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(20). 2973. Mujāhid narrated that Ka'b bin 'Ujrah said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! This Āyah was revealed referring to my case: 'And whosoever of you is ill or has an ailment on his scalp (necessitating shaving) he must pay a Fidyah of either fasting, or giving charity, or a sacrifice.'"[1] He said: "We were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ at Al-Ḥudaibiyyah and we were in a state of Iḥrām. The idolaters had held us back, and I had a good deal of hair, and the lice were falling on my face. The Prophet ﷺ passed by me and said: 'The lice on your head are bothering you?" He said: "I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then shave.' And this Āyah was revealed." Mujāhid said: "The fasting is for three days, the feeding is six needy people, and the sacrifice is a sheep or more." (Sahih) (Another chain) from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Lailā, from Ka'b bin 'Ujrah from the Prophet ﷺ with similar. Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih. (Another chain) from 'Abdullāh bin Ma'qil as well, from Ka'b bin 'Ujrah from the Prophet ﷺ with similar to this. [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Al-Aṣbahānī reported [similar to this] from 'Abdullāh bin Ma'qil.