Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

because imitating the disbelievers is prohibited. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them” (1). Accordingly, if we see someone who has shaved part of his head, we should instruct him to shave all of it; thereafter, he should be instructed either to shave it all or to leave it all.

Among the recommended acts of ablution are:

His statement, “Among the recommended acts of ablution”: sunan is the plural of sunnah, and it may refer to a way or practice: the sayings, actions, and tacit approvals of the Messenger ﷺ. In this sense, there is no distinction between what is obligatory and what is recommended: an obligation may be called a sunnah, and a recommended act may likewise be called a sunnah.

An example of an obligation is Anas’s statement: “It is from the sunnah that, if a man marries a virgin after having married a previously married woman, he stays with her for seven nights” (2).

An example of a recommended act is the hadith of Ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him: “Aligning the feet and placing one hand over the other are from the sunnah” (3).

As for the jurists and scholars of legal theory, may Allah Most High have mercy on them, it refers to that which is not obligatory; that is, what has been commanded without being binding.

(1) Reported by Ahmad, 2:50, and Abu Dawud, Book of Dress, chapter: “On Wearing Clothing of Ostentation,” no. 4031, on the authority of Ibn Umar, with a chain of transmission concerning which Ibn Taymiyyah said: “This is a good chain of transmission, for Ibn Abi Shaybah, Abu al-Nadr, and Hassan ibn Atiyyah are well-known, eminent, trustworthy narrators among the transmitters of the two Sahihs. Indeed, they are too eminent for there to be any need to say that they are among the transmitters of the two Sahihs.” See al-Iqtida, p. 82. (2) Reported by al-Bukhari, Book of Marriage, chapter: “When One Marries a Virgin While Already Married to a Previously Married Woman,” no. 5213; and Muslim, Book of Breastfeeding, chapter: “The Length of Stay to Which a Virgin and a Previously Married Woman Are Entitled After the Wedding,” no. 1461. (3) Reported by Abu Dawud, Book of Prayer, chapter: “Placing the Right Hand over the Left in Prayer,” no. 754. Al-Nawawi said: “Abu Dawud reported it with a sound chain of transmission.” Al-Khulasah, no. 1091.
لأن التشبُّه بالكُفَّار محرَّمٌ، قال النبيُّ ﷺ: «من تَشَبَّه بقومٍ فهو منهم» (١)، وعلى هذا فإذا رأينا شخصاً قَزَّع رأسه فإِننا نأمره بحلق رأسه كلِّه، ثم يُؤمر بعد ذلك إِمَّا بحلقهِ كلِّه أو تركه كلِّه. وَمِنْ سُنَن الوُضُوءِ: قوله: «ومن سُنن الوُضُوء»، السُّنَنَ جمع سُنَّة، وتُطلق على الطَّريقة، وهي أقوال الرَّسول ﷺ وأفعاله وتقريراته، ولا فرق في هذا بين الواجب والمستحبِّ، فالواجب يُقال له: سُنَّة، والمستحبُّ يُقال له: سُنَّة. مثال الواجب: قول أنس: «من السُّنَّة إِذا تزوَّجَ البكرَ على الثيِّب أقام عندها سبعاً» (٢). ومثال المستحبِّ: حديثُ ابن الزبير ﵁: «صَفُّ القدمين، ووضْعُ اليد على اليد من السُّنَّة» (٣). وأمَّا عند الفقهاء والأصوليين رحمهم الله تعالى: فهي ما سوى الواجب؛ أي: الذي أُمِرَ به لا على سبيل الإِلزام.
(١) رواه أحمد (٢/ ٥٠)، وأبو داود، كتاب اللباس: باب في لبس الشهرة، رقم (٤٠٣١) عن ابن عمر، بإِسنادٍ قال فيه ابنُ تيمية: «وهذا إِسناد جيد، فإِن ابن أبي شيبة، وأبا النضر، وحسان بن عطية ثقات مشاهير أجلاء من رجال الصحيحين، وهم أجلُّ من أن يُحتاج أن يُقال: هم من رجال الصحيحين». انظر: «الاقتضاء» (٨٢). (٢) رواه البخاري، كتاب النكاح: باب إِذا تزوج البكر على الثيب، رقم (٥٢١٣)، ومسلم، كتاب الرضاع: باب قدر ما تستحقه البكر والثيب من إِقامة الزوج عندها عقب الزفاف، رقم (١٤٦١). (٣) رواه أبو داود، كتاب الصلاة: باب وضع اليُمنى على اليسرى في الصلاة، رقم (٧٥٤). قال النووي: «رواه أبو داود بإِسناد حسن». «الخلاصة» رقم (١٠٩١).

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