Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2974
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ، قَالَ أَتَى عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا أُوقِدُ تَحْتَ قِدْرٍ وَالْقَمْلُ تَتَنَاثَرُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِي أَوْ قَالَ حَاجِبِي فَقَالَ " أَتُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّ رَأْسِكَ " . قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " فَاحْلِقْ رَأْسَكَ وَانْسُكْ نَسِيكَةً أَوْ صُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ أَطَعِمْ سِتَّةَ مَسَاكِينَ " . قَالَ أَيُّوبُ لاَ أَدْرِي بِأَيَّتِهِنَّ بَدَأَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla reported from Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah: ‘The Messenger of Allah came to me while I was tending a pot over the fire, and lice were falling onto my forehead—or, he said, my eyebrow. He asked, “Are the lice on your head bothering you?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Shave your head and offer a sacrifice, or fast for three days, or feed six needy people.”’ Ayyub said, ‘I do not know which option he mentioned first.’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This is a variant of the preceding report; the narrator is uncertain whether the lice fell on Ka‘b’s forehead or eyebrow and about the order of the expiation options.