· I will recite ‘بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡـمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ’ and then apply oil to my head (and beard) according to the Sunnaĥ.[1]
· I will use oil to prevent my hair from dandruff. C I will get help from the freshness and the strength (it gives to my mind and memory) to learn the rulings of the Islamic Sharī’aĥ.
· Reciting ‘بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡـمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ’, I will comb the tangled hair of my head and beard, abiding by the order given in Ḥadīš. C I will act upon the Sunnaĥ of parting my hair in the middle.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
· In obedience to the holy Sunnaĥ, I will tie the blessed ‘Imāmaĥ (turban) on a white topee (a type of cap)[2] reciting ‘بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡـمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ’ standing and facing towards the Qiblaĥ.
[1] When the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم applied oil, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would first pour some onto his left palm, then he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would first rub some on both his eyebrows, then both eyes and then his blessed head. (Al-Jāmi’-uṣ-Ṣaghīr, pp. 407, Ḥadīš 6543) When the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم applied oil to his blessed beard he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم began from the hair between his blessed lower lip and his blessed chin (this part is known as the ‘Anfaqaĥ).
(Al-Mu’jam-ul-Awsaṭ, vol. 5, pp. 366, Ḥadīš 7629)
[2] The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم used to wear a white topee touching his head under his blessed turban. (Madārij-un-Nubūwwaĥ, vol. 1, pp. 471)