11/43. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1859 — Offering After Shaving
Regarding The Fidyah
Hadith About Offering After Shaving the Head in Ihram
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1859
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1859
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ، - وَكَانَ قَدْ أَصَابَهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ أَذًى فَحَلَقَ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُهْدِيَ هَدْيًا بَقَرَةً .
Ka'b bin 'Ujrah Narrated from:
A man from the Ansar said on the authority of Ka'b ibn Ujrah that he was feeling pain in his head (due to lice); so he shaved his head. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered him to sacrifice a cow as offering.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1859In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 139English translation : Book 10, Hadith 1855
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1859
This narration reports that Ka’ab bin Ujrah had pain in his head due to lice, so he shaved his head. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then ordered him to give an offering, described here as a cow. The core topic is offering after shaving in ihram. The text is brief and does not mention the other options found in nearby narrations. So the explanation should stay with this report: there was harm in the head, shaving took place, and an offering was ordered. For readers searching for Ka’ab bin Ujrah shaving hadith, this narration highlights one version of the response after shaving due to difficulty.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ka’ab shaved because of harm in his head.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered an offering in this narration.
- The offering mentioned here is a cow.
