The hair of The Prophet (SAW)

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its amazing wen people try to grasp the intricacies of concepts,as a side job or something,which r beyond their intellect while they r pursuing materialistic,worldly dreams n desires; when they have no background,no knowledge,not even the books or the teachers but yet, they have the audacity to pass statements based on their mediocre thought processes abt concepts they know nothing about but want to feel part of something,an ongoing topic for example and make nauseting comments.

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are you guys all in toronto??? my husband went to a milad in our local mosque and also viewed that hair of the prophet there as well....

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As Salaamu 'Alaiykum everyone,
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If** it is forbidden to seek the Prophet’s person as a means to obtain cures and blessings in this life, then why did the Companions and the Followers seek such blessings through:

The hair of the Prophet? Among other things, his:

Minbar
Sweat
Saliva
Grave

If one cannot deny the benefit derived by a mere particle of the Prophet’s body long after his time, they surely one cannot deny the benefit derived by his (saws) noble person — except one whom Allah azza wa jaal has deprived of true understanding, such as those who insist on denying even when the proofs are brought right under their nose. Allahu 'alam.

F.Y.I.:

Tabarruk means deriving blessing from something
once owned or touched by a holy person

Athar means Relics

If someone wants to debunk the seeking of blessings through the relics of the Holy Prophet, well, Allah Jalla Jalalu Himself mentioned the tabarruk of the Prophet Ya`qub (as) with the relic of his son** Prophet Yusuf (as*) as well as the tabarruk of the Banu Isra’il with the relics of the Family of **Prophet Musa (as)* and the Family of Prophet Harun (as); and that the evidence for the tabarruk of the Companions (radi'Allahu 'anham ajma'in) and the Tabi`in (radi'Allahu anhum ajmai'in) through the Holy Prophet (saws) and the saints (q) is innumerable.

Below are a few Ayats in the Qur'an speaking of Tabarruk of other prophets:

” And their Prophet said unto them: Lo! the token of his kingdom is that there shall come unto you the ark wherein is peace of reassurance from your Lord, and a remnant of that which the house of Moses and the house of Aaron left behind, the angels bearing it. Lo! herein shall be a token for you if (in truth) ye are believers.” (2:247)

"And the prophet said to them: Surely the sign of His kingdom is, that there shall come to you the chest in which there is tranquillity from your Lord and residue of the relics of what the children of Musa and the children of Haroon have left, the angels bearing it; most surely there is a sign in this for those who believe." (2:248)

**“Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he will come to see (clearly)… When the Caravan left (Egypt), their father said: I do indeed scent the presence of Yusuf… Then, when the bearer of glad tidings came, he laid it on his face and he became a seer once more. He said: Said I not unto you that I know from Allah that which ye know not?” (12:93-96).

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And below, are the Prophet's (saws) Companions seeking blessings from his (saws) Relics (Athar), specifically his (saws) blessed hair:

These are from Sahih al-Bukhari:

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1. *Volume 7, Book 72, Number 784:

*** ** Narrated Israii:**

   Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl       of water to Um Salama." Isra'il approximated three fingers       ('indicating the small size of the container in which there was some       hair of the Prophet. 'Uthman added, "If any person suffered from evil       eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel  (containing water)       to Um Salama.  I looked into the container (that held  the  hair of        the  Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it,"

**2. From Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Wudu (Chapter 4):

  • Volume 1, Book 4, Number 171:  ***

    ** Narrated Ibn Sirrn:**

    I said to 'Ablda, "I have some of the hair of the Prophet which I got from Anas or from his family." 'Abida replied. "No doubt if I had a single hair of that it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in it."

3. ** Volume 1, Book 4, Number 172:**

** Narrated Anas**:

   When Allah's Apostle got his head shaved, Abu- Talha was the first to       take some of his hair.

