Clothing, Dress & Adornment

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

That he heard Mu'awiyah b. Abi Sufyan say during the Hajj when he was on the pulpit and took a lock of hair which was in the hand of the guard, saying: O people of Medina, where are your scholars...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the woman who adds some false hair and the woman who asks for it, the woman who tattoos and the woman who asks for it.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

Allah has cursed the woman who tattoo and the women who have themselves tattooed, the women who add false hair (according to the version of Muhammad b. Isa) and the women who pluck hairs from their faces (according to the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The woman who supplies fake hair and the one who asks for it, the woman who pulls out hair for other people and the woman who depilates herself, the woman who tattoos and the one who has it done when...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

There is no harm in fastening the hair with silk or woollen threads. Abu Dawud said: It appears that he held the view that what is prohibited is the adding of the hair of women. Abu Dawud said: Ahmad (b....

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

If anyone is presented some perfume, he should not return it, for it is a thing of good fragrance and light to bear.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a woman uses perfume and passes the people so that they may get its odour, she is so-and-so, meaning severe remarks.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

A woman met him and he found the odour of perfume in her. Her clothes were fluttering in the air. He said: O maid-servant of the Almighty, are you coming from the mosque? She replied: Yes. He said: For it...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a woman fumigates herself with perfume, she must not attend the night prayer with us. Ibn Nufayl said: Isha' means night prayer.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

I came to my family at night (after a journey) with my hands chapped and they perfumed me with saffron. In the morning I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and gave him a greeting, but he did not respond to...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

Ammar said: I used khaluq. The first version is more perfect; it mentioned "taking a bath". Ibn Jurayj said: I said to Umar (a transmitter): They might be wearing ihram (robe of pilgrim)? He replied: No, they were residents.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

We heard Abu Musa say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah does not accept the prayer of a man who has any khaluq (perfume composed of saffron) on his body. Abu Dawud said: His grandfathers were Zaid and Ziyad.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade men to use saffron. Isma'il version has: "(forbade) man to use saffron."

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The angels do not come near three: the dead body of the unbeliever, one who smears himself with khaluq, and the one who is sexually defiled except that he performs ablution.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

When the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) conquered Makkah. The people of Makkah began to bring their boys and he would invoke a blessing on them and rub their heads. I was brought, but as I had been perfumed with khaluq,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had the mark of yellowness (of saffron). The Prophet (peace be upon him rarely mentioned a thing which he disliked before a man. When he went away, he said:...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

I did not see any man with locks hanging down to shoulders in red robe more beautiful than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Muhammad b. Sulaiman added: He had hair which touched his shoulders. Abu Dawud said: Isra'il also transmitted...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had hair which reached the lobes of his ears.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The hair of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) were up to the lobes of his ears.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

The hair of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) were halfway down his ears.