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darimi:1834 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Zayd b. Aslam > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥunayn from his father

[Machine] Al-Miswar ibn Makhrama and Ibn Abbas saw a person washing his head while being in the state of ihram (sacred pilgrimage clothes). They sent me to Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari and asked me, "How did you see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ washing his head while in the state of ihram?" So I came to Abu Ayyub and found him between the two corners of the well, with a cloth covering him. I greeted him and he pulled the cloth closer to him. I said, "My cousin Ibn Abbas sent me to you to ask how you saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ washing his head." Abu Ayyub then motioned his hands over his head, moving them forwards and backwards.  

الدارمي:١٨٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

امْتَرَى الْمِسْوَرُ بْنُ مَخْرَمَةَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي غَسْلِ الْمُحْرِمِ رَأْسَهُ فَأَرْسَلُونِي إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ؟ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ وَهُوَ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيِ الْبِئْرِ وَقَدْ سُتِرَ عَلَيْهِ بِثَوْبٍ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَضَمَّ الثَّوْبَ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ ابْنُ أَخِيكَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ؟ «فَأَمَرَّ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ مُقْبِلًا وَمُدْبِرًا»  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

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:3977 – [Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad [Chain 3] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sufyān > Zayd b. Aslam > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥunayn from his father

[Machine] Tamara (a female name) is the daughter of Abdullah and Al-Miswar is the son of Makhrama. They were washing the head of the person in a state of ihram, so they sent me to Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari. I went to him while he was washing between the two horns of a well. When he saw me, he covered his body with his garment. So I said, "The son of your brother, Ibn Abbas, sent me to ask you how you saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pouring water on his head while in a state of ihram?" He poured water on his head and said, "Like this," gesturing and placing his hand on his head, he did it three times.  

الطبراني:٣٩٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

تَمَارَى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَالْمِسْوَرُ بْنُ مَخْرَمَةَ فِي غَسْلِ الْمُحْرِمِ رَأْسَهِ فَأَرْسَلُونِي إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ بِئْرٍ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي ضَمَّ الثَّوْبَ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ أَرْسَلَنِي ابْنُ أَخِيكَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَيْكَ يَسْأَلُكَ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ؟ «فَصَبَّ الْمَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ» فَقَالَ هَكَذَا وَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ أَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

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»