A Person Accepts Islam, And Is Ordered To Perform Ghusl
Darussalam · Volume 1
1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATIONSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 356 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 98
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(قلت: حديث حسن، وقوَّاه شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية)
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356. It was reported from Ibn Juraij who said: "I was informed from 'Uthaim bin Kulaib, from his father, from his grandfather, that he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "I have accepted Islam." So the Prophet ﷺ told him: "Remove from yourself the hair of disbelief," it was said: (meaning) shave it off. He said:[1] "Another one informed me that the Prophet ﷺ said to another one with him: 'Remove from yourself the hair of disbelief, and (get yourself) circumcised.'"[2] (Da'if)
356 - حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: أُخْبِرْتُ عَنْ عُثَيْمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّهُ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلْقِ عَنْكَ شَعْرَ الْكُفْرِ» يَقُولُ: احْلِقْ قَالَ: وأَخْبَرَنِي آخَرُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِآخَرَ مَعَهُ: «أَلْقِ عَنْكَ شَعْرَ الْكُفْرِ وَاخْتَتِنْ»
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[1] According to the author of 'Awn Al-Ma'būd the speaker here is the father of 'Uthaim, but it is also possible it was Ibn Juraij, since he did not name the person he heard it from, saying only: "I was informed from 'Uthaim" meaning: "Someone told me, reporting it from 'Uthaim." And it is said by some of the Huffāz that the person Ibn Juraij heard this from was Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin Abī Yahyā.
[2] They say the meaning of "the hair of disbelief," is a specific area of their hair which their people wore as a trait to distinguish them, never cutting it, and that the order was to shave that off, or to shave all of the hair because of that.
A person who accepts Islam should perform Ghusl. After accepting Islam, dress and hair style which resembles the disbelievers should be removed. It is not allowed to imitate the dress and hair style of the disbelievers. The scholars have explained that the meaning of "the hair of disbelief" refers to a hair style indicative of a disbeliever. Circumcision is one of the signs of Islam and the Prophet ﷺ ordered circumcision. Circumcision is an obligation upon males after accepting Islam.