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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

and those who pluck the eyebrows, and those who file their teeth to create gaps for beauty, thereby altering Allah’s creation?”

He answered, “And why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed, when it is in the Book of Allah?”

She said, “By Allah, I have read everything that lies between the two covers of the Muṣḥaf, yet I have not found it. (1)

Abū ʿUbayd al-Ājurī said: Abū Dāwūd narrated to us; they related to us from al-Ashjaʿī, from Sufyān, from Manṣūr, from Ibrāhīm, who said:

“They used to think that much of Abū Hurayrah’s hadith was abrogated.”

I say: In reality, a great many of his reports were abrogating, for he accepted Islam on the nights of the conquest of Khaybar. Compared with the knowledge he carried from the Prophet ﷺ, the proportion of abrogating and abrogated material is but a small fraction. He was among the foremost imams of ijtihād (independent juristic reasoning) and of those qualified to issue fatwās—may Allah have mercy on him. Sound Sunnah texts are not rejected on the strength of mere assertions.

Abū Dāwūd said: Ibn Abī al-Sarī narrated to us; Yūnus ibn Bukayr related to us, from al-Aʿmash, who said:

“I never saw anyone quicker to set aside a hadith he had not personally heard than Ibrāhīm.”

It was said that when Ibrāhīm was on his deathbed he fell into intense anxiety. Someone spoke to him about this, and he said:

“What peril could be greater than the one I am in? I am expecting a messenger to arrive from my Lord, bearing either Paradise or the Fire. By Allah, I would wish that it remained choking in my throat until the Day of Resurrection. (2)"

(1) Reported by al-Bukhari, Sahih, 10/313–314, Book of Dress, chapters: “Women who create a gap between their teeth for beauty,” “Women who pluck eyebrows,” “Women who join hair,” and “Women who get tattooed.” Also in Muslim, Sahih, no. 2125, Book of Dress and Adornment, chapter on the prohibition of the *wasila* (woman who attaches hair) and the *mustawsila* (woman who has hair attached). Muslim adds: Ibn Masud said, “By Allah, if you would recite, you would find it: ‘So take whatever the Messenger gives you, and refrain from whatever he forbids you’ (al-Hashr 59:7).” *Washm* (tattooing): a woman pricks the back of her hand and wrist with a needle or awl until small holes appear, then fills them with kohl, indigo, or *nanur*—soot produced by burning fat—leaving a blue or green mark. *Namisa*: a woman who beautifies others by *nams*, i.e., plucking facial hair. *Mutafallijat*: women who artificially create *falaj*—a gap between the teeth that some people have naturally. (Lisan al-Arab) (2) Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-Ayan, 1/25.

وَالمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ، وَالمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ، المُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا لِيَ لاَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ. فَقَالَتْ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيِ المُصْحَفِ، فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ (١) . قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ الآجُرِّيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثُوْنَا عَنِ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُوْرٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ، قَالَ: كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ كَثِيْراً مِنْ حَدِيْثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مَنْسُوْخٌ. قُلْتُ: وَكَانَ كَثِيْرٌ مِنْ حَدِيْثِهِ نَاسِخاً، لأَنَّ إِسْلاَمَهُ لَيَالِيَ فَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ، وَالنَّاسِخُ وَالمَنْسُوْخُ فِي جَنْبِ مَا حَمَلَ مِنَ العِلْمِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَزْرٌ قَلِيْلٌ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الاجْتِهَادِ، وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الفَتْوَى ﵁ فَالسُّنَنُ الثَّابِتَةُ لاَ تُرَدُّ بِالدَّعَاوَى. قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُوْنُسُ بنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً أَرَدَّ لِحَدِيْثٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ. وَقِيْلَ: إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ لَمَّا احْتُضِرَ، جَزِعَ جَزَعاً شَدِيْداً، فَقِيْلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: وَأَيُّ خَطَرٍ أَعْظَمُ مِمَّا أَنَا فِيْهِ، أَتَوَقَّعُ رَسُوْلاً يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ رَبِّي، إِمَّا بِالجَنَّةِ، وَإِمَّا بِالنَّارِ، وَاللهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّهَا تَلَجْلَجُ فِي حَلْقِي إِلَى يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ (٢) .

(١) أخرجه البخاري ١٠ / ٣١٣، ٣١٤ في اللباس باب المتفلجات للحسن، وباب المتنمصات، وباب الموصولة، وباب المستوشمة، ومسلم (٢١٢٥) في اللباس والزينة باب تحريم فعل الواصلة والمستوصلة وفيه زيادة: " قال ابن مسعود: والله لئن قرأتيه لقد وجدتيه (وما آتاكم الرسول فخذوه وما نهاكم عنه فانتهوا) [الحشر: ٧] . والوشم هو أن تغرز المرأة ظهر كفها ومعصمها بإبرة أو بمسلة حتى تؤثر فيه، ثم تحشوه بالكحل أو النيل أو بالنؤور - والنؤور دخان الشحم - فيزرق أثره أو يخضر. والنامصة التي تزين النساء بالنمص وهو نتف الشعر من الوجه. والمتفلجات: من الفلج وهو تباعد ما بين الأسنان، يكون خلقة. والمتفلجات هن اللاتي يفعلن ذلك ويتكلفنه - اه. (لسان) . (٢) وفيات الأعيان ١ / ٢٥.