Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 165

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Mahmud ibn Ghilan narrated to us; he said: Waki‘ narrated to us; he said: Mis‘ar narrated to us, from Abu Sakhrah Jami‘ ibn Shaddad, from al-Mughirah ibn ‘Abd Allah, from al-Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah, who said: I was a guest with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, one night. A roasted side of meat was brought, then he took the knife and began cutting; he cut some of it for me with it. He said: Bilal came to call him to prayer, so he put down the knife and said, ‘What is the matter with him? May his hands be in the dust!’ He said: His moustache had grown long. He said to him, ‘Shall I trim it for you using a tooth-stick as a measure, or should you trim it using a tooth-stick as a measure?’