Musnad Ahmad 9332

Translation

✧ The Prophet ﷺ was traveling on the road to Makkah and came to Jamdan. He said: 'This is Jamdan. Move on. The mufarridun have gone ahead.' They asked: 'Who are the mufarridun?' He said: 'Those who remember God much.' Then he said: 'O God, forgive those who shave their heads.' They said: 'And those who shorten?' He said: 'O God, forgive those who shave their heads.' They said: 'And those who shorten?' He said: 'And those who shorten.'

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• Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī

  هو في الصحيح غير من قوله الذين يهترون إلى آخره رواه أحمد وفيه أبو يعقوب صاحب أبي هريرة ولم أعرفه وبقية رجاله رجال الصحيح

  in مسند أحمد, p. 9407

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Ibn Majah 3045

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   his father

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥuraqī

   truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 130-odd, or: 132 AH, or: 139 AH
   الْعَلَاءِصدوق ربما وهم
   عن
4. 4
   ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ibrāhīm

   d. between 161 and 170 AH
   عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAffān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 219 AH, or 220 AH
   عَفَّانُثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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