ibn Jubayr, from ʿAlī, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a large head and beard, thick palms and feet, well-set joints, and a long fine line of hair running down his chest.”

A report of the same purport was related by Shurayk, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from Nāfiʿ ibn Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim, from ʿAlī, with the wording: “He had a large head and a splendid beard.”

Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr said: Nūḥ ibn Qays narrated to us; he said: Khālid ibn Khālid al-Tamīmī narrated to us, from Yūsuf ibn Māzin al-Rāsibī, that a man asked ʿAlī, “Describe the Prophet ﷺ for us.” He replied, “He was fair-skinned with a rosy hue, large-headed, radiant of countenance, broad-browed, and his eyelashes were long.”

Jarīr ibn Ḥāzim said: Qatādah narrated to us. He said: Anas was asked about the Prophet’s hair ﷺ, and he answered, “It was neither perfectly straight nor tightly curled; it fell between his ears and his shoulders.” Agreed upon.

Hammām reported, from Qatādah, from Anas: “The hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would touch his shoulders.” Al-Bukhārī.

Ḥumayd reported from Anas: “It reached midway down his ears.” Muslim.

I say: The various descriptions can be reconciled.

Maʿmar narrated, from Thābit, from Anas: “It reached his earlobes.” Abū Dāwūd in the Sunan.

Shuʿbah said: Abū Isḥāq informed us, saying: I heard al-Barāʾ say, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was of medium height, broad across the shoulders, and his hair reached his earlobes,”