Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2781
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْهَى عَنْ هَذِهِ الْقُصَّةِ وَيَقُولُ " إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَهَا نِسَاؤُهُمْ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Humayd ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman reported that he heard Mu‘awiyah preaching in Medina. He said, ‘Where are your scholars, people of Medina? I heard Allah’s Messenger forbid this hairstyle of leaving a lock of hair, and say, “The Children of Israel only came to ruin when their women adopted it.”’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. It has also been transmitted from Mu‘awiyah through other routes.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Al-qussah refers to a particular lock or style of hair; rendered descriptively because its precise styling is not specified in this excerpt. The source gives the grading and mentions other routes from Mu‘awiyah.