حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مُغِيرَةُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ کَعْبُ بْنُ عُجْرَةَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَفِيَّ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَإِيَّايَ عَنَی بِهَا فَمَنْ کَانَ مِنْکُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِ أَذًی مِنْ رَأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُکٍ قَالَ کُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَنَحْنُ مُحْرِمُونَ وَقَدْ حَصَرَنَا الْمُشْرِکُونَ وَکَانَتْ لِي وَفْرَةٌ فَجَعَلَتْ الْهَوَامُّ تَسَاقَطُ عَلَی وَجْهِي فَمَرَّ بِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ کَأَنَّ هَوَامَّ رَأْسِکَ تُؤْذِيکَ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاحْلِقْ وَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ الصِّيَامُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَالطَّعَامُ لِسِتَّةِ مَسَاکِينَ وَالنُّسُکُ شَاةٌ فَصَاعِدًا
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2973
Narrated Mujahid: that Ka'b bin 'Ujrah said: By the one in Whose Hand is my soul! This Ayah was revealed referring to my case: 'And whosoever of you is ill or has an ailment on his scalp (necessitating shaving) he must pay Fidyah of either fasting or giving charity, or a sacrifice. (2:196)' He said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at Al-Hudaibiyyah and we were in a state of Ihram. The idolaters had held us back, and I had a good deal of hair, and the lice were falling on my face. The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me and said: 'The lice on your head are bothering you?' He said: I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then shave.' And this Ayah was revealed. Mujahid said: The fasting is for three days, the feeding is six needy people, and the sacrifice is a sheep or more.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020