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Mishkat al-Masabih 4351

Section 2

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَائِرًا فَرَأَى رَجُلًا شَعِثًا قد تفرق شعرُه فَقَالَ: «مَا كَانَ يَجِدُ هَذَا مَا يُسَكِّنُ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ؟» وَرَأى رجلا عَلَيْهِ ثيابٌ وسِخةٌ فَقَالَ: «مَا كَانَ يَجِدُ هَذَا مَا يَغْسِلُ بِهِ ثَوْبَهُ؟». رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَالنَّسَائِيّ

Translation

Jabir said God’s messenger came to pay them a visit, and seeing a dishevelled man whose hair was untidy he said, “Could this man not find something to make his hair lie down ?” He saw a man wearing dirty clothes and said, “Could this man not find something to wash his garment with?” Ahmad and Nasa’i transmitted it.

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Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-HamidSahihgraded on abudawud:4062fawazahmed0
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Sahihgraded on abudawud:4062fawazahmed0
al-AlbaniSoundgraded on abudawud:4062fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Musnad Ahmad 14850أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَائِرًا فِي مَنْزِلِنَا فَرَأَى رَجُلًا شَعِثًا فَقَالَ: أَمَا كَانَ يَجِدُ هَذَا مَا يُسَكِّنُ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ؟ وَرَأَى رَجُلًا عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابٌ وَسِخَةٌ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا كَانَ يَجِدُ هَذَا مَا يَغْسِلُ بِهِ ثِيَابَه