**4. From Sahih al-Muslim

*** ** Book 007, Number 2991:** * Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased wish him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to Mina; he went to the Jamra and threw pebbles at it, after which he went to his lodging in Mina, and sacrificed the animal. He then called for a barber and, turning his right side to him, let him shave him; after which he tiimed his left side. He then gave (these hair) to the people.

  • ** Book 007, Number 2992:** * Abu Bakr reported: (He called for) the barber and, pointing towards the right side of his head, said: (Start from) here, and then distributed his hair among those who were near him. He then pointed to the barber (to shave) the left side and he shaved it, and he gave (these hair) to Umm Sulaim (Allah be pleased with her). And in the narration of Abu Kuraib (the words are):" He started from the right half (of his head), and he distributed a hair or two among the people. and then (asked the barber) to shave the left side and he did similarly, and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Here is Abu Talha and he gave these (hair) to Abu Talha."

  • ** Book 007, Number 2993:** * Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) threw stones at Jamrat al-'Aqaba. He then want to his sacrificial animal and sacrificed it, and there was sitting the barber, and he pointed with his hand towards his head, and he shaved the right half of it, and he (the Holy Prophet) distributed them (the hair) among those who were near him. And he again said: Shave the other half, and said: Where is Abu Talha and gave it (the hair) to him.

    • ** Book 007, Number 2994:** * Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported: When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had thrown pebbles at the Jamra and had sacrificed the animal, he turned (the right side) of his head towards the barber, and i. e shaved it. He then called Abu Talha al-Ansari and gave it to him. He then turned his left side and asked him (the barber) to shave. And he (the barber) shaved. and gave it to Abu Talha and told him to distribute it amongst the people.

Finally, in Fath al-Bari, one of the most if not the most famous commentary collection on Sahih al-Bukhari, by Imam Hafidh Hajar al-Asqalani, he says in it:

Fath al-Bari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
Volume 10, page 353

"they used to call the silver bottle in which the hair of the Prophet (s) was kept 'jiljalan' and that bottle was in the home of Ummu Salamah (r)."

*Imam al-'Ayni said, "Ummu Salamah (r) had some of the hairs of the Prophet (s) in a silver bottle, and when some people got ill, they used to go and obtain blessings from these hairs and they would be healed by means of its blessings. They used to take the hair of the Prophet (s) and they used to pass it through a cup of water and they would immediately be healed. And this explanation of the hadith is mentioned in Bukhari."

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*Fath al-Bari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari:
Section of Umdat al-Qari
Vol. 18, Page 79:
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*"If a person were struck by the evil eye or by any sickness, he would send his wife to Ummu Salamah (r) with a mikhdabba * and she used to pass the hair through that water and then he would drink the water and he would be healed, after which they would return the hair to the 'jiljal.'"

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Tabarruk is not wajib (obligatory) and to practice it, is NOT shirk.

Rather, it is one of the ways of showing respect and devotion. Opposition exposes those who intend to belittle the Prophet (a.s.) or those who try to reduce the status of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.). al-Ashabul-Kiram (ra'anhum) did so, so what is wrong in following their lead, as seen above?

Wassalaamu 'Alaiykum.*

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I agree with you ........but the ayahs you've given....i don't think they relates to the tabburuk.........
may be im wrong.....

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Well the first and second ayats speaks of the Ark of the Covenant from the house of Sayyidina Musa (as), and it contained many relics from which a token of truth brought blessings for having it and that is why these relics in the Ark of the Covenant were kept, such as the Staff of Musa (as), the Taurat and the Ten Commandments. This brought tranquility to the Bani Israil for keeping it for the time being until they started changing the Taurat and rejected the Nubuwwat of Sayyidina Isa (as).

The third Ayat describes Sayyidina Nabi Yusuf (as) who gave his shirt for his father so that his father would be cured of blindness, and he was.

These are 'Relics' or 'Athar'.

The 'Athar' of Sayyidina Rasul-Allah (saws) should be the most precious of things for Muslims.

