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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ شَعْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:6291ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Shaybān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Qatādah

I asked Anas b. Malik: How was the hair of Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Thereupon he said: His hair was neither very curly nor very straight, and they hung over his shoulders and earlobes. (Using translation from Muslim 2338a)  

ابن حبّان:٦٢٩١أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ كَيْفَ كَانَ شَعْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ شَعْرًا رَجِلًا لَيْسَ بِالْجَعْدِ وَلَا بِالسَّبْطِ بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَاتِقِهِ»  


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bukhari:5905ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Qatādah > Saʾalt Anas b. Mālik

l asked Anas bin Malik about the hair of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "The hair of Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither much straight, nor much curly, and it used to hang down till between his shoulders and his earlobes.  

البخاري:٥٩٠٥حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ

عَنْ شَعَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ شَعَرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجِلاً لَيْسَ بِالسَّبِطِ وَلاَ الْجَعْدِ بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَاتِقِهِ  

muslim:2338aShaybān b. Farrūkh > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Qatādah

I asked Anas b. Malik: How was the hair of Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Thereupon he said: His hair was neither very curly nor very straight, and they hung over his shoulders and earlobes.  

مسلم:٢٣٣٨aحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ كَيْفَ كَانَ شَعَرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ شَعَرًا رَجِلاً لَيْسَ بِالْجَعْدِ وَلاَ السَّبِطِ بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَاتِقِهِ  

nasai:5053Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Qatādah > Anas

"The hair of the Prophet [SAW] was wavy, neither curly nor straight, and (hung down) between his ears and his shoulders."  

النسائي:٥٠٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ شَعْرُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَعْرًا رَجِلاً لَيْسَ بِالْجَعْدِ وَلاَ بِالسَّبْطِ بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَاتِقِهِ  

ahmad:13106Yazīd > Jarīr / Ibn Ḥāzim > Qatādah

I asked Anas b. Malik: How was the hair of Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Thereupon he said: His hair was neither very curly nor very straight, and they hung over his shoulders and earlobes. (Using translation from Muslim 2338a)  

أحمد:١٣١٠٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَازِمٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ كَيْفَ كَانَ شَعَرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ كَانَ شَعَرًا رَجِلًا لَيْسَ بِالسَّبْطِ وَلَا بِالْجَعْدِ بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَاتِقَيْهِ  

ahmad:12382Bahz > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Qatādah > Saʾalt Anas

"The hair of the Prophet [SAW] was wavy, neither curly nor straight, and (hung down) between his ears and his shoulders." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5053)   

أحمد:١٢٣٨٢حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا

عَنْ شَعْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ شَعْرُهُ رَجِلًا لَيْسَ بِالْجَعْدِ وَلَا بِالسَّبْطِ كَانَ بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَاتِقِهِ  

nasai-kubra:9260Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Qatādah > Anas

"The hair of the Prophet [SAW] was wavy, neither curly nor straight, and (hung down) between his ears and his shoulders." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5053)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ شَعْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَعْرًا رَجُلًا لَيْسَ بِالْجَعْدِ وَلَا بِالسَّبْطِ بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَعَاتِقَيْهِ»