51. Hair

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Bakr ibn Nafi from hisfather Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, ordered the moustache to betrimmed and the beard to be left. Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Humay ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf heard Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan say from the mimbar inthe year that he performed the hajj, holding a lock of hair (i.e. ahairpiece) which he took from one of his guards, "People of Madina!Where are your learned men? I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, forbid the like of this, saying, 'TheBanu Israil were destroyed when their women started to use this.' " Yahya related to me from Malik that Ziyad ibn Sad heard IbnShihab say, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, let his hair hang down his forehead as Allah willed, andafterwards he parted it." Malik said, "There is no harm in aman's looking at the hair of his son's wife or the hair of his wife'smother." Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umardisapproved of castration and said, "The completeness of the createdform is in the testicles." Yahya related to me from Malik that Safwan ibn Sulaym heard thatthe Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I and theone who guards the orphan, whether for himself or for someone else,will be like these two in the Garden, when he has taqwa," indicatinghis middle and index fingers. Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that AbuQatada al-Ansari said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, "I have a lot of hair which comes down to myshoulders, shall I comb it?'' The Messenger of Allah. may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "Yes, and honour it." Sometimes AbuQatada oiled it twice in one day because the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, said to him. "Honour it." Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibnYasar told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, was in the mosque when a man came in with dishevelledhair and beard. The Messenger of Allah. may Allah bless him and granthim peace, motioned with his hand that he should be sent out to groomhis hair and beard. The man did so and then returned. The Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Isn't thisbetter than that one of you should come with his head dishevelled, asif he were a shaytan?" Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said thatMuhammad ibn Ibrahim at-Taymi had informed him that Abu Salama ibn Abdar-Rahman said "Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn Abdal-Yaghuth used tosit with us and he had a white beard and hair. One day he came to usand he had dyed them red, and the people said to him, 'This isbetter.' He said. 'A'isha the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, sent her slave girl Nukhayla to me yesterday. Sheswore that my hair would be dyed and she informed me that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq used to dye his hair.' " Yahya said that he heardMalik say about dyeing the hair black, 'I have not heard anythingcertain on that, and other colours than that are preferable to me." Yahya said, "Not to dye at all is permitted, Allah willing,and there is no constraint on people concerning it." Yahyasaid that he had heard Malik say, "There is no clear indication inthis hadith that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, did not dye his hair. Had the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, dyed his hair, A'isha would have sent amessage to that effect to Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad." Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that hehad heard that Khalid ibn al-Walid said to the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, "I have nightmares." TheMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said tohim, "Say, 'I seek refuge with the complete words of Allah from Hisanger and His punishment and the evil of His slaves, and from the evilsuggestions of the shayatin and from their being present (at death).'" Audhu bi kalimati' llahi't-tammati min ghadabihi wa iqabihiwa sharri ibadihi wa min hamazati' sh-shayatin wa an yahdurun. Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "Whenthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wastaken on the Night Journey, he saw an evil jinn seeking him with atorch of fire. Whenever the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, turned, he saw him. Jibril said to him, 'Shall Iteach you some words to say? When you say them, his torch will be putout and will fall from him.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, 'Yes, indeed.' Jibril said, 'Say, 'Iseek refuge with the Noble Face of Allah and with the complete wordsof Allah which neither the good person nor the corrupt can exceed,from the evil of what descends from the sky and the evil of whatascends in it, and from the evil of what is created in the earth andthe evil of what comes out of it, and from the trials of the night andday, and from the visitations of the night and day, except for onethat knocks with good, O Merciful!" "' Audhu bi wajhi'llahi'l-karim wa bi kalimati'llahi't-tammati. Allati la yujawazu hunna barrawa la fajir, min sharri ma yanzil min as-sama, wa sharri ma yarujufiha, wa sham ma dhara' fi'l-ard, wa sharri ma yakhruju minha, wa minfitani'l-layli wa'n-nahar, wa min tawariqi'l-layli wa'n-nahar illatariqan yatruq bikhayr ya Rahman! Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from hisfather from Abu Hurayra that a man of the Aslam tribe said, "I did notsleep last night." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said to him, "For what reason?" He said, "A scorpionbit me." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, "Had you said in the evening, 'I seek refuge with thecomplete words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, 'itwould not have happened." Audhu bi kalimati'llahi't-tammatimin sharri ma khalaq . Yahya related to me from Malik from Summayy, the mawla of AbuBakr from al-Qa'qa ibn Hakim that Kab al-Ahbar said, "Had it not beenfor some words which I said, the jews would have made me into adonkey." Someone asked him what they were. He said, "I seek refugewith the immense Face of Allah - there is nothing greater than it -and with the complete words of Allah which neither the good person northe corrupt can exceed and with all the most beautiful names of Allah,what I know of them and what I do not know, from the evil of what Hehas created and originated and multiplied." Audhu biwajhi'llahi l-adheem aladhee laysa shay'un adham minh, wa bikalimati'llahi't-tammati, alatee la yujawizu hunna barra wa la fajir,wa bi asma'illahi'l-husna kulliha ma alamtu minha wa ma lam alam, minsharri ma khalaqa wa bara'a wa dhara'a. Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahmanibn Mamar from Abu'l-Hubab Said ibn Yasar that Abu Hurayra said, "TheMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,'Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, will say on the Day of Rising,"Where are those who loved each other for My majesty? Today I willshade them in My shade on the day when there is no shade except Myshade." "' Yahya related to me from Malik from Khubayb ibn Abd ar-Rahman al- Ansari from Hafs ibn Asim that either Abu Said al-Khudri or Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There are seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the day on which there is no shade except His shade: a just imam, ayouth who grows up worshipping Allah, a man whose heart is attached tothe mosque when he leaves it until he returns to it, two men who loveeach other in Allah and meet for that and part for that, a man whoremembers Allah when he is alone and his eyes overflow with tears, aman who refuses the approaches of a noble, beautiful woman, saying "Ifear Allah," and a man who gives sadaqa and conceals it so that hisleft hand does not know what his right hand gives.' " Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from hisfather from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "If Allah loves a slave, he says toJibril, 'I love so-and-so, so love him,' so Jibril loves him and thencalls out to the people of heaven, 'Allah loves so-and-so, so lovehim,' and the people of heaven love him, and then acceptance is placedin the Earth for him." When Allah is angry with a slave, Malik said,"I consider that he says the like of that about His anger." Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar that Abu Idrisal-Khawlani said, "I entered the Damascus mosque and there was a youngman with a beautiful mouth and white teeth sitting with some people.When they disagreed about something, they referred it to him andproceeded from his statement. I inquired about him, and it was said,'This is Muadh ibn Jabal.' The next day I went to the noon-prayer, andI found that he had preceded me to the noon prayer and I found himpraying." Abu Idris continued, "I waited for him until he hadfinished the prayer. Then I came to him from in front of him andgreeted him and said, 'By Allah! I love you for Allah!' He said, 'ByAllah?' I said, 'By Allah.' He said, 'By Allah?' I said, 'By Allah.'He said, 'By Allah?' I said, 'By Allah.' " He continued, "Hetook me by the upper part of my cloak and pulled me to him and said,'Rejoice! I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, say, "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said, 'My loveis obliged for those who love each other in Me, and those who sit witheach other in Me, and those who visit each other in Me, and those whogive to each other generously in Me.' " ' " Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullahibn Abbas said, "Equanimity, gentleness, and good behaviour are onetwenty-fifth of prophecy."