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ahmad:16886ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Asadī > Sufyān > Jaʿfar from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ trimming his hair with scissors.  

أحمد:١٦٨٨٦قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَسَدِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُقَصِّرُ بِمِشْقَصٍ  


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ahmad:16939ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bashār al-Wāsiṭī > Muʾammal And ʾAbū Aḥmad or Aḥaduhumā > Sufyān > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > Ibn ʿAbbāsʿan Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] It means "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ shortened his hair with a pair of scissors."  

أحمد:١٦٩٣٩قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَشَارٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ وَأَبُو أَحْمَدَ أَوْ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍعَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَصَّرَ بِمِشْقَصٍ