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i want something clarified: what is the sunnah way of styling ones hair. I heard that it is to be parted. does anyone have any solid evidnece for this. if so, is it to be prted on the left, right, middle, or dosn't it matter.
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i read from tirmidhi's book that the prophet saws never use to force his hair in a certain direction, rather he would let it grow and if it by itself parted he would comb it as such, he would let it grow up to his shoulders. But many times he would simply let it grow and comb it OCCASIONALLY. I dont kno where all this regular combin business came from, but it certainly isnt sunnah unless we really for some reason need to comb it regularly.

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also here is a hadiths about one should keep hair, like you know them styles where the sides are cut and the top isnt, or sum of the sides are cut and bla bla :p they look heavyyy lol but RasoolAllah (sal allah hu aleyhi wasalam) didnt like them ..... and heres the evidence .... in sahih bukhari

Narrated Ubaidullah bin Hafs:

that 'Umar bin Nafi' told him that Nafi', Maula 'Abdullah had heard 'Umar saying, "I heard Allah's Apostle forbidding Al-Qaza'." 'Ubaidullah added: I said, "What is Al-Qaza'?" 'Ubaidullah pointed (towards his head) to show us and added, "Nafi' said, 'It is when a boy has his head shaved leaving a tuft of hair here and a tuft of hair there." Ubaidullah pointed towards his forehead and the sides of his head. 'Ubaidullah was asked, "Does this apply to both girls and boys?" He said, "I don't know, but Nafi' said, 'The boy.'" 'Ubaidullah added, "I asked Nafi' again, and he said, 'As for leaving hair on the temples and the back part of the boy's head, there is no harm, but Al-Qaza' is to leave a tuft of hair on his forehead unshaved while there is no hair on the rest of his head, and also to leave hair on either side of his head.'"
 
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Hairstyles ​

Question:

What was the hairstyle of the Prophet ? And what hairstyles are disallowed specifically ?.


Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.


The hairstyle of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is mentioned in a number of ahaadeeth, such as the following:




1 – His hair was neither curly nor straight.


It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said, describing the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), he was of average height, neither very tall nor very short. He had a ruddy complexion, neither very white nor very dark, and his hair was neither curly nor straight. The revelation came to him when he was forty years old.


(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3354; Muslim, 2338)






2 – His hair came down to his earlobes.


It was narrated that al-Bara’ ibn ‘Aazib (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was of average height and broad shouldered. He had hair that came down to his earlobes. I saw him wearing a red garment and I never saw anyone more handsome than him.


Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3358; Muslim, 2337




3 – His hair sometimes came down to his shoulders


It was narrated that Qutaadah said: I asked Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) about the hair of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). He said, The hair of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was neither curly nor straight, and came down to a point between his ears and his shoulders.


Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5565; Muslim, 2337


According to another report, his hair used to touch his shoulders.




Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5563; Muslim, 2338




Sometimes his hair was shorter than that. All of this may be understood as referring to different situations, and each of the Sahaabah narrated what he had seen.







4 – The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to dye his hair sometimes.


It was narrated that ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Moohib said: I entered upon Umm Salamah and she brought out to us one of the hairs of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which was dyed.


Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5558.




Ahmad (25328) added: … dyed with henna and katam.
Katam is a plant that is used to dye the hair. When mixed with henna it gives the hair a colour between black and red. See ‘Awn al-Ma’bood, commentary on hadeeth no. 4205






5 – He used to part his hair.


It was narrated from ‘Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to let his hair hang down over his forehead and the mushrikoon used to part their hair, and the People of the Book used to let their hair hang dpwn over their foreheads. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) liked to be like the People of the Book in matters where there was no specific command. Then the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) parted his hair.


(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3365; Muslim, 2336).






Some of the scholars discussed the meaning of this hadeeth, and their comments were summed up by Imam al-Nawawi as follows:


The correct view is that both letting the hair hang down over the forehead and parting it are permissible, but that parting is better.

Sharh Muslim, 15/90






6 – The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did his Farewell Pilgrimage when his hair was stuck together.


(This means) making some parts of the hair stick to others using gum or something similar, so that the hair is held together and avoids getting dirty and does not need to be washed. This is easier for the person who is in ihraam, especially in the past when the person in ihram was faced with a lot of dirt and little water.




It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) raising his voice in the Talbiyah, with his hair stuck together.


Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5570; Muslim, 1184





7 – The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sometimes used to braid his hair, especially when travelling, to keep it from getting dusty.


It was narrated that Umm Haani’ said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came from Makkah with four braids.


Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1781; Abu Dawood, 4191; Ibn Maajah, 3631. Classed as saheeh by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Baari, 10/360.




With regard to the kinds of hairstyles that are forbidden, they are characterized by the following:


1 – al-Qaza’ (lit. tufts), which is where part of the head is shaved and part is left.


It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade al-qaza’.


Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5466; Muslim, 3959.


