Hadith 5247

The woman (whose husband is absent for a long time) should shave her pubic hair, and those whose hair is unkempt should comb their hair.

English source

Darussalam · Volume 7

67 - THE BOOK OF AN-NIKĀH(The Wedlock)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

Arabic source

Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 5247 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 39

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English translation

5247. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh رضي الله عنه: We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a Ghazwa, and when we returned and approached Al-Madīna, I wanted to hurry while riding a slow camel. A rider overtook me and pricked my camel with a spear which he had, whereupon my camel started running as fast as any other fast camel you may see. I looked back, and behold, the rider was Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I am newly married." He asked, "Have you got married?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "(Not a virgin) but a matron." He said, "Why didn't you marry a young girl so that you would have played with her and she with you?" When we reached (near Al-Madīna) and were going to enter it, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Wait till you enter your home in the night i.e. at the time of Isha (prayer) so that the lady whose hair is unkempt may comb her hair and that the lady whose husband has been away may shave her pubic hair."

Arabic text

5247 - حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَيَّارٌ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ، فَلَمَّا قَفَلْنَا، كُنَّا قَرِيبًا مِنَ المَدِينَةِ، تَعَجَّلْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لِي قَطُوفٍ، فَلَحِقَنِي رَاكِبٌ مِنْ خَلْفِي، فَنَخَسَ بَعِيرِي بِعَنَزَةٍ كَانَتْ مَعَهُ، فَسَارَ بَعِيرِي كَأَحْسَنِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ مِنَ الإِبِلِ، فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ، قَالَ: «أَتَزَوَّجْتَ؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلْ ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا بِكْرًا تُلاَعِبُهَا وَتُلاَعِبُكَ» قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا ذَهَبْنَا لِنَدْخُلَ، فَقَالَ: «أَمْهِلُوا، حَتَّى تَدْخُلُوا لَيْلًا - أَيْ عِشَاءً - لِكَيْ تَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ، وَتَسْتَحِدَّ المُغِيبَةُ»

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