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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الترجل
Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قَالَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ هَانِئٍ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَلَهُ أَرْبَعُ غَدَائِرَ تَعْنِي عَقَائِصَ .
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to Mecca and he had four plaits of hair.
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- Hadith 4200
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- Hadith 4199
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