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Being stabbed in the head is better than touching a woman who is not permissible

tabarani:17684Mūsá b. Hārūn > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shaddād b. Saʿīd al-Rāsibī > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Shikhhīr > Maʿqil b. Yasār

"If one of you is stabbed in the head with an iron needle, it is better for him than him touching a woman who is not ḥalāl (permissible) for him."  

الطبراني:١٧٦٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ أَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ثنا شَدَّادُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ مَعْقِلَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأَنْ يُطْعَنَ فِي رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ بِمِخْيَطٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمَسَّ امْرَأَةً لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Suyūṭī

Being stabbed in the head is better than touching a woman who is not permissible

suyuti:17096aMaʿqil b. Yasār

"If one of you is stabbed in the head with an iron needle, it is better for him than him touching a woman who is not ḥalāl (permissible) for him."  

Ṭabarānī's Kabīr from Maʿqil b. Yasār
السيوطي:١٧٠٩٦aعن معقل بن يسار

«لأنْ يُطْعَنَ فِي رأَسِ أحِدِكُمْ بِمِخْيَطٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ خيرٌ لهُ مِن أَنْ يَمَسَّ امْرأةً لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ۔»  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن معقل بن يسار

Being combed in the head with an iron comb is better than touching a woman who is not permissible

suyuti:17115aMaʿqil b. Yasār

"If a man ˹is combed on the head with an iron comb that his skull bone is shown˺, it is better than him touching a woman who is a not permissible for him."  

Bayhaqī's Shuʿab from Maʿqil b. Yasār
السيوطي:١٧١١٥aعن معقل بن يسار

«لأَنْ يَكُونَ فِي رأَسِ رَجُل مُشْطٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْعَظْمَ خَيرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تمَسَّه امْرأَةٌ لَيسَتْ لَهُ بِمَحْرَم۔»  

[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن معقل بن يسار