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tabarani:16328Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-Barbahārī > Muḥammad b. Sābiq > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Abū al-Zubayr > Mujāhid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah al-Anṣārī

[Machine] And that he had lice in his head, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him while he was kindling a fire beneath his pot, and he said to him, "It seems that the heat is bothering your head?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Shave your head and perform a sacrifice." He said, "I cannot find a sacrifice." He said, "Then feed six poor people." He said, "I cannot find [poor people]." He said, "Then fast for three days." So, he shaved his head and fasted.  

الطبراني:١٦٣٢٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْبَرْبَهَارِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَابِقٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ أَهَلَّ فِي ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ

وَأَنَّهُ قَمِلَ رَأْسُهُ فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُوقِدُ تَحْتَ قِدْرٍ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ «كَأَنَّكَ» يُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّ رَأْسِكَ؟ قَالَ أَجَلْ قَالَ «احْلِقْ وَاهْدِ هَدْيًا» قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ هَدْيًا قَالَ «فَأَطْعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينٍ» قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ «فَصُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ» فَحَلَقْتُ وَصُمْتُ