Whoever does so has done well, and whoever does not, there is no blame on him." (123) An odd number is three in each eye, and it is said: three in the right and two in the left, so that the odd number is achieved in both eyes together.
Al-Khallal narrated with his chain of narration from Abd Allah ibn al-Mughaffal, who said: The Messenger of Allah forbade grooming except occasionally. (124) Ahmad said: Its meaning is that one should oil oneself one day and not the next. Ahmad used to admire perfume because the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) loved perfume and perfumed himself often.
Section: It is narrated from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) that he cursed the one who adds false hair and the one who asks for it to be added, the one who plucks facial hair and the one who asks for it to be plucked, and the one who files teeth and the one who asks for them to be filed. (125) These practices are prohibited because the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) cursed those who perform them, and it is not permissible to curse the one who performs a permissible act.
(123) Reported by Abu Dawud, in: The Book of Concealment while Relieving Oneself, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/8. And by Ibn Majah, in: The Book of Seeking a Place for Excrement and Urine, from the Book of Purification, and in the chapter: Whoever Applies Kohl in an Odd Number, from the Book of Medicine. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/121, 2/1157. And by al-Darimi, in: The Book of Concealment during Necessity, from the Book of Ablution. Sunan al-Darimi 1/169, 170. Its beginning was reported by Imam Ahmad, in: The Musnad 1/351, 356. And similar to it in: 4/156. (124) Reported by Abu Dawud, in: The Beginning of the Book of Grooming. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/394. And by al-Tirmidhi, in: The Book of What is Mentioned Regarding the Prohibition of Grooming Except Occasionally, from the Chapters on Dress. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 7/258. And by al-Nasa'i, in: The Book of Grooming Occasionally, from the Book of Adornment. Al-Mujtaba 8/114. And by Imam Ahmad, in: The Musnad 4/86. (125) Reported by al-Bukhari, in: The Book of Those Who File Their Teeth for Beauty, the Chapter on Those Who Pluck Facial Hair, the Chapter on Joining Hair, the Chapter on the Joined Hair, and the Chapter on the Tattooed, from the Book of Dress. Sahih al-Bukhari 7/212-214. And by Muslim, in: The Book of the Prohibition of the Acts of the One Who Adds False Hair and the One Who Asks for it, from the Book of Dress. Sahih Muslim 3/1676-1678. And by Abu Dawud, in: The Book of Joining Hair, from the Book of Grooming. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/396. And by al-Tirmidhi, in: The Book of What is Mentioned Regarding Joining Hair, from the Chapters on Dress, and in: The Book of What is Mentioned Regarding the One Who Adds False Hair, the One Who Asks for it, the Tattooer, and the One Who Asks to be Tattooed, from the Chapters on Etiquette. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 7/262, 10/233. And by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapters on the One Who Adds Hair, the One Who Asks for it, Those Who Pluck Facial Hair, the Tattooers, Those Who File Their Teeth, and the Cursing of these acts, from the Book of Adornment. Al-Mujtaba 8/125-128, 163, 164. And by Ibn Majah, in: The Book of the One Who Adds Hair and the Tattooer, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/639, 640. And by al-Darimi, in: The Book of the One Who Adds Hair and the One Who Asks for it, from the Book of Seeking Permission. Sunan al-Darimi 2/279, 280. And by Imam Ahmad, in: The Musnad 1/415, 417, 434, 443, 454, 465, 2/339, 6/111, 228, 250, 257, 345, 346, 353.
