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Sunan Abi Dawud 4192

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) gave the children of Jafar three day time to visit them. He then came to visit them, and said: Do not weep over my brother after this day. He said: Call to…

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حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ، وَابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمْهَلَ آلَ جَعْفَرٍ ثَلَاثًا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ فَقَالَ: «لَا تَبْكُوا عَلَى أَخِي بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ». ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ادْعُوا لِي بَنِي أَخِي». فَجِيءَ بِنَا كَأَنَّا أَفْرُخٌ فَقَالَ: «ادْعُوا لِي الْحَلاَّقَ». فَأَمَرَهُ فَحَلَقَ رُءُوسَنَا

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) gave the children of Jafar three day time to visit them. He then came to visit them, and said: Do not weep over my brother after this day. He said: Call to me the children of my brother. We were brought to him as if we were chicken. He said: Call a barber to me. He then ordered and our heads were shaved.

আব্দুল্লাহ ইবনু জা‘ফার (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম জা‘ফার (রাঃ)-এর পরিবারকে তিনদিন শোক পালনের সুযোগ দিলেন। অতঃপর তিনি তাদের নিকট এসে বললেনঃ আজকের পর থেকে তোমরা তোমার ভাইয়ের জন্য আর কাঁদবে না।

অতঃপর বললেনঃ আমার ভাইয়ের ছেলেদের নিয়ে এসো। অতঃপর আমাদেরকে তাঁর কাছে আনা হলো। আমরা যেন পাখীর বাচ্চার ন্যায় অসহায়। তিনি বললেনঃ আমার নিকট নাপিত ডেকে আনো। (নাপিত এলে) তিনি তাকে মাথা মুড়ানোর আদেশ দিলে সে আমাদের মাথা মুড়িয়ে দিলো।[1] সহীহ।

عبداللہ بن جعفر رضی اللہ عنہما سے روایت ہے کہ نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے جعفر کے گھر والوں کو تین دن کی مہلت دی پھر آپ ان کے پاس تشریف لائے اور فرمایا: آج کے بعد میرے بھائی پر تم نہ رونا ۱؎ پھر فرمایا: میرے پاس میرے بھتیجوں کو بلاؤ تو ہمیں آپ کی خدمت میں لایا گیا، ایسا لگ رہا تھا گویا ہم چوزے ہیں، آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: حجام کو بلاؤ اور آپ نے اسے حکم دیا تو اس نے ہمارے سر مونڈے۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Uqbah bin Mukram] dan [Ibnu Al Mutsanna] keduanya berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Wahb bin Jarir] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Bapakku] ia berkata, "Aku mendengar [Muhammad bin Abu Ya'qub] ia menceritakan dari [Al Hasan bin Sa'd] dari [Abdullah bin Ja'far] berkata, "Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam memberi tenggang waktu untuk keluarga Ja'far selama tiga hari, setelah itu beliau datang kepada mereka dan bersabda: "Setelah ini, janganlah kalian menangisi saudaraku."

Setelah itu beliau bersabda: "Undanglah kemari bani saudaraku." kami lalu dihadapkan kepada beliau layaknya anak-anak ayam, beliau lantas bersabda: "Panggilkan tukang cukur kepadaku." Beliau lalu memerintah tukang tukur itu (untuk mencukur), hingga kami semua dicukur olehnya

Abdullah b. Câbir (r.a) şöyle demişlir. Hz. Nebi (s.a.v.); Cafer ailesine, üçgiin sonra kendilerine geleceğini söyledi. Sonra Cafer ailesine varıp; "Bu günden sonra kardeşim için ağlamayın” buyurdu. Daha sonra da "bana kardeşimin çocuklarını çağırın" dedi. Biz Râsûlullah'a getirildik. Birer kuş yavrusu gibi idik. Efendimiz: "Bana berberi çağırın" buyurdu (berber geldi) Rasûlullah kendisine emretti, o da başlarımızı tıraş etti

Sunan Abi Dawud 4192, Book 35, Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul), Hadith 34. 1 min read

What it means

Meaning of the Hadīth: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) gave the family of Ja‘far ibn Abu Tālib three days as respite after his martyrdom in the battle of Mu'tah. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) wanted his family to feel better during these three days and get over some of the sadness and grief they were experiencing.

He then said to them: “Do not weep for my brother after this day”. He forbade them from crying after three days had passed, so that the first shock and the sad times would not remain for long. The prohibition here is not a strict one, because it is permissible to weep for the dead even beyond the three days as long as weeping does not involve any forbidden act.

He then said: “Call my brother’s sons for me.” They were Muhammad, ‘Abdullāh, and ‘Awf - children of Ja‘far. ‘Abdullāh said: "We were then brought to the Messenger of Allah as if we were little chicks" referring to the miserable state they were in due to their father’s death. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) asked for a barber and ordered him to shave their heads.

The reason why the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) ordered for their heads to be shaved was that he saw their mother, Asmā' bint ‘Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) so overwhelmed by the calamity of having her husband killed in the cause of Allah, and thus she could not brush her children's hair.

He feared that their heads would become dirty or infested with lice, so he ordered for their heads to be shaved. Removing the hair was good for the children and was a source of comfort for the mother who was afflicted with something that made her too busy to take care of her sons' hair. It should be noted that it is not permissible for the Muslim to shave one’s head due to the affliction of a calamity.

It was reported in a Hadīth: "The Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the woman who wails, shaves her head, or tears up her clothes (when stricken by a calamity)." Heads of Ja‘far's sons were not shaved due to their father's death; rather, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did so because their mother was too busy to take care of their hair.

Fearing that their heads would be louse-infested, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered their heads to be shaved. So, it had nothing to do with the calamity.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Uqbah ibn MukramTold us, Fourth generation, died 243 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn al-MuthannaWith, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  4. 4Wahb ibn JarirTold us, Third generation, died 206 AH
  5. 5Jarir ibn HazimTold us, Successor, died 170 AH
  6. 6Muhammad ibn AbdullahHeard, Third generation, died 121 AH
  7. 7Al-Hasan ibn SadFrom, Successor, died 111 AH
  8. 8Abdullah ibn JafarFrom, Companion, died 80 AH

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