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ahmad:18102Hushaym > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah > Qamilt Ḥattá Ẓanant

[Machine] "That every strand of hair on my head has a lice, from its root to its tip. So the Prophet ﷺ commanded me to shave it off. And then the verse was revealed: 'Feed six poor people, each one of them with half a sa' of dates.'"  

أحمد:١٨١٠٢حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ قَمِلْتُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ

أَنَّ كُلَّ شَعْرَةٍ مِنْ رَأْسِي فِيهَا الْقَمْلُ مِنْ أَصْلِهَا إِلَى فَرْعِهَا فَأَمَرَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حِينَ رَأَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ احْلِقْ وَنَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ قَالَ أَطْعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينَ ثَلَاثَةَ آصُعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ  


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أَبُو قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَة

tabarani:16365ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Hushaym > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Bī Qilābah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah > Qamilt Ḥattá Ẓanant

[Machine] "That every hair on my head has lice from its root to its tip, and the Prophet ﷺ commanded me, when he saw me, to shave my head. Then this verse was revealed, and he said: 'Feed six poor people with three times the amount of date.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٣٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أنا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ أبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَة قَالَ §قَمِلْتُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ

أَنَّ كُلَّ شَعْرَةٍ مِنْ رَأْسِي عَلَيْهَا الْقَمْلُ مِنْ أَصْلِهَا إِلَى فَرْعِهَا فَأَمَرَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حِينَ رَآنِي أَنْ أَحْلِقَ وَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فَقَالَ «أَطْعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينٍ بِثَلَاثَةِ آصُعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ»