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Sahih Bukhari 4159 — Fidya for Shaving in Ihram
The Ghazwa of Al-Hudaibiya
وَقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ} .
Hadith About Fidya for Shaving the Head in Ihram
Sahih Bukhari : 4159
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4159
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، وَرْقَاءَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَآهُ وَقَمْلُهُ يَسْقُطُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ " أَيُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّكَ ". قَالَ نَعَمْ. فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَحْلِقَ وَهْوَ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، لَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَحِلُّونَ بِهَا، وَهُمْ عَلَى طَمَعٍ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا مَكَّةَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ الْفِدْيَةَ، فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُطْعِمَ فَرَقًا بَيْنَ سِتَّةِ مَسَاكِينَ، أَوْ يُهْدِيَ شَاةً، أَوْ يَصُومَ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.
Ka'b bin 'Ujrah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw him with the lice falling (from his head) on his face. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Are your lice troubling you? Ka`b said, "Yes." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) thus ordered him to shave his head while he was at Al-Hudaibiya. Up to then there was no indication that all of them would finish their state of Ihram and they hoped that they would enter Mecca. Then the order of Al-Fidya was revealed, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered Ka`b to feed six poor persons with one Faraq of food or slaughter a sheep or fast for three days.
[1] The Prophet ﷺ and his Companions were then in the state of Ihrām . They could not enter Makkah in that year and had to finish their Ihrām at Al-Hudaibiya. Ka'b had to pay Fidya for shaving his head because he shaved his head and finished his Ihrām before the others were ordered to finish their Ihrām , when they learned that they could not enter Makkah.Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4159In-book reference : Book 64, Hadith 202USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 478
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4159
This hadith about fidya for shaving in Ihram gives a clear case from Al-Hudaibiya. The Prophet saw Ka'b bin Ujra while lice were falling on his face. He asked whether the lice were troubling him, and Ka'b said yes. The Prophet then ordered him to shave his head while they were at Hudaibiya. The text says that, at that point, the people still hoped to enter Mecca and had not yet been told that they would end Ihram there. Then the order of fidya was revealed. The Prophet gave Ka'b three choices: feed six poor persons with one Faraq of food, offer a sheep, or fast three days.
What we learn from this hadith
- Harm and hardship were recognized in Ka'b's case.
- The Prophet ordered shaving when lice were troubling him.
- The fidya options mentioned are feeding six poor persons, offering a sheep, or fasting three days.
