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Sunan Abi Dawud 4190 (Book 35, Hadith 32) #24480
The Virtue of Short Hair

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ advised Wa'il ibn Hujr to cut his long hair, and when Wa'il returned with shorter hair, the Prophet praised him for it.

Narrated Wa'il ibn Hujr: I came to the Prophet and I had long hair. When the Messenger of Allah saw me, he said: Evil, evil! He said: I then returned and cut them off. I then came to him in the morning. He said (to me): I did not intend to do evil to you. This is much better.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ السُّوَائِيُّ، - هُوَ أَخُو قَبِيصَةَ - وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ خُوَارٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ وَلِي شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ ذُبَابٌ ذُبَابٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَجَزَزْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ وَهَذَا أَحْسَنُ

TOPICS
hair  *  length  *  virtue  *  shaar  *  tul  *  fadheelah

QUICK LESSONS:
Take advice from those wiser than you , Keep your appearance modest according to Islamic teachings , Be humble and willing to change for betterment .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the virtue of having short hair. It was narrated by Wa’il ibn Hujr who came to the Prophet with long hair. When the Messenger of Allah saw him, he said “evil, evil!” He then returned and cut them off before coming back in the morning. The Prophet then praised him for it saying that this was much better than before. This hadith teaches us that we should keep our hair short as it is more virtuous according to Islamic teachings. It also teaches us that we should always be willing to take advice from those wiser than us and act upon it even if we don't understand why at first.

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