11/24. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1802 — Hair Clipping at Marwah
Regarding The Qiran Hajj
Hadith About Hair Clipping at Marwah
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1802
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1802
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ح حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، - الْمَعْنَى - عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَصَّرْتُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِشْقَصٍ عَلَى الْمَرْوَةِ . أَوْ رَأَيْتُهُ يُقَصَّرُ عَنْهُ عَلَى الْمَرْوَةِ بِمِشْقَصٍ . قَالَ ابْنُ خَلاَّدٍ إِنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَخْبَرَهُ .
Mu'awiyah Narrated from:
I clipped some hair of the Prophet’s(ﷺ) head with a broad iron arrowhead at Al Marwah; or (he said) I saw him that the hair of his head was clipped with a broad iron arrowhead at Al Marwah. The narrator Ibn Khallad said in his version “Mu’awiyah said” and not the word “reported”.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1802In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 82English translation : Book 10, Hadith 1798
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1802
This hadith focuses on hair clipping at Marwah during the rites of Hajj or Umrah. Mu’awiyah reported, or according to one wording saw, that the hair of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was clipped at al-Marwah with a broad iron arrowhead. The report is short, but it gives a clear detail connected to ending a state of ihram. Many people search for this as hadith about clipping hair in Umrah, hair cutting after Safa Marwah, or the Prophet’s hair clipped at Marwah. The wording also shows careful narration, because the narrator mentions a difference in how the report was phrased. The teaching should stay within the text: it records an act of clipping hair at Marwah.
What we learn from this hadith
- Hair clipping is mentioned in connection with the rites at al-Marwah.
- The report preserves a specific detail about the tool used.
- The narrators carefully noted differences in wording.
