Daily Hadith (Friday 17th May 2024)
From: Imam Malik's Muwatta
Chapter No. 20, Hajj
Hadith No: 20
Narrated/Authority of
Chapter No. 20, Hajj
Hadith No: 20
Narrated/Authority of
Yahya related to me from Malik from as-Salt ibn Zubayd from more than one of his family that Umar ibn al-Khattab discovered the smell of perfume while he was at ash-Shajara. Kathir ibn as-Salt was at his side, and Umar asked, "Who is this smell of perfume coming from?", and Kathir said, "From me, amir al-muminin. I matted my hair with perfume and I intended not to shave it." Umar said, "Go to a sharaba and rub your head until it is clean," and Kathir did so.
Malik explained, "A sharaba is the ditch at the base of a date-palm."
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