حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلی الله عليه وسلم کَانَ يُسْدِلُ شَعَرَهُ وَکَانَ الْمُشْرِکُونَ يَفْرِقُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ وَکَانَ أَهْلُ الْکِتَابِ يُسْدِلُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ وَکَانَ يُحِبُّ مُوَافَقَةَ أَهْلِ الْکِتَابِ فِيمَا لَمْ يُؤْمَرْ فِيهِ بِشَيْئٍ ثُمَّ فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله عليه وسلم رَأْسَهُ
شمائل المحمدية / شمائل ترمزی · Hadith 29
Ibne Abbas R.A. says: "Rasulullah (SAW) used to leave his hair the way it naturally was, without making a path in the hair (parting hair). The reason being that the mushrikeen (polytheists) used to make a path in their hair, and the Ahlul Kitaab (People of the Book) did not do so. In the early periods Rasulullah (SAW) preferred to follow the Ahlul Kitaab, rather than others, in matters where no command had came from Allah. Later this was abrogated, and Rasulullah (SAW) began apposing the ways of the Ahlul Kitaab after this".
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020