Question

What is the meaning of the Hadith below?

نهى رسول الله صلي الله عليه و سلم عن القزع

Translation: Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) prohibited from qaza’ (a way of cutting the hair).

In the above Hadith, the word qaza’ is used. What is the meaning of this word? To shave some parts and leave some parts or to merely have some parts of the hair shorter than other parts?

Answer

The Muhaddithun explain qaza’ to mean shaving some part of the head and not shaving other parts of the head.

(Al Fa-iq of Zamakhshari -rahimahullah-, vol. 3, pg. 189 and An Nihayah of Ibnul Athir -rahimahullah-, vol. 2, pg. 451)

For the reasons for impermissibility of the wedge/mushroom cut, kindly refer to a Mufti or Darul Ifta.

 

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Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

الفائق في غريب الحديث: (٣/ ١٨٩)
قزع:
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم – نهى عن القزع – وروى: عن القنازع.
يحلق الرأس ويترك شعر متفرق في مواضع، فذلك الشعر قزع وقنازع، الواحد قزعة وقنزعة، إذا فعل به ذلك، ومنه القزع من السحاب، ونون القنزعة مزيدة وزنها فنعلة، ونحوها عنصوة، يقال: لم يبق من شعره إلا قنزعة وعنصوة، ولا يبعد أن تكون عنصوة مشتقة من شق العصا، وهو التفريق فتكون أختا لقنزعة من الجهات الثلاث: الوزن والمعنى والاشتقاق.

النهاية في غريب الحديث والأثر: (٢/ ٤٥١)
ومنه الحديث: «أنه نهى عن القزع» هو أن يحلق رأس الصبي ويترك منه مواضع متفرقة غير محلوقة، تشبيها بقزع السحاب. وقد تكرر ذكر الجميع في الحديث مفردا ومجموعا.


Moulana Suhail Motala


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