Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 604

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ بَلَغَ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ، اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَأْمُرُ نِسَاءَهُ إِذَا اغْتَسَلْنَ أَنْ يَنْقُضْنَ رُءُوسَهُنَّ فَقَالَتْ يَا عَجَبًا لاِبْنِ عَمْرٍو هَذَا أَفَلاَ يَأْمُرُهُنَّ أَنَّ يَحْلِقْنَ رُءُوسَهُنَّ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ نَغْتَسِلُ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ فَلاَ أَزِيدُ عَلَى أَنْ أُفْرِغَ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلاَثَ إِفْرَاغَاتٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us; Ismail ibn Ulayyah reported to us, from Ayyub, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Ubayd ibn Umayr, who said: It reached Aishah that Abdullah ibn Amr was instructing his wives to undo their braids when they bathed. She said, 'How astonishing of Ibn Amr! Why does he not tell them to shave their heads? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and I used to bathe from a single vessel, and I would do no more than pour water over my head three times.'