One of the narrators of this hadeeth defines al-qaza’ as shaving part of a child’s head and leaving some of his hair.


Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

With regard to shaving part of the head and leaving part, this is of varying degrees.


The worst is shaving the middle of the head and leaving the sides, as the Christian monks do.


After that comes shaving the sides and leaving the middle, as many of the foolish and worthless people do.


After that comes shaving the front of the head and leaving the back.


These three types all come under the heading of qaza’ which was forbidden by the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but some of them are worse than others.

Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah, 3/1294




2 – Imitating the kaafirs or immoral people.


There are many such hairstyles, some of which come under the heading of qaza’ – such as the “Marines” haircut, which is forbidden for two reasons, the fact that it is a kind of qaza’ and the fact that it is an imitation of the kuffaar. Some of them do not involve qaza’ but they are styles that belong to the kuffaar, such as making some of the hair stand up and letting the rest hang down, and so on.


This also includes every hairstyle that belongs to the kaafirs or immoral people, because it is not permissible for a Muslim to resemble them in that, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”


Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4031. Classed as hasan by al-Haafiz ibn Hajar in Fath al-Baari, 10/271. its isnaad was classed as jayyid by Shaykh al-Islam in Iqtida’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem, p. 82.




Shaykh al-Islam said:


The least that we can say about this hadeeth is that it implies that it is haraam to imitate them, although the apparent meaning is that the one who imitates them is a kaafir, as in the verse (interpretation of the meaning):

“And if any amongst you takes them (as Awliyaa’), then surely, he is one of them”


[al-Maa’idah 5:51]
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Iqtida’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem, p. 83.




Imitating foolish people.

These are hairstyles worn by some of the foolish people, which may be included in the categories mentioned above.


See also question no. 14051




And Allaah knows best.

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IbnAbdulHakim said:
i read from tirmidhi's book that the prophet saws never use to force his hair in a certain direction, rather he would let it grow and if it by itself parted he would comb it as such, he would let it grow up to his shoulders. But many times he would simply let it grow and comb it OCCASIONALLY. I dont kno where all this regular combin business came from, but it certainly isnt sunnah unless we really for some reason need to comb it regularly.

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but that's coz the prophets hair was naturally long... look what Umar done when one of the women hated her husbands guts n then umar broguth the man infront of him and then ordered he gets cleaned up, hair done up n stuff and then his wife was like *woa* coz she never could imagine her husband lookn that neat and she was happy with him...

so yeh dont mean hair combin is bad thing, infact its highly recommended... the equivalent of that was how the sahabah (i 4got his name its in hayat sahabah) use to always do his hair... equivalent of 'gelling' hair today.. i think with oil...

point is.. haircare is important and from the sunnah....
 
With Annotated Notes from the Commentaries of al-Hāfidh al-Munāwī (d. 1003H) «M» and Mullā ‘Alī al-Qārī (d. 1014H) «Q»


With the Name of Allâh, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful​


al-Hâfidh Abû ‘Isâ Muhammad bin ‘Isâ bin Sawrah at-Tirmidhî said:



§1. Abû Rajâ’, Qutaybah bin Sa’îd informed us; from Mâlik bin Anas; from Rabî’ah bin Abû ‘Abdur-Rahmân; that he heard Anas bin Mâlik (RA) saying,



* Prophet Muhammad sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam hair was neither very curly nor completely straight

Meaning that his (SAW) hair was in a state in between being very curly and completely straight and the best of affairs are those that are in between the two extremes. az-Zamakhsharî said, ‘the predominate course amongst the Arabs is to have curly hair and among the non-Arabs, straight hair.’ Allâh has blessed His Messenger (SAW) with the best of virtues and qualities and has combined in him all that He has scattered amongst the different races.


§3. Muhammad bin Bashshâr – al-’Abdî - narrated to us; Muhammad bin Ja’far narrated to us; Shu’bah narrated to us; from Abû Is`hâq; that he heard al-Barâ’a bin ‘Azib (RA) saying,

The Messenger of Allâh (SAW) had slightly curly hair and was of medium stature (rajil marbû’) with broad shoulders. His hair was thick, reaching his earlobes and he wore a red hulla. I have never seen anything more beautiful than he.

* reaching his earlobes

«Q»Some reports mention that his hair reached below his ears and above his shoulders, others mention half way down his ears, others mention to his ears, others mention to his shoulders and others mention to his shoulder blades. Qâdî ‘Ayâd reconciled these by saying that these descriptions all related to different times. Therefore when he (SAW) delayed cutting his hair, it would grow to his shoulders, when he cut his hair, it would reach his ears, or half way down his ears or to his earlobes.

* and he wore a red hulla

A detailed discussion follows in the chapter dealing with his (SAW) clothes.

* I have never seen anything more beautiful than he.

«M»This statement, along with proving the great beauty of the Messenger of Allâh (SAW), also goes to show al-Barâ’a’s complete faith because believing him (SAW) to be so is one of the branches of having complete love for him.
 

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