Another explanation of the meaning of the hadith (He forbade combing the hair every other day).
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Al-‘Awaisheh: I recall that you explained that “ghaba” does not mean one day after another, but rather that there is a gap, a gap meaning between.
The Shaykh: Take your time, how do you mean a gap?
Al-‘Awaisheh: I mean he does not continue with the constant combing, for example, he might comb for two days and leave three, or comb for three days and leave some?
The Shaykh: One day.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I do not know of this!
The questioner: I heard it from you.
Another questioner: In your house, Shaykh, on the veranda.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: He was coming from Dubai and we discussed this matter in your house.
The Shaykh: No, what concerns us is the word “ghaba”!
The questioner: I said it means to alternate, not on a single rhythm, I did not use a single rhythm, one day or one day no, one day or one day no, it alternates, two days like this, three days like that. The point is that he should be aware of the Prophetic command that he sometimes leaves it, intentionally leaving it so that he benefits from this hadith.
The Shaykh: By Allah, it is possible that I am referring to a hadith, but this meaning in my mind seems old. Do you have anything referring to this in the language? Take your time a little so we can see what references he has.
Ali Hasan: *Al-Mu'jam al-Wasit*.
The Shaykh: Bring it.
The questioner: You quoted the words of al-Sindi, as I recall, in *Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah*, and it seems that in the word “the last of the speech” it is not intended, or something like that, meaning that this meaning is in it, and I recall that.
The Shaykh: How do you mean it is intended or not intended? Is it not intended?
The questioner: Perhaps it means committing to one day, yes, and one day no, and I only understood from this last statement that is in it.
Ali Hasan: Our Shaykh, I have nothing.
The Shaykh: In any case, let us see now.
The Shaykh: Take your time, how do you mean a gap?
Al-‘Awaisheh: I mean he does not continue with the constant combing, for example, he might comb for two days and leave three, or comb for three days and leave some?
The Shaykh: One day.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I do not know of this!
The questioner: I heard it from you.
Another questioner: In your house, Shaykh, on the veranda.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: He was coming from Dubai and we discussed this matter in your house.
The Shaykh: No, what concerns us is the word “ghaba”!
The questioner: I said it means to alternate, not on a single rhythm, I did not use a single rhythm, one day or one day no, one day or one day no, it alternates, two days like this, three days like that. The point is that he should be aware of the Prophetic command that he sometimes leaves it, intentionally leaving it so that he benefits from this hadith.
The Shaykh: By Allah, it is possible that I am referring to a hadith, but this meaning in my mind seems old. Do you have anything referring to this in the language? Take your time a little so we can see what references he has.
Ali Hasan: *Al-Mu'jam al-Wasit*.
The Shaykh: Bring it.
The questioner: You quoted the words of al-Sindi, as I recall, in *Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah*, and it seems that in the word “the last of the speech” it is not intended, or something like that, meaning that this meaning is in it, and I recall that.
The Shaykh: How do you mean it is intended or not intended? Is it not intended?
The questioner: Perhaps it means committing to one day, yes, and one day no, and I only understood from this last statement that is in it.
Ali Hasan: Our Shaykh, I have nothing.
The Shaykh: In any case, let us see now.
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