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البزّار:٦٦١٠ – وَبِهِ

قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَجِمُ عَلَى الأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ

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ibnmajah:3483 – ʿAlī b. Abū al-Khaṣīb > Wakīʿ > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Qatādah > Anas

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ was cupped in the two veins at theside of the neck and the base of the neck.

ابن ماجة:٣٤٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي الْخَصِيبِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ فِي الأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَعَلَى الْكَاهِلِ

ahmad:12191 – Wakīʿ > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Qatādah > Anas

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ was cupped in the two veins at theside of the neck and the base of the neck. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3483)

أحمد:١٢١٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ عَلَى الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَعَلَىالْكَاهِلِ

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الِاحْتِجَامِ لِلْمَرْءِ عَلَى الْكَاهِلِ ضِدَّ قَوْلِ مَنْ كَرِهَهُ

ibnhibban:6077 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ was cupped in the two veins at theside of the neck and the base of the neck. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3483)

ابن حبّان:٦٠٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ عَلَى الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ»

tabarani:12587 – Idrīs b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ḥaddād > Khalaf b. Hishām al-Bazzār > Abū ʿAwānah > Jābir > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ performed cupping at the back of his head and on his feet.

الطبراني:١٢٥٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِدْرِيسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْحَدَّادُ ثنا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَزَّارُ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ»

tabarani:12588 – Ṭālib b. Qurrah al-Adhanī > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá al-Ṭabbāʿ > Sharīk And ʾAbū ʿAwānah > Jābir > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[AI] "The Prophet ﷺ used to perform I'tikaf in Al-Akhdain and Al-Kahil."

الطبراني:١٢٥٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا طَالِبُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ الْأَذَنِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الطَّبَّاعُ ثنا شَرِيكٌ وَأَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَحْتَجِمُ فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ»

bayhaqi:19533 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Khayr Jāmiʿ b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Wakīl > Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Muḥammadʾabādhī [Chain 2] Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdws al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān al-Lāḥiqī > Jarīr / Ibn Ḥāzim > Qatādah > Anas ؓ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to shave his head twice and clip it once.

البيهقي:١٩٥٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْخَيْرِ جَامِعُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَكِيلُ أنبأ أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمُحَمَّدْأَبَاذِيُّ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدوسٍ الْعَنَزِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ اللَّاحِقِيُّ ثنا جَرِيرٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ يَحْتَجِمُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثًا اثْنَيْنِ فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَوَاحِدًا فِي الْكَاهِلِ