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I believe that one who loves or respects Prophet(saw)'s hair or tooth..........can't be a kafir or mushrik.....and if someone in recent times find a hair of Prophet(saw) and he reads durood sharif........there is nothing wrong in it.........
But what do you think if I believe all that i wrote above but I don't believe that anyone(including athar,tabbaruk,medicines) can heal or cure me except Allah.

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again noone here has answer for my question..what was the color of his hair?I want to know that because historians believe that it was black whereas the hair that I saw was brown..some people believe he used to dye his hair with mehndi.

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ASAK,

Those items cure you because of Allah's blessings through those athar. Allah's favour is always with those whom are closest to Him, and they are His Ambiya (alaiyhis-salaatu was-salaam), and His most beloved one is Sayyidina Rasul-Allah (saws). If we could communicate to Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala directly, there would be no need for Him (swt) to send us prophets and guide us, nor would there be any need for this entire dunya. Every act is a means for us to get closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala for me. I would consider myself to be extremely blessed and among the few who ever had the opportunity to actually see just one hair of our beloved prophet (saws), I love him (saws) more than anything else in creation, I love him more than my own self, my own family. From that point of understanding does one realize how to get close to Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala. When you say salaam to a muslim and they return the salaam, that is a blessing - imagine we send out salaam to Rasul-Allah (saws) and he is returning salaam to us, imagine the blessing in that greeting or peace, and this is verified through ahadith that he does return salaam to the one who invokes salaam upon him.

How is it that Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala is telling us in the Qur'an that people have been blessed by such relics, can we turn around and say that it is not possible then? Obviously we cannot it says so in the Qur'an and is clearly stated to us in ahadith as well. Remember also that the entire Qur'an is a mercy for all of humanity that was brought to us through who, Rasul-Allah (saws). We wouldn't have the Qur'an if it were not brought to us through the intercession of Rasul-Allah (saws) as ordained by Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala. I hope you understand what I am saying. No Muslim is obliged to seek merits and blessings this way, as it is not compulsory, but then I would say to you that you'd be missing something with so much reward. Just by looking at such relics is a blessing, imagine if they were destroyed, we'd be missing out in great blessings upon us from Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala just in the same way that the Yahud did when they turned their backs on Nabi Musa (as), and then again when they tampered with the Taurat and became its authors by changing it, or even look as far back as Sayyidina Nabi Nuh (as), who built the Ark for people to board, and anyone who boarded this ark was saved from the flood, but instead most people turned their backs on Sayyidina Nuh (as) and didn't believe in seeking his help and they all perished. My point is that Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala always makes a means for us to get closer to Him.

Our discussing with each other is done only to please Allah azza wa jaal - and that is by loving and remembering His seal of prophethood and leader of prophets and all of humanity, Prophet Muhammad (saws). Just by us showing adab for each other is bringing a blessing. Look at how we can discuss with each other in such a peaceful manner?

Wassalaam.

I appreciate your response a lot, jazak-Allah.

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^ dont always push the discussion to one side....
the argument was that ppl shud not pray to such things....

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it was dark brown.

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As Salaamu 'Alaiykum armughal,

The topic is a discussion on the hair of the prophet (saws). Don't always try to make topic into a discussion of your choosing. I answered questions as per someone asking how do people even have the hair of the prophet (saws). And at the same time, those evident proofs from the ahadith I posted above also show the great merits, blessings, rewards from having them...

It could be that you are confusing people who seek the blessings of the prophet's (saws) hairs with worshipping them - this is impossible as anyone who seeks the blessings of his (saws) hair refers to him as Rasul-Allah thereby confirming the Rasul (saws) and the al-Rabb, Allah azza wa jaal.

May I ask, why are you hammerheaded in talking about shirk so much when i've shown that maybe you could broaden your understanding of getting tabarruk from the prophet's (saws) relics and that now you can see that even the Ashab al-Kiram used the prophet's (saws) as a means of healing and benefit full of blessings? That's not shirk, or do you think it is?

