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tabarani:16826[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī [Chain 2] Abū Ghassān Aḥmad b. Sahl al-Sukkarī al-Ahwāzī > al-Jarrāḥ b. Makhlad > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd

[Machine] He heard Muawiyah giving a sermon in the city on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , with a piece of hair in his hand. He said, "Where are your scholars, O people of the city? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbidding this and saying, 'Indeed, those before you were destroyed when their women took to adornment.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٨٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ السُّكَّرِيُّ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ ثنا الْجَرَّاحُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ قَالَا ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَخْطُبُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفِي يَدِهِ قُصَّةٌ مِنْ شَعَرٍ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ؟ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ هَذِهِ وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ حِينَ اتَّخَذَهَا نِسَاؤُهُمْ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:3468ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

That he heard Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan (talking) on the pulpit in the year when he performed the Hajj. He took a tuft of hair that was in the hand of an orderly and said, "O people of Medina! Where are your learned men? I heard the Prophet ﷺ forbidding such a thing as this (i.e. false hair) and he used to say, 'The Israelis were destroyed when their ladies practiced this habit (of using false hair to lengthen their locks).  

البخاري:٣٤٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَامَ حَجَّ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَتَنَاوَلَ قُصَّةً مِنْ شَعَرٍ وَكَانَتْ فِي يَدَىْ حَرَسِيٍّ فَقَالَ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَهَا نِسَاؤُهُمْ  

nasai:5245Qutaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

"I heard Mu'awiyah say, when he was on the Minbar in Al-Madinah, and he brought out a hairpiece from his sleeve: 'O people of Al-Madinah, where are your knowledgeable ones? I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbid such things as this, and he said: "The Children of Israel were destroyed when their women started to wear things like this."  

النسائي:٥٢٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ كُمِّهِ قُصَّةً مِنْ شَعْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَ نِسَاؤُهُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا  

tirmidhi:2781Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muʿāwiyah Bi-al-Madīnah Yakhṭub > Ayn ʿUlamāʾukum Yā Ahl al-Madīnah Innī

that he heard Mu'awiyah giving a Khutbah in Al-Madinah, and saying: "Where are your scholars, O people of Al-Madinah? [Indeed] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbidding from these locks (of hair), and saying: 'The Children of Isra'il were only ruined when their women used them.'"  

الترمذي:٢٧٨١حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ هَذِهِ الْقُصَّةِ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَهَا نِسَاؤُهُمْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ
malik:51-2Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Humay ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf heard Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan say from the mimbar in the year that he performed the hajj, holding a lock of hair (i.e. a hairpiece) which he took from one of his guards, "People of Madina! Where are your learned men? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid the like of this, saying, 'The Banu Israil were destroyed when their women started to use this.' "  

مالك:٥١-٢وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَامَ حَجَّ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَتَنَاوَلَ قُصَّةً مِنْ شَعَرٍ كَانَتْ فِي يَدِ حَرَسِيٍّ يَقُولُ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَ هَذِهِ نِسَاؤُهُمْ  

ahmad:16865ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] "He saw Muawiyah giving a sermon on the pulpit, holding in his hand a lock of hair. He said, 'Where are your scholars, O people of the city?' I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , forbidding such actions and saying, 'The Children of Israel were punished when their women adopted such practices.'"  

أحمد:١٦٨٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى مُعَاوِيَةَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَفِي يَدِهِ قُصَّةٌ مِنْ شَعَرٍ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ؟ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِه وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا عُذِّبَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَتْ هَذِهِ نِسَاؤُهُمْ  

ahmad:16891Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] Muawiyah heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in Madinah, on the pulpit, "Where are your scholars, O people of Madinah?" I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on this day, the day of Ashura, saying, "Whoever wants to fast this day, let him fast it." And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibit doing something like this, and he recited a poem from one of you, saying, "Indeed, the Children of Israel were destroyed when their women took it as a religious festival."  

أحمد:١٦٨٩١حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ

سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَقُولُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ؟ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا وَأَخْرَجَ قُصَّةً مِنْ شَعَرٍ مِنْ كُمِّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَتْهَا نِسَاؤُهُمْ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ لَمَّا اسْتَوْصَلَتْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ

ibnhibban:5512al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf

[Machine] "He heard Muawiyah during the year of Hajj while he was on the pulpit reciting a poem that was in the hands of a guard. He said, 'O people of the city, where are your scholars? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbidding such actions and saying, 'Indeed, the people of Bani Israel were destroyed when their women started doing this.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٥١٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَامَ حَجَّ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ تَنَاوَلَ قُصَّةً مِنْ شَعْرٍ كَانَتْ فِي يَدِ حَرَسِيٍّ يَقُولُ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حَيْثُ اتَّخَذَ هَذِهِ نِسَاؤُهُمْ»  

nasai-kubra:9314Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf

"I heard Mu'awiyah say, when he was on the Minbar in Al-Madinah, and he brought out a hairpiece from his sleeve: 'O people of Al-Madinah, where are your knowledgeable ones? I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbid such things as this, and he said: "The Children of Israel were destroyed when their women started to wear things like this." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5245)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣١٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ كُمِّهِ قُصَّةً مِنْ شَعْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ «أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ؟» سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَ نِسَاؤُهُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا»