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tabarani:16350Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Sayf b. Sulaymān > Mujāhid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across a man in Hudaybiyah whose head was infested with lice. The Prophet asked him, 'Does the itching of your head bother you?' The man replied, 'Yes.' The Prophet then said, 'Shave your head.' He instructed me to fast for three days, or feed six needy persons, or sacrifice a sheep if it was affordable.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٣٥٠حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سَيْفُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَة

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَرَأْسُهُ يَتَهَافَتُ قَمْلًا فَقَالَ «أَيُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّ رَأْسِكَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «احْلِقْ رَأْسَكَ» فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَصُومَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ أُطْعِمَ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينٍ أَوْ أَنْسُكُ مَا تَيَسَّرَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:1814ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ḥumayd b. Qays > Mujāhid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

Kaʿb bin 'Ujra said that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him (Kaʿb), "Perhaps your lice have troubled you?" Kaʿb replied, "Yes! O Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Have your head shaved and then either fast three days or feed six poor persons or slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice."  

البخاري:١٨١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ ؓ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَعَلَّكَ آذَاكَ هَوَامُّكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْلِقْ رَأْسَكَ وَصُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ أَطْعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينَ أَوِ انْسُكْ بِشَاةٍ  

malik:20-250Mālik > Ḥumayd b. Qays > Mujāhid Abū al-Ḥajjāj > Ibn Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd bin Qays from Mujahid Abu'l Hajjaj from Ibn Abi Layla from Kab ibn Ujra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Perhaps your pests are troubling you?" He replied that indeed they were, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shave your head and fast three days or feed six poor men or sacrifice a sheep."  

مالك:٢٠-٢٥٠حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ أَبِي الْحَجَّاجِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ لَعَلَّكَ آذَاكَ هَوَامُّكَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْلِقْ رَأْسَكَ وَصُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ أَطْعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينَ أَوِ انْسُكْ بِشَاةٍ  

ahmad:18128Yaḥyá > Sayf > Mujāhid > Ibn Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ stopped at Al-Hudaybiyah, and as he did, lice were crawling on his head. He asked, "Do your lice harm you?" I replied, "Yes." He then said, "Shave your head." In the Quran, Allah said, "And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head, then a ransom of fasting [three days], or charity or sacrifice [is required]" (2:196). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to observe fasting for three days, or give charity, or make a sacrifice according to my capability.  

أحمد:١٨١٢٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سَيْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي كَعْبُ بْنُ عُجْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ قَالَ وَرَأْسُهُ يَتَهَافَتُ قَمْلًا قَالَ أَيُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّكَ ؟ قَالَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاحْلِقْ رَأْسَكَ قَالَ فِيَّ نَزَلَتْ {فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِ أَذًى مِنْ رَأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ} [البقرة 196] قَالَ فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ صُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْ بِفِرْقٍ بَيْنَ سِتَّةٍ أَوْ بِنُسُكٍ مَا تَيَسَّرَ  

ibnhibban:3978Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf Binasā > Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ayyūb > Mujāhid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was sitting under a pot and lice were crawling from my head. He ﷺ asked, "Are the lice bothering you?" I replied, "Yes." He ﷺ said, "Shave your head, fast for three days, or feed six poor people."  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بِنَسَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُوقِدُ تَحْتَ قِدْرٍ لِي وَالْقَمْلُ يَتَهَافَتُ مِنْ رَأْسِي فَقَالَ ﷺ «أَتُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّ رَأْسِكَ؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «انْسُكْ نَسِيكَةً أَوْ صُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوِ اطْعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينَ»  

ibnhibban:3980Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār al-Ramādī > Sufyān > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > Mujāhid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me in Hudaybiyah while I was sitting near a cooking pot or a small hole, and lice were crawling on my face. He said, "Are your lice bothering you, Ka'b?" I replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Shave your head and perform a ritual purification (Ghusl) or fast for three days, or feed six poor people as expiation."  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَأَنَا أُوقِدُ تَحْتَ قِدْرٍ لِي أَوْ تَحْتَ بُرْمَةٍ لِي وَالْقَمْلُ يَتَهَافَتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي فَقَالَ «أَتُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّكَ يَا كَعْبُ؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَاحْلِقْ رَأْسَكَ وَانْسُكْ نَسِيكَةً أَوْ صُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ أَطْعِمْ فَرَقًا بَيْنَ سِتَّةِ مَسَاكِينَ»