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[Machine] And Ibn Abbas replied, "Yes, Ibn Abbas sent me to Abu Ayyub to recite to you greetings from your cousin, Abdullah ibn Abbas. And he asks you, 'How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wash his head while in the state of ihram?' Abu Ayyub replied, 'I found him washing his head between the two horns of a well, which was covered by a piece of cloth. When I brought water for him, he gathered the cloth to his chest until his face was visible to me. And I saw him standing with water poured on his head.' Abu Ayyub demonstrated with his hands on his head, showing how the Prophet ﷺ washed his head. Ibn Abbas said, 'I will never order you to do it differently.' Al-Hajjaj added, 'And Warh.' And when I associated with him and asked him, he gathered the cloth to his chest until his head and face were visible to me, and someone was standing pouring water on his head.'  

أحمد:٢٣٥٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ وَرَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ مَوْلَى آلِ عَبَّاسٍ وَقَالَ رَوْحٌ مَوْلَى عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَالْمِسْوَرِ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَتَحَدَّثْنَا حَتَّى ذَكَرْنَا غَسْلَ الْمُحْرِمِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لَا

وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بَلَى فَأَرْسَلَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ ابْنُ أَخِيكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ السَّلَامَ وَيَسْأَلُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ مُحْرِمًا؟ قَالَ فَوَجَدَهُ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ بِئْرٍ قَدْ سُتِرَ عَلَيْهِ بِثَوْبٍ فَلَمَّا اسْتَبَنْتُ لَهُ ضَمَّ الثَّوْبَ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ حَتَّى بَدَا لِيوَجْهُهُ وَرَأَيْتُهُ وَإِنْسَانٌ قَائِمٌ يَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمَاءَ قَالَ فَأَشَارَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ بِيَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ جَمِيعًا عَلَى جَمِيعِ رَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ فَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لَا أُمَارِيكَ أَبَدًا قَالَ الْحَجَّاجُ وَرَوْحٌ فَلَمَّا انْتَسَبْتُ لَهُ وَسَأَلْتُهُ ضَمَّ الثَّوْبَ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ حَتَّى بَدَا لِي رَأْسُهُ وَوَجْهُهُ وَإِنْسَانٌ قَائِمٌ  

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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُحْرِمِ أَنْ يَغْسِلَ رَأْسَهُ فِي إِحْرَامِهِ

ibnhibban:3948 – al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Zayd b. Aslam > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥunayn from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās And al-Miswar b. Makhramah Ākhtalafā Bi-al-Abwāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās Yaghsil al-Muḥrim Raʾsah

Pour water. He poured water on his head and Abu Ayyub moved his head with his hands. He carried his hands forward and backward. He then said I saw him doing similarly. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1840)   

ابن حبّان:٣٩٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ اخْتَلَفَا بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ

وَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لَا يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ فَأَرْسَلَنِي إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ الْقَرْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ يَسْتَتِرُ بِثَوْبٍ قَالَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا فَقُلْتُ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حُنَيْنٍ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الثَّوْبِ وَطَأْطَأَهُ حَتَّى بَدَا لِي رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِإِنْسَانٍ يَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ اصْبُبْ فَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ حَرَّكَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ»  

tabarani:3976 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Zayd b. Aslam > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥunayn from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās And al-Miswar b. Makhramah Ākhtalafā Bi-al-Abwāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās Yaghsil al-Muḥrim Raʾsah > al-Miswar Lā Yaghsil al-Muḥrim Raʾsah Faʾarsalah Ibn ʿAbbās > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī Fawajadah Yaghtasil Bayn al-Qarnayn Wahū Yastatir Bithawb > Fasallamt ʿAlayh > Man Hadhā

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Malik, from Zaid bin Aslam, from Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Hunayn, from his father, that Ibn Abbas and Musawir bin Makhrama differed regarding the ablution of a person in a state of ihram (ritual consecration for Hajj or Umrah). Ibn Abbas said that the person in ihram should wash his head, while Musawir said that the person in ihram should not wash his head. So, Ibn Abbas sent him to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. He found him washing between the two pillars while covering himself with a garment. Ibn Abbas greeted him, and Abu Ayyub asked, "Who is this?" Ibn Abbas replied, "I am Abdullah bin Hunayn, sent to you by Abdullah bin Abbas. I ask you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to wash his head while in a state of ihram?" Abu Ayyub placed his hand on the garment and nodded at me, then said to someone, "Pour (water) over his head." So, he poured water over his head, and Abu Ayyub moved his head with his hands, both facing the Kaaba and turning away from it. Then, Abu Ayyub said, "This is how I saw him (the Prophet) doing it."  

الطبراني:٣٩٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ اخْتَلَفَا بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لَا يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ فَأَرْسَلَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَوَجَدَهُ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ الْقَرْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ يَسْتَتِرُ بِثَوْبٍ قَالَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا؟» فَقُلْتُ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حُنَيْنٍ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ؟ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الثَّوْبِ فَطَأْطَأَنِي ثُمَّ قَالَ لِإِنْسَانٍ يَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ اصْبُبْ «فَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ حَرَّكَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَفْعَلُ  

tabarani:3979 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ibn Jurayj > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥunayn from his father

[Machine] Ibn Abbas? Yes, Ibn Abbas sent me to Abu Ayyub to recite to you the greetings from your nephew Abdullah ibn Abbas and ask you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform ghusl and wash his head when in a state of ihram. So, I found him performing ghusl between the two sides of a well that was covered with a cloth. When I approached him and asked him, he brought the cloth closer to himself until his face and head became visible, and there was a person standing by the well pouring water over him. Abu Ayyub then instructed me to put my hands on his head, so I approached him with my hands and then moved away. Al-Miswar said to Ibn Abbas, "I have never seen you doing this before," and Ibn Juraij did not narrate this part.  

الطبراني:٣٩٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَالْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَتَحَدَّثْنَا حَتَّى ذَكَرَا غَسْلَ الْمُحْرِمِ رَأْسَهُ قَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لَا فَقَالَ

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بَلَى فَأَرْسَلَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ ابْنُ أَخِيكَ السَّلَامَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَيَسْأَلُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْتَسِلُ وَيَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ إِذَا كَانَ مُحْرِمًا؟ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ بِئْرٍ قَدْ سَتَرَ عَلَيْهِ بِثَوْبٍ فَلَمَّا انْتَسَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَسَأَلْتُهُ ضَمَّ الثَّوْبَ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى بَدَا لِي وَجْهُهُ وَرَأْسُهُ وَإِنْسَانٌ قَائِمٌ عَلَى الْبِئْرِ يَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ «فَأَمَرَّ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ» فَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لَا أُمَارِيكَ أَبَدًا «وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ»