Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 366
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خُطَّافٍ، عَنْ حَفْصٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لاَ تَنْظُرَ إِلَى شَعْرِ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَهْلَكَ أَوْ صَبِيَّةً، فَافْعَلْ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Hasan said: If you can avoid looking at the hair of anyone in your family, except your wife or a little girl, then do so.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic distinguishes the permitted exception of one’s wife or a young girl; the translation follows the English witness’s identification of أهلك as one’s wife.