Sahih al-Bukhari 5665

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Chapter: To say "I am sick," or "Oh, my head!" or "My ailment has been aggravated"

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by كعب بن عجرة الأنصاري 7 narrators

Qabaysa bin 'Uqba bin Muhammad Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 215 AH Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 97 AH – 161 AH 'Abdullah bin Abi Najih Tābiʿī d. 131 AH or after Ayoub al-Sakhtiyani Tābiʿī 66 or 68 AH – 131 AH Mujahid bin Jabir Tābiʿī 21 AH/642 CE – 104 AH/722 CE 'Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla Tābiʿī d. 83 AH كعب بن عجرة الأنصاري Companion d. ~52 AH

Narrated Ka`b bin 'Ujara:The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me while I was kindling a fire under a (cooking) pot. He said, "Do the lice of your head trouble you?" I said, "Yes." So he called a barber to shave my head and ordered me to make expiation for that."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 5665

In-book reference

Book 75, Hadith 25

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 7, Book 70, Hadith 569

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، وَأَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه‏.‏ مَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا أُوقِدُ تَحْتَ الْقِدْرِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ أَيُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّ رَأْسِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ فَدَعَا الْحَلاَّقَ فَحَلَقَهُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي بِالْفِدَاءِ‏.‏

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