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ibnmajah:3631Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Mujāhid

“Umm Hani said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Makkah he had four braids.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ

أُمُّ هَانِئٍ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ وَلَهُ أَرْبَعُ غَدَائِرَ تَعْنِي ضَفَائِرَ  


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abudawud:4191al-Nufaylī > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Mujāhid

The Prophet ﷺ came to Mecca and he had four plaits of hair.  

أبو داود:٤١٩١حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ

أُمُّ هَانِئٍ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَلَهُ أَرْبَعُ غَدَائِرَ تَعْنِي عَقَائِصَ