Sunan Abi Dawud · Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)
باب فِي الْمَرْأَةِ هَلْ تَنْقُضُ شَعَرَهَا عِنْدَ الْغُسْلِ
Chapter: A Woman Undoing (The Braids Of) Her Hair While Performing Ghusl.
5 hadith · references 251–255
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Abu Dawud · 251إِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكِ أَنْ تَحْفِنِي عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًاUmm Salamah said: one of the Muslims asked, and Zubair reported: Umm Salamah (herself) asked: Messenger of Allah. I am a women who keeps her hair closely plaited; should I undo it when I wash after sexual defilement? He 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 252حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نَافِعٍ يَعْنِي الصَّائِغَ ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ بِهَذَا Umm Salamah said: A women came to her, this is according to the version of the former tradition. I asked the Prophet ﷺ a similar question (as in the former tradition). But this version adds: “And wring out your locks aft5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 253كَانَتْ إِحْدَانَا إِذَا أَصَابَتْهَا جَنَابَةٌ ، أَخَذَتْ ثَلَاثَ حَفَنَاتٍ هَكَذَا تَعْنِي بِكَفَّيْهَا جَمِيعًا ، فَتَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا ، وَأَخَذَتْ بِيَدٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَصَبَّتْهَا عَلَى هَذَا الشِّقِّ وَالْأُخْرَى Aishah said: When any of us was sexually defiled, she took three handfuls (of water) in this way, that is to say, with both hands together and poured (water) over her head. She took one handful (of water) and threw it on6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 254كُنَّا نَغْتَسِلُ وَعَلَيْنَا الضِّمَادُ وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، مُحِلَّاتٌ وَمُحْرِمَاتٌAishah said: we took a bath while having an adhesive substance over us (our head) in both states, namely, when wearing a robe for Hajj (ihram) and when wearing ordinary clothes (not meant for Hajj).5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 255أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَلْيَنْشُرْ رَأْسَهُ فَلْيَغْسِلْهُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ أُصُولَ الشَّعْرِ ، وَأَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ فَلَا عَلَيْهَا أَنْ لَا تَنْقُضَهُ لِتَغْرِفْ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا ثَلَاثَ غَرَفَاتٍ بِكَفَّيْهَاNarrated Thawban: Shurayh ibn Ubayd said: Jubayr ibn Nufayr gave me a verdict about the bath because of sexual defilement that Thawban reported to them that they asked the Prophet ﷺ about it. He (the Prophet) replied: As7 narrators