Question

Kindly provide the reference and authenticity of the following narration:

Ibn Sirin (rahimahullah) has said: “I said to ‘Abidah (rahimahullah): ‘We have some of the hair of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) which we got from Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) or from his family.’

‘Abidah (rahimahullah) replied. “No doubt if I had a single strand of that [hair], it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in it.”

Answer

Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration on the authority of Ibn Sirin (rahimahullah). Therefore, it is authentic.

(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 170)

And Allah Ta’ala knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Farhan Shariff

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar,

It is important to note, that attributing anything to Nabi (sallallahu’alayhi wa sallam) needs proper verification. This applies to even a single strand of hair…

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صحيح البخاري:
(١٧٠) – حدثنا مالك بن إسماعيل، قال: حدثنا إسرائيل، عن عاصم، عن ابن سيرين، قال: قلت لعبيدة: «عندنا من شعر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، أصبناه من قبل أنس، أو من قبل أهل أنس» فقال: «لأن تكون عندي شعرة منه أحب إلي من الدنيا وما فيها».