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5091. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd that the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ disliked ten things: Yellow dye, meaning Khalūq, changing gray hair, dragging one's Iẓār, wearing gold rings, playing with dice (Ki'āb),[1] (a woman) showing her adornment to people to whom it is not permissible for her to show it, reciting Ruqyah, unless it is with Al-Mu'āwidhāt (Verses seeking refuge with Allāh), hanging amulets, removing to ejaculate in other than the right place,[2] and taking away the milk of an infant boy (by having intercourse with his mother) - but he did not say that this is Harām. (Hasan)
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Commentary
1. 'He disliked them': Some of the above-quoted deeds or acts are absolutely
unlawful and some reprehensible or undesirable. The expression ‘dislike’ could be employed for both of them.
2. ‘Applying Khalîq’: Please see Hadîth 5088.
3. ‘Changing gray hair’ meaning by dyeing it black.
4. ‘Dragging one’s Izâr’: See Chapter 101.
5. Dice: Other texts mention “Nard” for dice, and Shatrânj or backgammon.
6. ‘Not permissible for her to show it’ means a woman’s displaying her beautification in front of someone other than husband. This is unlawful.
7. ‘Al-Mu’âwidhât.’ meaning the last two Sûrahs of the Qur’ân, in which Allâh’s refuge is sought; or other such reported prescriptions for Ruqyah.
8. ‘Hanging amulets’: Beads, amulets, or talismans, which are worn to ward off evil.
9. ‘In other than the right place’: Meaning to pullout during intercourse, so the semen does not enter the woman’s designated, lawful location.
10. ‘Taking a way the milk’ means to have coitus during the period of lactation, because if pregnancy occurs during the period of lactation, the breast-milk becomes injurious to the child. In the circumstances of weaning the child off its mother’s milk, the health of the child is likely to be adversely affected. This is, however, reprehensible or undesirable. It is not unlawful.
11. ‘He did not say that this is Harâm’: Some venerable individuals have stated concerning this phrase that Allâh’s Messenger ﷺ did not like all the above-described things, but he did not rule them unlawful. But this is wrong, because there are quite a number of things quoted above, which are unlawful, it rather refers to the last act mentioned.
