Madani pearls about applying oil and combing hair

Let’s listen to the Sunan and manners of applying oil and combing hair:

1.         Sayyiduna Anas رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has said that the Holy Nabi صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰى عَـلَيْهِ وَاٰلِـهٖ وَسَـلَّم would often oil the blessed head and comb the blessed beard and often put the cloth over blessed head, even that cloth used to remain dampened with oil. (Ash-Shumaail-ul-Muhammadiyyah, pp. 40 ,Hadees 32)

It has become obvious that the use of ‘Sarband^[1]’ is Sunnah, Islamic brothers should wear a small piece of cloth over their heads whenever they oil their heads, by this, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ cloth cap and turban will remain protected from the oiliness to a large extent.

Sayyiduna Naafi’ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated: Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا used to oil [his hair] twice a day. (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 6, pp. 117)

Before applying the oil, recite ﴿بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡـمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ﴾ and pour some oil onto the palm of left hand out of the bottle etc., then first oil the eyebrow of right eye, then of left eye, then eyelashes of right eye, then of left eye, and then oil hair. If oiling beard, begin with the hair grown between lower lip and chin.

Women must hide the hairs that fall while combing or washing, so that no stranger (i.e. the person to whom Nikah is not Haraam forever) could see them. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, part 16, pp. 449)

Begin with the right side while combing. Umm-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی عَـنْـهَا has said: The Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم liked to begin doing everything with the right side even wearing shoes, combing, and attaining purity. (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 1, pp. 81, Hadees 168)