Al-Kafi 12661

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Abu Nasr, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah^asws, ‘The parting (of the hair) is from the Sunnah?’ He^asws said: ‘No’. I said, ‘So did Rasool-Allah^saww part (the hair)?’ He^asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘How is it that Rasool-Allah^saww parted and it is not from the Sunnah?’ He^asws said: ‘The one who is hit by what Rasool-Allah^saww was hit by would be parting just as Rasool-Allah^saww parted, so he would have abided by the Sunnah, or else, so no’. I said to him^asws, ‘How is that?’ He^asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^saww, when he^saww was turned away from the House (Kabah), and he^saww had ushered the sacrificial animal, and wore the <span class="iTxt">Ihraam</span>, Allah^azwj Showed him^saww the vision in which Allah^azwj Informed him^saww of it in His^azwj Book <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:48#h27"><a href="/books/quran:48#h27">[48:27]</a></a> Certainly Allah had Endorsed to His Rasool the vision with the truth: you shall enter the Sacred Masjid, if Allah Pleases, in security, (some) having their heads shaved and (others) having their hair cut, you shall not be fearing</span>. Thus, Rasool-Allah^saww knew that Allah^azwj would be Fulfilling for him with what He^azwj had Shown him^saww. So from then onwards, he^saww preserved the hair which was upon his^saww head when he^saww was in <span class="iTxt">Ihraam</span>, awaiting to shave it off in the Sanctuary, since Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic has Promised him^saww. So when he^saww did shave it off, did not repeat the preservation of the hair, nor was that from his^saww own self’.

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