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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ يَعْقِدُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رُءُوسِ النِّسَاءِ كَعَقْدِهِ عَلَى رُءُوسِ قَافِيَةِ الرِّجَالِ فِيمَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:2554 – Ibn Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] "To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'There is no male or female except that there is a knot tied at the back of their head when they sleep. So when they wake up and remember Allah, the knot is untied. And when they stand up and perform ablution and pray, the knots are completely untied.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَلَا أُنْثَى إِلَّا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ جَرِيرٌ مَعْقُودٌ حِينَ يَرْقُدُ فَإِنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِذَا قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى انْحَلَّتِ الْعُقَدُ»  

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ahmad:14387 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is not a male or female, except that there is a knot tied to their heads, which consists of three knots. When they sleep, one knot is untied. When they wake up and remember Allah, the second knot is untied. When they stand up and perform ablution, the third knot is untied. Thus, all the knots are untied."  

أحمد:١٤٣٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَلَا أُنْثَى إِلَّاوَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ جَرِيرٌ مَعْقُودٌ ثَلَاثَ عُقَدٍ حِينَ يَرْقُدُ فَإِنْ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ اللهَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِذَا قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ انْحَلَّتْ عُقَدُهُ كُلُّهَا  

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السيوطي:١٩٣٠٥a –

"مَا مِنْ ذَكرٍ وَلَا أنثى إِلَّا وَعَلَى رَأسِه جَريرٌ مَعْقُود ثَلاثَ عُقَد حينَ يَرْقُدُ فَإِن اسْتَيقَظَ فَذَكرَ اللهَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، وَإذَا قَامَ فَتَوَضأ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، وَإِذَا أتَى الصَّلاةَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدُه كُلُّهَا".  

[حم] أحمد والشاشى، هو ابن نصر، هو ابن خزيمة، [حب] ابن حبّان [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر