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4108. It was narrated that Sharīk bin Shihāb said: "I used to wish that
I could meet a man among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and ask him about the Khawārij. Then I met Abū Barzah on the day of ʿĪd, with a number of his companions. I said to him: 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ mention the Khawārij?' He said: 'Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ with my own ears, and saw him with my own eyes. Some wealth was brought to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he distributed it to those on his right and on his left, but he did not give anything to those who were behind him. Then a man stood behind him and said: "O Muḥammad! You have not been just in your division!" He was a man with black patchy (shaved) hair,[1] wearing two white garments. So Allāh's Messenger ﷺ became very angry and said: "By Allāh! You will not find a man after me who is more just than me." Then he said: "A people will come at the end of time; as if he is one of them, reciting the Qurʾān without it passing beyond their throats. They will go through Islam just as the arrow goes through the target. Their distinction will be shaving. They will not cease to appear until the last of them comes with Al-Masīh Ad-Dajjāl. So when you meet them, then kill them, they are the worst of created beings." (Hasan)
Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasāʿī) said: Sharīk bin Shihāb is not that popular.
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[1] Maṭmū: They say it means shaved, and Al-Jawharī included "braided." (See Lisān Al-'Arab). If it were completely shaved, then why mention its color? Yet, the remainder of the Hadīth clearly mentions shaving, and other versions clearly mention that his head was shaved.
Commentary
1. 'You would not find': There cannot be anybody doing justice better than the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ irrespective of whether one might be an immensely justice-loving person.
2. 'Shaving the head': Shaving the head is, however, permitted and it is recommended in Hajj but to raise something permissible to the rank of indispensability or requisteness to consider it an issue of the Divine law and to needlessly render it commendable is absolutely not appropriate or legitimate. Some people would make shaving the head their distinguishing mark and would consider it incumbent.
