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tabarani:16906 – Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > Faḍl > Muʿāwiyah And Maʿah Quṣṣah al-Nisāʾ

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever adds something to his hair that is not from it, then he increases falsehood in it."  

الطبراني:١٦٩٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ فَضْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَمَعَهُ قُصَّةُ النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ زَادَ فِي شَعْرِهِ شَيْئًا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَزِيدُ فِيهِ زُورًا»  

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nasai:5093 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > Makhramah b. Bukayr from his father > Saʿīd al-Maqburī

"I saw Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan on the Minbar, holding a ball of hair such as women use. He said: "What is wrong with Muslim women who put such things (on their heads)? I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] say: "Any woman who adds hair to her head that is not hers, it is something false, that she is adding to her head."  

النسائي:٥٠٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَمَعَهُ فِي يَدِهِ كُبَّةٌ مِنْ كُبَبِ النِّسَاءِ مِنْ شَعْرٍ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ يَصْنَعْنَ مِثْلَ هَذَا إِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ زَادَتْ فِي رَأْسِهَا شَعْرًا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ زُورٌ تَزِيدُ فِيهِ