Wearing One's Hair Down To The Shoulders, And Wearing Braids
Darussalam · Volume 4
32. The Book Of DressSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3632 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1199
Source no. 3632 · Volume 8 · Page 132
Sahih
صحيح حجاب المرأة (٩٨) ، مختصر الشمائل (٢٤)
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3632. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The People of the Book used to let their hair hang down, and the idolators used to part their hair. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ liked to be more like the People of the Book. So the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ let his forelock hang down, then after that he parted it." (Sahih)
3632 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ يَسْدُلُونَ أَشْعَارَهُمْ، وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَفْرُقُونَ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحِبُّ مُوَافَقَةَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ، قَالَ: «فَسَدَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَاصِيَتَهُ ثُمَّ فَرَقَ بَعْدُ»
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In Makkah polytheists were in the majority. To be different from them, the Prophet ﷺ used to adopt the manners of the People of the Book. When he emigrated to Al-Madinah, to be different from the great numbers of the People of the Book, he adopted a different style. Every action of the Prophet ﷺ used to be in the light of the revelation. So, keeping hair loose without parting it was abrogated and parting hair is Sunnah and a rewarding act.