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ibnmajah:1988Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ

"A woman came to the Prophet and said:, My daughter is going to get married, and she had the measles and her hair has fallen out. Can I put extensions in her hair?, The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Allah has cursed the one who does hair extensions and the one who has that done.'"  

ابن ماجة:١٩٨٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي عُرَيِّسٌ وَقَدْ أَصَابَتْهَا الْحَصْبَةُ فَتَمَرَّقَ شَعْرُهَا فَأَصِلُ لَهَا فِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ  


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bukhari:5941al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Hishām > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ

A woman asked the Prophet ﷺ saying, "0 Messenger of Allah ﷺ! My daughter got measles and her hair fell out. Now that I got her married, may I let her use false hair?" He said (to her), "Allah has cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and the one who gets her hair lengthened artificially."  

البخاري:٥٩٤١حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ الْمُنْذِرِ تَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي أَصَابَتْهَا الْحَصْبَةُ فَامَّرَقَ شَعَرُهَا وَإِنِّي زَوَّجْتُهَا أَفَأَصِلُ فِيهِ فَقَالَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمَوْصُولَةَ  

muslim:2122aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

I have a daughter who has been newly wedded. She had an attack of smallpox and thus her hair had fallen; should I add false hair to her head? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah has cursed the woman who adds some false hair and the woman who asks for it.  

مسلم:٢١٢٢aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي ابْنَةً عُرَيِّسًا أَصَابَتْهَا حَصْبَةٌ فَتَمَرَّقَ شَعْرُهَا أَفَأَصِلُهُ فَقَالَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ  

nasai:5250Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Hishām > Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and said: "O Messenger of Allah [SAW], a daughter of mine is going to get married. She got sick and her hair fell out. Is there any sin on me if I give her hair extensions?" He said: "Allah has cursed the woman who affixes hair extensions and the one who has that done."  

النسائي:٥٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي فَاطِمَةُ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ بِنْتًا لِي عَرُوسٌ وَإِنَّهَا اشْتَكَتْ فَتَمَزَّقَ شَعْرُهَا فَهَلْ عَلَىَّ جُنَاحٌ إِنْ وَصَلْتُ لَهَا فِيهِ فَقَالَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ  

ahmad:26918Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ

"A woman came to the Prophet and said:, My daughter is going to get married, and she had the measles and her hair has fallen out. Can I put extensions in her hair?, The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Allah has cursed the one who does hair extensions and the one who has that done.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1988)   

أحمد:٢٦٩١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَاللهِ إِنَّ لِي ابْنَةً عَرِيسًا وَإِنَّهُ أَصَابَتْهَا حَصْبَةٌ فَتَمَرَّقَ شَعْرُهَا أَفَأَصِلُهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ  

ahmad:24803Ḥusayn > Sharīk > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah > Āmraʾah Atathā > In Āb.atī ʿArūs Mariḍat Fatamarraq Shaʿaruhā Afaʾaṣil Fīh

[Machine] My daughter, a bride, fell ill and her hair became thin. Should I add extensions to it? She said: "May the Messenger of Allah ﷺ curse those who add hair extensions and those who get them added."  

أحمد:٢٤٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْهَا فَقَالَتْ

إِنَّ ابْنَتِي عَرُوسٌ مَرِضَتْ فَتَمَرَّقَ شَعَرُهَا أَفَأَصِلُ فِيهِ؟ فَقَالَتْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ أَوْ قَالَتْ الْوَاصِلَةَ  

ahmad:24804Aswad > Sharīk > Hishām > Āmraʾatih Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] "A woman approached the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'I have a daughter who is about to get married, but she is sick, and her hair is falling out. Should I cut it off?' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'May Allah curse those who practice hair extensions and those who have them done.'"  

أحمد:٢٤٨٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ امْرَأَتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ لِي ابْنَةً عَرُوسًا وَإِنَّهَا مَرِضَتْ فَتَمَرَّقَ شَعَرُهَا أَفَأَصِلُهُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ  

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ

tabarani:20386Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Khallāl > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd b. Nāfiʿ > Zaynab b. Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] A woman asked the Prophet, ﷺ , saying, "O Messenger of Allah, I married a man and she was afflicted with smallpox, so her hair fell out. We want to bring her to her husband." The Prophet, ﷺ , replied, "May Allah curse the one who tattoos and the one who has a tattoo done."  

الطبراني:٢٠٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْخَلَّالُ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ابْنَةٌ لِي زَوَّجْتُهَا فَأَصَابَتْهَا الْحَصْبَةُ فَمَرَقَ شَعْرُهَا وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُدْخِلَهَا عَلَى زَوْجِهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ»  

tabarani:20775[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my daughter is a bride and she has been afflicted with this sore, causing her hair to fall out. Should I cut her hair short for her?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah curse the one who does hair extensions and the one who has it done."  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي عَرُوسٌ وَقَدْ أَصَابَتْهَا هَذِهِ الْقُرْحَةُ فَتَمَزَّقَ شَعْرُهَا أَفَأَصِلُ لَهَا قَصَّةً؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ»  

tabarani:20776Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > al-Layth b. Saʿd > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Farwah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Prophet of Allah, my daughter is a newlywed and she has caught the measles, causing her hair to fall out. Should I tie up her hair?" He said, "May Allah curse those who tie up hair extensions and those who have their hair extensions tied."  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٧٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي عَرُوسٌ وَقَدْ أَخَذَتْهَا الْحَصْبَةُ فَتَسَاقَطَ شَعْرُهَا أَفَأَصِلُهَا؟ فَقَالَ «لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ»  

nasai-kubra:9320Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and said: "O Messenger of Allah [SAW], a daughter of mine is going to get married. She got sick and her hair fell out. Is there any sin on me if I give her hair extensions?" He said: "Allah has cursed the woman who affixes hair extensions and the one who has that done." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5250)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّ ابْنَةً لِي عُرْسٌ وَإِنَّهَا اشْتَكَتْ فَتَمَزَّقَ شَعْرُهَا فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ إِنْ وَصَلْتُ لَهَا فِيهِ؟» فَقَالَ «لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ»