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tabarani:4156 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿIjlī > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Shimr b. ʿAṭiyyah > Khuraym b. Fātik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Who are you if it were not for two things in you?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what are they?" He said, "You let your garment hang below your ankles and you let your hair hang loose." I said, "Certainly, I will not do so." He said, "Then shorten your hair and raise your garment."

الطبراني:٤١٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْعِجْلِيُّ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شِمْرِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ خُرَيْمِ بْنِ فَاتِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيُّ رَجُلٍ أَنْتَ لَوْلَا خَلَّتَانِ فِيكَ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا هُمَا؟ قَالَ «تُسْبِلُ إِزَارَكَ وتُرْخِي شَعْرَكَ» قُلْتُ لَا جَرَمَ لَا أَعُودُ قَالَ «فَجَزَّ شَعْرَهُ وَرَفَعَ إِزَارَهُ»

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ahmad:18901 – Yahyā b. Ādam > Abū Bakr > Abū Isḥāq > Shimr b. ʿAṭiyyah > Khuraym b. Fātik al-Asadī

[AI] He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "You are a fine man, O Khuraym, were it not for two traits in you." I said, "What are they, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Your letting your lower garment hang down, and your letting your hair hang loose."

أحمد:١٨٩٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شِمْرِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ خُرَيْمِ بْنِ فَاتِكٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْتَ يَا خُرَيْمُ، لَوْلَا خَلَّتَانِ فِيكَ». قُلْتُ: وَمَا هُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: «إِسْبَالُكَ إِزَارَكَ، وَإِرْخَاؤُكَ شَعْرَكَ».