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English translation
4160. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Buraidah that one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ traveled to see Fadālah bin 'Ubaid when he was in Egypt. He arrived, he said: "I have not come merely to visit you, but you and I heard a Hadīth from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and I hoped that you had some knowledge of it." He said: "What is it?" He said: "such and such." He said: "Why do I see you looking disheveled when you are the Amīr of the land?" He said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade us too much Irfāh."[1] He said: "Why
do I see you without shoes?" He said: "The Prophet ﷺ used to tell us to go barefoot sometimes."
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[1] Al-Irfāh, its general meaning is "luxuriousness", it is explained in the narration of An-Nasā'ī (no. 5061) as: "To comb your hair every day."
Commentary
The summary of this chapter, and what follows of exceptions, is that a man should not busy himself with beautification like a woman. If he has hair, he should take care of it, but not grooming it every day, rather every other day at most. See number 4163. If he has clothing, he should be grateful and take care of it, but not struggle with desire to have more and more, and nicer and nicer clothing.
