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ahmad:9332 – ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was travelling on the road to Makkah and he came upon Jumdan. He said, "This is Jumdan, let those who are ahead go ahead." They asked, "Who are those who are ahead?" He replied, "Those who remember Allah frequently." Then he said, "O Allah, forgive those who shave their heads." They asked, "What about those who trim their hair?" He replied, "O Allah, forgive those who shave their heads." They asked again, "And what about those who trim their hair?" He replied, "And those who trim their hair too."  

أحمد:٩٣٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَسِيرُ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ فَأَتَى عَلَى جُمْدَانَ فَقَالَ هَذَا جُمْدَانُ سِيرُوا سَبَقَ الْمُفَرِّدُونَ قَالُوا وَمَا الْمُفَرِّدُونَ؟ قَالَ الذَّاكِرُونَ اللهَ كَثِيرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفَرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ  

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bukhari:1728 – ʿAyyāsh b. al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah! Forgive those who get their heads shaved." The people asked. "Also those who get their hair cut short?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah! Forgive those who have their heads shaved." The people said, "Also those who get their hair cut short?" The Prophet (invoke Allah for those who have their heads shaved and) at the third time said, "also (forgive) those who get their hair cut short."  

البخاري:١٧٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَهَا ثَلاَثًا قَالَ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ  

muslim:2676 – Umayyah b. Bisṭām al-ʿAyshī > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Proceed on, it is Jumdan, Mufarradun have gone ahead. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Messenger of Allah, who are Mufarradun? He said: They are those males and females who remember Allah much.  

مسلم:٢٦٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامَ الْعَيْشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى جَبَلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُمْدَانُ فَقَالَ سِيرُوا هَذَا جُمْدَانُ سَبَقَ الْمُفَرِّدُونَ قَالُوا وَمَا الْمُفَرِّدُونَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الذَّاكِرُونَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتُ  

muslim:1302a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And Ibn Numayr Waʾabū Kurayb > Ibn Fuḍayl > Zuhayr > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿUmārah > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

O Allah, grant pardon to those who got their heads shaved. They (Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who get their hair cut? He said: O Allah, grant pardon to those who get their heads shaved. They said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who got their hair clipped? He said: O Allah, grant pardon to those who get their heads shaved. They said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who get their hair clipped? He said: (O Allah, grant pardon to) those who get their hair clipped.  

مسلم:١٣٠٢a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ  

ibnmajah:3043 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿUmārah b. al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

“O Allah, forgive those who shave (their heads).” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, and those who cut (their hair)?’ He said; “O Allah, forgive those who shave (their heads),” three times. They said: “O Messenger of Allah, and those who cut (their hair)?” He said: “And those who cut (their hair).”  

ابن ماجة:٣٠٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ثَلاَثًا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ  

ahmad:17507 – Yaḥyá b. Ādam And Ibn Abū Bukayr > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥubshī b. Junādah

[Machine] Yahya was one of those who witnessed the Farewell Pilgrimage. He said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah, forgive the sacrificers." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what about those who hold back and don't offer sacrifices?" He said: "O Allah, forgive the sacrificers." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what about those who hold back and don't offer sacrifices?" He said: "O Allah, forgive the sacrificers." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what about those who hold back and don't offer sacrifices?" He said on the third time: "And the holdbackers."  

أحمد:١٧٥٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ وَابْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حُبْشِيِّ بْنِ جُنَادَةَ قَالَ

يَحْيَى وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ حَجَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ  

ahmad:7158 – Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿUmārah > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

O Allah, grant pardon to those who got their heads shaved. They (Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who get their hair cut? He said: O Allah, grant pardon to those who get their heads shaved. They said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who got their hair clipped? He said: O Allah, grant pardon to those who get their heads shaved. They said: Messenger of Allah, (what about those) who get their hair clipped? He said: (O Allah, grant pardon to) those who get their hair clipped. (Using translation from Muslim 1302a)  

أحمد:٧١٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالُوا وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ  

ذِكْرُ سِبَاقِ الذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ أَهْلَ الطَّاعَاتِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ

ibnhibban:858 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Umayyah b. Bisṭām > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Proceed on, it is Jumdan, Mufarradun have gone ahead. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Messenger of Allah, who are Mufarradun? He said: They are those males and females who remember Allah much. (Using translation from Muslim 2676)  

ابن حبّان:٨٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى جَبَلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُمْدَانَ فَقَالَ «سِيرُوا هَذَا جُمْدَانُ سَبَقَ الْمُفَرِّدُونَ سَبَقَ الْمُفَرِّدُونَ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمُفَرِّدُونَ؟ قَالَ «الذَّاكِرُونَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتُ»  

tabarani:3510 – [Chain 1] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Khaṭṭāb [Chain 2] Ibrāhīm b. Nāʾilah al-Aṣbahānī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAmr al-Biljī [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bilāl al-Ashʿarī > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥabashī b. Junādah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah, forgive the ones who shave their heads." It was asked, "What about those who trim their hair?" He said, "O Allah, forgive the ones who shave their heads." It was asked again, "What about those who trim their hair?" He said, "O Allah, forgive the ones who shave their heads." It was asked for the fourth time, "And what about those who trim their hair?"  

الطبراني:٣٥١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَائِلَةَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبِلْجِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بِلَالٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَبَشِيِّ بْنِ جُنَادَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ» قِيلَ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ» قِيلَ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ» قَالَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ «وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ»  

nasai-kubra:4103 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatih And Hī Um Ḥuṣayn

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah! Forgive those who get their heads shaved." The people asked. "Also those who get their hair cut short?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah! Forgive those who have their heads shaved." The people said, "Also those who get their hair cut short?" The Prophet (invoke Allah for those who have their heads shaved and) at the third time said, "also (forgive) those who get their hair cut short." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1728)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤١٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ وَهِيَ أُمُّ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ» قَالُوا وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ» قَالُوا وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ قَالَ «وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ»