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Hair,s of Holy Prophet Mohammad SAW
Praise
be to Allaah.
The hairstyle of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) is mentioned in a
number of ahaadeeth, such as the following:
1 – His hair was neither curly nor straight.
It was narrated that Anas
ibn Maalik said,
describing the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him), he was of average height, neither very tall nor very short. He
had a ruddy complexion, neither very white nor very dark, and his hair was
neither curly nor straight. The revelation came to him when he was forty years
old.
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
3354; Muslim, 2338)
2 – His hair came down to his earlobes.
It was narrated that al-Bara’
ibn ‘Aazib (may
Allaah hbe pleased
with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) was of average height and broad shouldered. He had
hair that came down to his earlobes. I saw him wearing a red garment and I
never saw anyone more handsome than him.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
3358; Muslim, 233
3 – His hair
sometimes came down to his shoulders
It was narrated that
Qutaadah said: I asked Anas
ibn Maalik (may
Allaah be pleased with him) about the hair of the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him). He said, The hair of the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) was neither curly nor
straight, and came down to a point between his ears and his shoulders.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
5565; Muslim, 2337
According to another report, his hair used to
touch his shoulders.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
5563; Muslim, 2338
Sometimes his hair was shorter than that. All
of this may be understood as referring to different situations, and each of
the Sahaabah narrated what he had seen.
4 – The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) used to dye his hair
sometimes.
It was narrated that ‘Uthmaan
ibn ‘Abd-Allaah
ibn Moohib said: I
entered upon Umm Salamah and she brought out to us
one of the hairs of the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) which was dyed.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
5558.
Ahmad (25328) added: … dyed with henna and
katam.
Katam
is a plant that is used to dye the hair. When mixed with henna it gives the
hair a colour between black and red. See ‘Awn al-Ma’bood,
commentary on hadeeth no. 4205
5 – He used
to part his hair.
It was narrated from ‘Ibn
‘Abbaas (may Allaah be
pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used
to let his hair hang down over his forehead and the
mushrikoon used to part their hair, and the People of the Book used to
let their hair hang dpwn over their foreheads. The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) liked to be like the People of
the Book in matters where there was no specific command. Then the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) parted his hair.
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
3365; Muslim, 2336). Some of the scholars discussed the meaning of this
hadeeth, and their comments were summed up by Imam
al-Nawawi as follows:
The correct view is that both letting the hair
hang down over the forehead and parting it are permissible, but that parting
is better.
Sharh
Muslim, 15/90
6 – The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) did his Farewell Pilgrimage
when his hair was stuck together.
(This means) making some parts of the hair
stick to others using gum or something similar, so that the hair is held
together and avoids getting dirty and does not need to be washed. This is
easier for the person who is in ihraam, especially
in the past when the person in ihram was faced with a lot of dirt and little
water.
It was narrated that Ibn
‘Umar (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
raising his voice in the Talbiyah, with his hair
stuck together.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
5570; Muslim, 1184
7 – The
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) sometimes used to braid his hair, especially when
travelling, to keep it from getting dusty.
It was narrated that Umm
Haani’ said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) came from Makkah with
four braids.
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi,
1781; Abu Dawood, 4191; Ibn
Maajah, 3631. Classed as
saheeh by al-Haafiz
Ibn Hajar in Fath
al-Baari. |