This thread is about the hair of the prophet as per its name, not about worshipping it. Maybe you're the one who is talking about one side?

Wassalaam.

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YSM,

The Prophets of Allah (pbut) never did anything that was not dictated to them by Allah :swt:…

Hz. Musa :as: did not part the sea by himself…It was Allah :swt:'s will…

Hz. Eesa :as: did not raise the dead by himself…It was Allah :swt:'s will…

Similarly, all the examples you give like the saliva, minbar e.t.c. were to have certain qualities because of Allah :swt:'s will…Not because they belonged to the Holy Prophet (saw)…

To believe that the Holy Prophet (saw)'s hair might have some miraculous quality is tantamount to shirk…

As for the Taboot-e-Sakina, which contains the relics of the Prophets (pbut), it has that quality because of Allah (swt)…Not because they belonged to the Prophets (pbut)…

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You just answered your own dilemma.

Now answer this question, does Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala manifest Himself and communicate directly Himself to us? Do you see Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala or talk to him or does he talk to you?

No, he is hidden and we will never be able to relate him as being manifest within creation because He azza wa jaal is The Creator.

So now that is OBVIOUS why we seek the blessings of Rasul-Allah because as the prophet (saws) is Allah's subhanahu wa ta 'ala representative on Earth, you have to go through Rasul-Allah (saws), I mean what more do you want, I've talked and showed you proofs for this over and over again. Nothing is independent of Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala and no one thinks that seeking the means of Rasul-Allah's (saws) is done independently. Don't you understand this already????? It's been discussed soo many times, Rasul-Allah (saws) is a means to Allah azza wa jaal and it pleases Allah (swt) that we are doing this and so we are rewarded by it.

If you don't know anything about carpentry, are you going to build a room by yourself or get a carpenter's help who can build that room for you? If you are sick, you go to a doctor who can give you treatment for your sickness. Allah cured you through the means of that doctor's help. Is this shirk too then???

An apple tree is one of Allah's subhanahu wa ta 'ala creations. If you eat the apples that grow off of that tree because it gives you good health and well being or nourishment, do you think someone is worshipping that tree and think that it is independent of Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala?? I think you're thinking too hard, take it easy man.

It's not that hard to understand Lajawab. If you can't get that and still think that even after learning that Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala orders us to seek the means of Rasul-Allah (saws) and he himself taught his Ashab al-Kiram how to seek his means through his relics, how is that shirk? Doing anything in your life whether it be buying a car simply to fulfill yourself and not for another purpose ie. to drive to work to earn money so that you may provide for your family which is done by you to please Allah azza wa jaal, then that is even a form of shirk. So what is your point? There is no one who thinks that it is independent of Allah azza wa jaal, this is your own idea and paranoia.

What is it with the obsession with the words shirk, kufr, bidah these days??? Does anyone know any other words? you guys don't stop even though the answer is clear as the light of day.

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The Quran speaks of a nation of Bani Israel who did things to please Allah :swt:…

Those things were not mandated by Allah :swt:…So, they kept thinking that they were doing something that would please Allah :swt: while in reality it lead them outside of their faith to their destruction…

That is why we have a blatant obsession with the words Shirk, Kufr, Bida’a e.t.c…These are serious things and make the difference between success and destruction…

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You are confusing concepts in Islam and placing them into categories of shirk, kufr, and bid'ah when they have no relation to these categories.

That's misleading what you say about Bani Israel. They thought they had Allah's subhanahu wa ta 'ala favour and thought that Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala would be pleased with them no matter what they did, and what they did was that they started to become arrogant and starting fulfilling their nafs and their egos. And the other thing that destroyed them which is the obvious reason for their downfall is related to their arrogance and ego's, because they rejected the commandments of all the prophets that kept beign sent to them to correct them by Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala. This means, rejection of the commands of their prophets, forget about changing, they FORGED, MADE UP the Taurat most parts of it. Seeking the means of the prophet (saws) are not MADE UP and FORED brother. Wrong comparison.

