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Ka`b bin 'Ujra said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him (Ka`b), "Perhaps your lice have troubled you?"
Ka`b replied, "Yes! O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Have your head shaved and then either
fast three days or feed six poor persons or slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 27, Hadith 9
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When `Abdullah bin `Umar set out for Mecca with the intentions performing `Umra in the period of
afflictions, he said, "If I should be prevented from reaching the Ka`ba, then I would do the same as we
did while in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ." So, he assumed the Ihram for `Umra since the Prophet (ﷺ)
had assumed the Ihram for `Umra in the year of Al-Hudaibiya. Then `Abdullah bin `Umar thought
about it and said, "The conditions for both Hajj and `Umra are similar." He then turned towards his
companions and said, "The conditions of both Hajj and `Umra are similar and I make you witnesses
that I have made the performance of Hajj obligatory for myself along with `Umra." He then performed
one Tawaf (between As-Safa and Al-Marwa) for both of them (i.e. Hajj and (`Umra) and considered
that to be sufficient for him and offered a Hadi.
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood beside me at Al-Hudaibiya and the lice were falling from my head in great
number. He asked me, "Have your lice troubled you?" I replied in the affirmative. He ordered me to
get my head shaved. Ka`b added, "This Holy Verse:--'And if any of you is ill, or has ailment in his
scalp (2.196), etc. was revealed regarding me. "The Prophet (ﷺ) then ordered me either to fast three days,
or to feed six poor persons with one Faraq (three Sas) (of dates), or to slaughter a sheep, etc.
(sacrifice) whatever was available.