخَوَّلٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ أَفْرَغَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ إِنَّ شَعْرِي كَثِيرٌ فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ إِنَّ شَعْرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَعْرِكَ وَأَطْيَبَ  

ahmad:15052 – ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Thaqafī > Jaʿfar from his father > Jābir

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a bath because of sexual intercourse, he poured three handfuls of water upon his head. Hasan b. Muhammad said to him (the narrator): My hair is thick. Upon this Jabir observed. I said to him: O son of my brother, the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was thicker than your hair and these were more fine (than yours). (Using translation from Muslim 329)  

أحمد:١٥٠٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ يَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثَ حَفَنَاتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ شَعْرِيكَثِيرٌ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي كَانَ شَعَرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَعْرِكَ وَأَطْيَبَ  

ahmad:7418 – Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man asked, "How many times should I pour water on my head when performing ghusl (ritual purification) from janabah (sexual impurity)?" He responded, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pour water on his head three times." The man asked, "But what if I have a lot of hair?" He answered, "The hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was even more abundant and beautiful."  

أحمد:٧٤١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ كَمْ يَكْفِي رَأْسِي فِي الْغُسْلِ مِنْ الْجَنَابَةِ؟ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُبُّ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ إِنَّ شَعْرِي كَثِيرٌ؟ قَالَ كَانَ شَعْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْيَبَ