Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 2889

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ - وَهَذَا حَدِيثُهُ - عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَالْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ أَنَّهُمَا اخْتَلَفَا بِالأَبْوَاءِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ. وَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ لاَ يَغْسِلُ الْمُحْرِمُ رَأْسَهُ. فَأَرْسَلَنِى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى أَبِى أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِىِّ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَغْتَسِلُ بَيْنَ الْقَرْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ يَسْتَتِرُ بِثَوْبٍ - قَالَ - فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا فَقُلْتُ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حُنَيْنٍ أَرْسَلَنِى إِلَيْكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَوَضَعَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ - رضى الله عنه - يَدَهُ عَلَى الثَّوْبِ فَطَأْطَأَهُ حَتَّى بَدَا لِى رَأْسُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لإِنْسَانٍ يَصُبُّ اصْبُبْ. فَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ حَرَّكَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُهُ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَفْعَلُ.

It was narrated from Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Hunain , from his father, that Abdullah bin Abbas and Al-Miswar bin Makhramah had a difference of opinion while in Al-Abwa. Abdullah bin Abbas said: “The Muhrim may wash his head,” and Al-Miswar said: “The Muhrim may not wash his head.” Ibn Abbas sent me to Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari to ask him about that, and I found him washing himself between the two poles of a well, screened with a cloth. I greeted him with Salam, and he said: “Who is this?” I said: “Abdullah bin Hunain.” Abdullah bin Abbas has sent me to you to ask you how the Messenger of Allah (SAW) used to wash his head while he was in Ihram. Abu Ayyub [may Allah be pleased with them] put his hand on the cloth and lowered it until his head became visible, then he said to the person who was pouring water for him: “Pour some water.” He poured it onto his head, and then he rubbed his head with his hands, moving them forwards and backwards. Then he said: “this is what I saw him (SAW) doing.”