Chapter: Detecting relationships from physical features

Hadith 1459 Part A

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'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) visited me looking pleased as if his face was glistening and said: Did you see that Mujazziz cast a glance at Zaid b. Haritha and Usama b. Zaid, and (then) said: Some (of the features) of their feet are found in the others?

Hadith 1459 Part B

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'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported

One day Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) visited me looking pleased and he said: 'A'isha, don't you see Mujazziz al-Mudliji? (He) entered (my house) and saw Usama and Zaid with a rug over them covering their heads, but their feet appeared, and (he) said: These feet are related to one another.

Hadith 1459 Part C

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'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported

A physiognomist visited (our house) and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was present, and Usama b. Zaid and Zaid b. Haritha were both lying asleep, and he (the physiognomist), said: These feet are related to one another. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) was pleased to hear this, and he was happy and informed 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) about it.

Hadith 1459 Part D

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A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri and Yunus said

Mujazziz was a physiognomist.