Hadith #61

Arabic Text

English Translation

Ishaq ibn 'Isa narrated to us, Ibrahim, meaning Ibn Sa'd, narrated to me, from al-Zuhri. And Ya'qub said: my father narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, from 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah, from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما), who said: The polytheists used to part their hair, while the People of the Book used to let their hair hang down. Ya'qub said: their hair. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked and preferred to follow the People of the Book. Ya'qub said: in matters about which he had not been commanded. Ishaq said: in what he had not been commanded regarding. So he let his forelock hang down, then he parted it afterward.