So you believe tawassul and tabarruk and Shifa'a of Rasul-Allah (saws) are changes to Islam, obviously, even through numerous evident facts in the ahadith and Qur'an as to its premissibility since the time of rasul-Allah (saws) and his companions (ra'anhum) and the righteous ones who came after them the Tabi'in and Taba tabi'in. So Qadi Iyad's Ash-Shifa'a is wrong it's shirk, Hadhrat Bilal ibn Harith al-Habshi (ra) committed shirk by asking the prophet (saws) at his grave for rain, that Hadhrat Abu Talha (ra) worshipped the hair of rasul-Allah when he (saws) gave him his blessed hair. That when Hadhrat Hasan ibn Thabit (ra) praised the prophet's birth (saws) on the battlefield that he was committing bid'ah....the list goes on brother.

You are trying to relate Bani Israil and their killing and downplaying of the prophets that came to them, to that of Muslims who seek the means of the Prophet in order to gain Allah's Jalla Jalalu pleasure? What nonsense.

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I do respect Prophet"s(saw) hair or tooth etc.................but I have that much believe in Allah that I know He can put shifa into anything.....Allah does'nt need Prophet's hair to cure people.
Allah sent down Prophets for the guidance of people .........that was the purpose.
Why did you say that we can't communicate to Allah directly..........Where did you get it from?
When we read salat........don't you think that this is a way to communicate with Allah?

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My point is that Allah azza wa jaal does not speak to us, we cannot hear him or hold a conversation with Him (Jalla Jalalu).

This is what I meant. That is why since Rasul-Allah (saws) is Allah's (swt) most beloved of all of creation, that by seeking the tabarruk of his athar is a way of finding closeness to Allah (swt). it is through his (saws) life and spirit of blessings that we want Allah Almighty to be pleased with us. Not because we naudhubillah are forgetting His (swt) intevention in all things in creation.

Just look at the Malaika (angels). Allah (swt) uses them to send messages to people and send blessings upon people consistently for the entire time of creation since the inception of humanity until its end in this dunya. Allah (swt) does not need the Mala'ika to carry out this work as an intermediary between al-Insaan (humans) and al-Khaliq (The Creator) Allah (swt). But He (saws) of His Wisdom does. This is why I keep stressing the point that no matter how hard you try, everything in this life is comprised of help of someone or something else, or something of yourself. ie. your hands help you eat, your car is used to drive you somewhere, a man stops you from driving down a certain street because it could cause you an accident, a friend advises you to not walk down those step of stairs because it is dangerous in those types of shoes and you could fall and hurt yourself. Or vice versa in which you ask help through something else, the unseen, ask Allah (swt) to send you angels to help you, such as when you read Ayat al-Kursi once upon leaving your home, Allah (swt) send 70,000 of his angels to protect your home and everyone that is outside of your home until you return back to your home. Of course everything is by the mercy and bounty of Allah the Almighty, but there is always an intermediary step. If you want to seek the blessings derived through the prophet's (saws) relics, you may, because it is very much possible.

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Hareem01,

Allah (swt) does not need any of His creation. We need Him. You see the order of things is different, we need His prophet, we need the blessings of His prophet's (saws) blessed hairs I mean you may not but many of us feel that it is there for us as a blessing so we should seek it out, and as you've seen through such authenticated ahadith, the Ashab al-Kiram did. It cured some of them to keep these hairs in water. There are blessings there whether we deny it or not. Whether you decide to seek them out is entirely up to you. There is no wajib in doing this.

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I have to rest...talk to you soon.

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I don't disagree with you.........yes If we love the tabbaruk bcoz that belongs to our beloved Prophet(saw) and we think we can be close to Allah by loving it.....there is nothing wrong in it.....But I think that is'nt the only way to GET Allah's closeness........Though we can't hear or see Allah but we believe that He's all hearing all seeing..