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Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن حُميد بن عبد الرحمن: أنه سمع معاوية رضي الله عنه عام حَجَّ على المِنْبَر، وتناول قُصَّة من شَعْرٍ كانت في يَدِ حَرَسِيٍّ، فقال: يا أهل المدينة أين عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ؟! سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْهَى عن مثل هذه، ويقول: «إنما هَلَكَت بَنُو إسرائيل حين اتَّخَذَهَا نساؤُهُم».
Humayad ibn ‘Abdur-Rahmān ibn ‘Awf (may Allah have mercy upon him) tells this story. In the year he made pilgrimage, Mu‘āwiyah was on the pulpit with a tangled lock of hair in his hand. He took it from one of his guards and said: ''O people of Madīnah, where are your scholars?'' With this rhetorical question, he meant to show disapproval of their inaction toward evildoing. He told them that he heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say that Allah, the Almighty, destroyed the Children of Israel when their women started using hair extensions. Indeed, they were all ruined because of their approval of evil, in addition to their committing other prohibitions.
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